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Beings of Light: A Poem
I’m going to cheat a bit. Today is national poetry day, so I am sharing a poem I recently wrote for my WIP. The poem is based on John 12:25-36. Beings of Light Darkness is real. That much everyone agrees is true.People cn’t seeBlind to realityYoung and old stumble and fallInto the void we callBloodied…
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Down To Business — Picking Oscar Winners 2023
I’ve already given you two blogs worthy of the New York Times Entertainment Section (click here and click here), so let us get down to predictions for the major categories. Actor –As much as I’d love to see Bill Nighy win, it is a two person race between Austin Butler and Brendan Fraser, and I…
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Themes, and The Movies You Should Watch
Art imitates life, and this year’s Oscar movies demonstrate the truth of that in two important ways. But even with that, there are some gems. But first, let’s talk about themes. That is one of my favorite things to look at. The first theme connecting these films is an anti-military bent. This is not just…
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Top Gun Avatar Western Women Fabelmans Tar Everywhere Elvis Banshees Triangle
The batch of movies offered to us this year by Oscar is an unusually poor group. Some of these movies are really good, but there is not a stand out movie like CODA last year or Spotlight a few years ago which stands up and shouts ‘I am the obvious winner here’. It is an…