Written on the Bathroom Wall

The Typewriter at Reads

Touring Scotland

Bella and Jacob had a fantastic time in Scotland and the photos that she shared with me are out-of-this-world. Just one stunning view after another. Here's a few of the most spectacular. 

Alien Day

Tonight The Colonial Theatre was showing the 45th anniversary director's cut of Ridley Scott's epic sci-fi classic, Alien. I was hoping that me and all three of my brothers could go, but Dave couldn't make it. I spent the entire morning and afternoon at Xavier's place, introducing him to Mr. Inbetween, season one. He, of course, loved it, and already plans to re-watch it with his lovely bride before moving on to the next season. After we wrapped on season one, we fought through major traffic on 476 and wound up taking winding little backroads through Media, Wayne, and Valley Forge until we finally reached Phoenixville by 5. Wayne met us at Root Down and after beer and pub grub, we hoofed it down to sit in a near packed house to see Alien. It was good, but I must admit, I like Aliens way better. Maybe they'll show that one soon and we can do today all over again!

March 2024 Books

The Days of Anna Madrigal ¹ by Armistead Maupin

** Mona of the Manor ¹ by Armistead Maupin - Expertly narrated by Mara Wilson and a wonderful read. It more than made up for how much I still detest The Days of Anna Madrigal. 

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane ¹ by Kate DiCamillo - I was out and about with Lucy on March 9th and she told me all about this great book they are reading in school. I found that Libby had it as an audiobook and we decided to give it a try. Well Jesus Tapdancing Christ, this was one of the most depressing stories EVER! Unbelievably sad. I can't understand how this is for children. I mean even the happy ending didn't make up for the hell that poor bunny had to go through. 

¹ - audiobook
² - abridged version
* - liked
♥ - loved
Any unmarked titles were, in my opinion, so-so.

March 2024 Donations

United24

SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE FULL-SCALE INVASION, PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY HAS BEEN ASKED HUNDREDS OF TIMES: “WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP UKRAINE?”

THAT’S EXACTLY WHY WE LAUNCHED UNITED24, THE OFFICIAL FUNDRAISING PLATFORM OF UKRAINE

THE IDEA IS SIMPLE:

TO UNITE THE WORLD AROUND SUPPORTING UKRAINE; TO PROTECT, SAVE AND REBUILD

The platform allows one-click donations to Ukraine from anywhere. Why is this so important? Because Ukraine itself knows best what is needed and can deliver aid directly.

No one was ready for a full-scale war in the heart of Europe. Charitable foundations, no matter how well-organized, cannot meet the needs of a country as large as Ukraine. We can, however, do it together.

UNITED24 is designed for collaboration with charities, partners, donors, and public figures worldwide.

Our goal is to establish an efficient work process that brings Ukraine’s victory closer.

Please join me in the Low Budget Philanthropy movement and help out your community and beyond in the simplest way - donating any amount to whatever charity or organisation that you care about!

Islands of Australia

I bought this Martin Clunes docu-series on DVD back in April of 2017 but since it's available streaming on Hoopla for freesies, I decided to watch it all over again while at work. It's soooo good! Especially when he visited Tasmania, which looks absolutely stunning, and featured that adorable lil' critter, the Tasmanian Devil. Next up I plan to re-watch Islands of the Pacific. (But that one I'll hafta see on Acorn.)