Many have given the “King of the Soundtracks” title to Kenny Loggins and I’m not saying he doesn’t deserve it; but, I propose that there shouldn’t have really been a king, but instead a royal court. Yes, “Footloose” got our toes tapping or doing that toes together/heels together move to slide to the side on the dance floor; “I’m Alright” had us doing a little gopher shimmy and smiling to ourselves over Bill Murray’s antics; and, “Danger Zone” coaxed us to defy the speed limit (or at least max it out) and got us…

I was once taught that there are only seven different stories to tell and all movie plots are a variation of one Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch’s seven archetypal themes:  *Man Against Man – *Man Against Nature – *Man Against Himself – *Man Against God – *Man Against Society – *Man Caught in the Middle – *Man and Woman Well, this week I got to see the movie trailer for GEOSTORM – a new twist on the weather gone wrong film – and, it reminded me just how much I love the sometimes cheesy, mostly unrealistic, but always entertaining, underappreciated Man…

Americana and the simple life – somewhere in my psyche, I must want to be a small town girl.  Give me a piece of pie from the coffee shop, a single choice at the movie theater, everyone’s good friend Walter at the hardware store…and, that life sounds fantastic. As long as I have the time during short road trips, I will take the back way through every “old-timey” looking Main Street over the hustle and bustle of a big city interstate any day.  Those charming main streets allow you to whisk yourself off to the past for just…

Why this site, why this post? Well, exactly 50 weeks from today I will be turning 50. Incredibly hard to believe that is true. There is no convincing yourself otherwise…50 is complete adulthood – no childish antics allowed. Ridiculous. That isn’t me. Adulthood reminds me of of all the things I always watched my dad do and he certainly can’t be a day over 45, right? I still have a copy of Tiger Beat tucked away in a drawer (okay, I’m holding on to it because I think it…