When did I get old? Was it when I turned the big 5-0? I feel old and I look old. And I find myself being old.
The other night I was reading and looked at my watch. Oh dear, I must get to the DVD player so I could still watch a couple of episodes of Murder, She Wrote. Yes, MSW! When the show was on TV, I wouldn't watch that "old peoples" show! Now I must be one of those "old people"!
And driving. I drive the speed limit. I use my turn signals. I would rather not drive at night. When did I become an "old" driver? At least I can still see over the steering wheel!
Mah Jongg. I actually want to learn how to play this "old lady" game. My mother wanted to teach me, but no way was I going to play a game my mother and her "old lady" friends played! Now that I am an "old lady" I wanna play! But I don't want to play and have to drive home at night!
Gray hair? I have them. Lot's of them. And I don't care. That has to be a sign of old ladiness...isn't it?
When did I get old? I'll try and nail it down...after watching a few more episodes of Murder, She Wrote.
Until next time...
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
I WAS AT THE LIBRARY ON MAY 3RD!
GOOD STUFF was very good stuff! I was at the Library and took out my copy of Jennifer Grant's book about her and her father - Cary Grant. What a delightful read. Too bad I stayed up until 2 reading it and finished it this evening!
I really enjoyed the book and envy the realtionship they shared with each other. Though they didn't have enough time together they made the most of their time and made a lifetime of memories.
I adore Cee Gee even more...as if that was possible! And I miss my dad even more...as if that was possible.
Until next time...
I really enjoyed the book and envy the realtionship they shared with each other. Though they didn't have enough time together they made the most of their time and made a lifetime of memories.
I adore Cee Gee even more...as if that was possible! And I miss my dad even more...as if that was possible.
Until next time...
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
CEE GEE UPDATE!
I haven't written about my fantasy man in a while, and I know you are wondering what is new in the world of Cee Gee and Mee!
I read another book...Evenings With Cary Grant. It is based on his appearances in theatres across the country, where he basically sits on the stage and answers fan questions. It was, in fact, the evening of his show in Davenport, IA that he suffered a major stroke and passed away. The book was a delight! It was totally positive. No bashing, nothing bad. It even dispelled a lot of the rumors that persisted and were so alarmingly prevelant in some of the other books I have read. I loved this book!
I have seen lots of pics of young Cee Gee but had yet to see him in any movies prior to 1937 (age 33 - The Awful Truth)...until last night! I found a boxed set of 5 movies dating from 1934 to 1936. The first one I have watched so far was 30 Day Princess, when he was 30. OMG! OMG! I about died and went to heaven! So handsome! Long and lean! Eyelashes that most humans would have to paste on! I fell in love all over again! And, his acting was good, too!!
After Googling 25 pages of images, I finally found the cover of the DVD set with 30 year old Cary! That is my new avatar at the right of this page. Whaddya think?
Gotta go, the DVD player and Cee Gee are calling my name!
Until next time...
I read another book...Evenings With Cary Grant. It is based on his appearances in theatres across the country, where he basically sits on the stage and answers fan questions. It was, in fact, the evening of his show in Davenport, IA that he suffered a major stroke and passed away. The book was a delight! It was totally positive. No bashing, nothing bad. It even dispelled a lot of the rumors that persisted and were so alarmingly prevelant in some of the other books I have read. I loved this book!
I have seen lots of pics of young Cee Gee but had yet to see him in any movies prior to 1937 (age 33 - The Awful Truth)...until last night! I found a boxed set of 5 movies dating from 1934 to 1936. The first one I have watched so far was 30 Day Princess, when he was 30. OMG! OMG! I about died and went to heaven! So handsome! Long and lean! Eyelashes that most humans would have to paste on! I fell in love all over again! And, his acting was good, too!!
After Googling 25 pages of images, I finally found the cover of the DVD set with 30 year old Cary! That is my new avatar at the right of this page. Whaddya think?
Gotta go, the DVD player and Cee Gee are calling my name!
Until next time...
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
I'LL BE AT THE LIBRARY MAY 3, 2011
GOOD STUFF: REMINISCENCE OF MY FATHER
ABOUT THIS BOOK
With the birth of his daughter, the sixty-three-year-old Cary Grant— still urbane, athletic, sublimely handsome, always self-effacing—retired from the screen to devote himself to his longed-for child.
