Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Today, we honor Martin Luther King, Jr.

In 1963, Dr. King delivered his famous "I have a dream..." speech.

Here is a short excerpt below, in addition to some photos to honor Dr. King on his day.

A short passage from Dr. King's most famous speech:

Dr. King and his lovely family:

Dr. King and Robert F. Kennedy:

A great man, a great speaker:

Dr. King seemed to be a very serious man, handling very serious issues. It was, therefore, touching and special to find this photo of him laughing.

In remembrance:

Best,

Gloria

Please note: Photos courtesy of Google.

Yes! We DID have snow! Man, what snow!!

We had A LOT of snow. I hope you like the pictures I took. The photos, in turquoise, were taken this morning at 7:00 AM. Aren't they beautiful? I couldn't believe it when I looked outside, I had never seen the sky that color before... The other photos were taken in the late afternoon -- from out of my window... and from out of my storm door. Hey, I wasn't going out there. ;)

I hope you enjoy our snowstorm photos from Connecticut.

These were taken late last night, after it 'started' snowing...

Now HERE are the lovely photos from this morning...

OK, now here are photos from late this afternoon....

See below: I couldn't even open my storm door!!!!

--And please excuse my "dirty" storm door. Hey, I live in the country! There's a lot of DIRT here! No, it's NOT that I am a lazy cleaning person. ;)

I took this because of the huge icicle, see?

You might have seen this "bike" in other pics/on other posts. I can't even tell you how long that has been there, I am too ashamed to say...

This was from a news report on the storm/snow this afternoon...

And our forecast for the next few days...

OK, I think I am finally done! I hope you haven't been bored and you've enjoyed the photos.

I will try to get some photos of my house, from the bottom of the hill -- my son is going out to shovel a path now. Yes, at this late hour! That's how we are around here... very unconventional. Don't know if that's good or bad... Guess it's all how you look at it. Some might say we are ridiculous -- I'd rather say we are FUN. (Sounds better.)

Best,

Gloria

We're Getting Ready for the Snow!!!!

Hey! We're getting ready for the snow! They say in the Northeast we will have about 12-18" of snow in my neck of the woods. Let's see if they are right!! It's supposed to start tonight.

In the meantime, here's some ODD photos for your perusal. We got rid of some old cake and old bagels, so here's my son FLINGING it into the woods for the animals -- I am sure the little animals are looking for some 'stuff' these cold days. And yes, I know, who the hell goes out wearing shorts and a muscle-type shirt in cold weather in the Northeast in January???!! Yep, that's my son... 20 years old and insane... And, trust me, he wears shorts all winter.

(Can you tell I love him -- especially because of his craziness? But, hmmm, I always wonder whom he takes after???)

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Now, for the photo below... This is one photo from our last snowstorm, and the snow wasn't really a lot, but this pic is from around 11PM at night, when my son got home... The red in the back, on the left, is from his brake lights coming in; and the lights on the right are his headlights. Interesting photo, no?

But I think our coming snowstorm will be WAY more than this, if the weather-guys are correct!! If we DO get a lot of snow, I will take a lot of photos and will do a post to show you!

Hey, I have food, and I have ingredients for cocktails for myself in the midst of a storm, so I am ALL SET!! I'm looking forward to being SNOWED IN!!! (As long as I don't lose any electricity/power!)

Best,

GLORIA

CATFISH Review

Greetings! I am finally here to give a review of the CATFISH documentary. Well, as I told a friend, if I hadn't known anything about it, I would have loved it. It is a fascinating story. But, because of all the stories and 'spoilers' I read on the internet, plus ABC's 20/20 show that I saw on this, I knew everything, so I was a little disappointed. But, please! If you have not heard anything about this documentary, and you are the least bit curious, DO rent it and watch it. It is quite a story. Trust me, you won't be disappointed. I am going to rent the whole DVD from Netflix... I think that gives a few interviews with the film-makers, that I did not get with renting it from Amazon, so I will enjoy that.

Well, if anyone sees CATFISH, please email me or leave me a comment and let me know what you thought!

Best,

Gloria

It's Here! CATFISH is Here!!

The documentary that I had been obsessed with last Fall is finally out on DVD. It came out a couple of days ago, and I only looked online now and saw that it is available to watch on one's PC for $3.99 from Amazon! So this is what I am going to do: I will watch it on my laptop, and I will see if I am still so engrossed with this documentary, and see it if it's worthy to purchase - i.e., if it's deserving to be viewed more than once, and added to a DVD collection. I will let you know if it is.

In the meantime, if you are interested in viewing it online yourself for $3.99 for a 24-hour period, you can go to the link and watch it. Click HERE
(You can also download it for $14.99.)

I will report back to you and let you know how it was!!

Best,






NOTE: If you want to read my previous posts on the documentary "Catfish," please click HERE.