Monthly Archives: January 2018

Wake Up, You Lazy Pig

Posted on January 29, 2018 by annetbell

It is time to play!   Watch and chuckle at this very persistent Husky persistently trying to awaken the pig from a deep sleep.  

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Music Monday “Perfect” by Ed Sheeran

Posted on January 28, 2018 by annetbell

  Ed Sheeran and his fiancee, Cherry Seaborn became engaged just before the New Year. Ed is an Englishman born and bred who writes and performs his own songs with the voice of an angel. He says  that Cherry inspired … Continue reading →

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The Greatest Showman, A Film

Posted on January 27, 2018 by annetbell

Who doesn’t love Hugh Jackman?  He plays the character of P T Barnum who once said, ” There is a sucker born every minute. ” That quirky side of Barnum is not really addressed in his making people happy by … Continue reading →

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Winston Churchill . . . .A Connection 70 Years Later

Posted on January 22, 2018 by annetbell

Here is one of my favorite scenes  from the film, The Darkest Hour about the political climate in Britain early in World War II.  Winston Churchill is the new Prime Minister who faces the distinct possibility of  the total  destruction … Continue reading →

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New Facts on the Sinking of the Titanic

Posted on January 18, 2018 by annetbell

Very interesting  even if  it is half true!  Power and money seem always to be the route of all evil!

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Coins Left at a Departed Soldier’s Grave

Posted on January 17, 2018 by annetbell

Mementos have been found  for the dead  left by the living since the  earliest graves were discovered.  From the simplest graves of the masses  to the  those for kings, items are left for use in the afterlife such a pottery, … Continue reading →

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Atonement, a Film Review

Posted on January 15, 2018 by annetbell

This green dress image is memorable. . . the color, the style, the elegance.. . . the passion. I discovered this British period  film based on Ian Mc Ewan’s book of  a wealthy British family set at their  countryside estate … Continue reading →

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Will Indian Immigration to the United States Increase?

Posted on January 12, 2018 by annetbell

Indian Immigrants in the United States AUGUST 31, 201 SPOTLIGHT By Jie Zong and Jeanne Batalova A college student applies henna, the Indian tradition of painting elaborate designs on the skin. (Photo: University of Illinois Springfield) Immigrants from India first … Continue reading →

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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri A Film Review

Posted on January 11, 2018 by annetbell

Originally posted on TalesAlongTheWay:
ThrThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri after only a few minutes becomes  a story of real  people living their  anger, pain, loss, illness, and even dark  humor  before our eyes.    In fact, the audience shares in their…

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Seasonal Greetings from Cambridge American Cemetery

Posted on January 10, 2018 by annetbell

This is the lovely Christmas spray created by the designers at the Manor Florist in Cambridge, UK to celebrate my brother. Mos of the brave heroes buried in Cambridge have little  or no  family who remember them personally. I am … Continue reading →

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