In Good Stuff, Jennifer Grant writes of her enchanted but very real life with her father, playing, laughing, dining, and dancing together through the thick and thin of Jennifer’s growing up; the years of his work, his travels, his friendships with “old Hollywood royalty” (the Sinatras, the Pecks, the Poitiers, et al.) and with just plain old royalty (the Rainiers) . . . until Grant’s death at the age of eighty-two.
She writes of the love he showed her, the lessons he taught her, of his childhood as well as her own. Here are letters, notes, cards, and drawings from father to daughter and from her to him . . . photographstaken at home and on their many adventures . . . and bits of conversation between them (Cary Grant kept a tape recorder going for most of their time together).
Good Stuff captures the magic of a father’s devotion (and goofballness) and reveals a daughter’s special odyssey of loving, and being loved, by a dad who was Cary Grant.
Until next time...
ABOUT THIS BOOK
With the birth of his daughter, the sixty-three-year-old Cary Grant— still urbane, athletic, sublimely handsome, always self-effacing—retired from the screen to devote himself to his longed-for child.
In Good Stuff, Jennifer Grant writes of her enchanted but very real life with her father, playing, laughing, dining, and dancing together through the thick and thin of Jennifer’s growing up; the years of his work, his travels, his friendships with “old Hollywood royalty” (the Sinatras, the Pecks, the Poitiers, et al.) and with just plain old royalty (the Rainiers) . . . until Grant’s death at the age of eighty-two.
She writes of the love he showed her, the lessons he taught her, of his childhood as well as her own. Here are letters, notes, cards, and drawings from father to daughter and from her to him . . . photographstaken at home and on their many adventures . . . and bits of conversation between them (Cary Grant kept a tape recorder going for most of their time together).
Good Stuff captures the magic of a father’s devotion (and goofballness) and reveals a daughter’s special odyssey of loving, and being loved, by a dad who was Cary Grant.
Until next time...
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
IS HE OR ISN'T HE...ONLY HIS RABBI KNOWS FOR SURE!
I have just watched my 20th CG movie! And they said this infatuation wouldn't last. I read some trivia I thought was interesting...what do you think?
-- Cary always wore a gold chain with 3 charms...a St. Christopher, a Cross and a Star of David...symbolizing the religions of his wives.
Cary often referred to himself as Jewish, even though raised to go to church. As a baby he was circumcised - and baptised - which in England was only done for religious purposes.
-- Some say his mother was part Jewish, some say his father was part Jewish and yet a third says his real birth mom was his father's mistress who was Jewish.
-- It is said he turned down the starring role in Gentlemen's Agreement, a movie about a reporter who poses as Jewish to write about anti-semitism, because he said he WAS Jewish and looked it so nobody would believe he was a Gentile posing as Jewish. The role went to another hearthrob...Gregory Peck.
-- Cary donated lots of money to Jewish causes and charities and to the State of Israel
ps...If you get a chance, watch Gentlemen's Agreement. It is an awesome movie. And sshhhhh, don't tell Cary I said this but Gregory Peck is GORGEOUS!
Until next time...
-- Cary always wore a gold chain with 3 charms...a St. Christopher, a Cross and a Star of David...symbolizing the religions of his wives.
Cary often referred to himself as Jewish, even though raised to go to church. As a baby he was circumcised - and baptised - which in England was only done for religious purposes.
-- Some say his mother was part Jewish, some say his father was part Jewish and yet a third says his real birth mom was his father's mistress who was Jewish.
-- It is said he turned down the starring role in Gentlemen's Agreement, a movie about a reporter who poses as Jewish to write about anti-semitism, because he said he WAS Jewish and looked it so nobody would believe he was a Gentile posing as Jewish. The role went to another hearthrob...Gregory Peck.
-- Cary donated lots of money to Jewish causes and charities and to the State of Israel
ps...If you get a chance, watch Gentlemen's Agreement. It is an awesome movie. And sshhhhh, don't tell Cary I said this but Gregory Peck is GORGEOUS!
Until next time...
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