Most film makers spend more time raising money than they do making films. Budget looms over their heads in development, pre-production, production and post-production. The…
Tom Oleson has died. JO called today to tell me. I didn’t take it in right away. There are a number of Tom Olesons around.…
(from my diary) There were other magical days. Easter. Islindingadagurinn. The day school got out. Thanksgiving. Birthdays. But Christmas always had its own magic. Part…
Photo supplied by Ken Kristjanson By Ken Kristjanson My father’s father, Siggi, was born April 25, 1879 at Skagafjorður, Iceland. Shortly thereafter, his father, Kristjan, died from…
There were no psychiatrists in Shakespear’s day but he didn’t need one to create Iago. He didn’t need one to create Hamlet. Or King Lear.…
Here are the last two frames of the cartoon that your lang afi and amma were reading in 1892. Who were these people, these ancestors…
When my son left for California to take a Masters degree in Fine Arts, he left behind a garage full of sculptures and endless boxes…
If you know someone who likes murder mysteries, you have to put this book under that person’s Christmas tree. In Silence of the Grave, we…
There was an old shack on the property when I bought this place. It sat on some bricks. It looked like it had been a…
(From my diary) There will be no better days than today. There may be days as good. Days that are good but different.…