O.M.D. Time Travelling

 It's Obscure Movie Day!!

I realize that I've been doing mostly Disney films. I readily acknowledge that.

It's just that I'm particularly excellent at Disney films. That being stated I am on the lookout for lesser-known films you enjoy watching. I do ask any film recommended to be PG-13 and under.

Which leads me to find out something to do a quick write-up about this week. Getting back on track for this wayward blog.

For some of the entries, I've gone to the back of my DVD case (you read that right, case). Though now it's a bit more frustrating figuring out which to pick.

I suppose that for the sake of a new year, and a new time line . . . hmmm. . . .

Based on a novel of the same name by an author you're bound to recognize.

In 1999 Michael Crichton wrote a novel based on the science of time travel. He takes a group of archeologists from the modern era and twists their world up around.

In the midst of an unopened, unexplored site the group uncovers something unordinary. Something that looks centuries old, but couldn't possibly be.

A pair of glasses.

This leds them to a secret organization that's been making a time travelling machine.

The group travel back over six hundred years to confront a war between English and the French.

Check it out, it's a surprisingly fun film.

I'll catch you next week. Be safe and take joy in the little things.

W.I.P. My Goodness

Working on new projects, or even finishing them, should have been a slogan of some kind for 2020.

Yet I've seen to come across more projects than finishing the previous one. It's been a fun journey though. Beginning new tales, working on old writings. Getting canvas and paints from various locals, setting to making a personal masterpiece.

While finishing projects is the bane of my existence, or rather, it causes too much remorse to leave a project in which I've been immersed, beginning them is a sport I've mastered.

Here is a paragraph from something I began working on while re-watching "The Mandalorian". It sort of started out as one thing, then morphed into another, before realizing it wanted to be science fiction.

The theatre was relatively small. It was a front for other businesses that rented out the various rooms and boxes. It had been transformed into a market place. A boost for the local economy and smaller businesses.

She lived in the confines of the massive structure.

Hiding.

She operated a small business of her own from one of the enclosed boxes. It was easy to lock her wares up for the night, rather than bringing them back and forth each day. She kept a small bunk for easy use at the end of the day, making her "shop" into her home. She hid it as a pallet she sat on while selling her wares. Hiding it in plain sight from the overbearing managers.

Share what you've been up to, and I'll see you next week!

Book Nook: Undecided Title

 With the past year being what it was I finally got around to some decent reading. Meaning I got the chance to start and finish some work.

I like to change up the genres I read so as not to keep things stale. Though I would be lying if I said I didn't have a type.

Cozy Mysteries

Fantasy

Science Fiction

Mixtures of them all.

I am always on the lookout for a new book, a new genre, something different.

Today I'm just going to list some of the novels I finished last year, most of which were fun. The final one will not be listed as it is residing in the corner where it belongs. It knows what it did.

      Fudge Cupcake Murder - Joanne Fluke

      The Woman in Black - Susan Hill

      Undercover in High Heels - Gemma Halliday

      Caraval - Stephanie Garber

      The World Above - Cameron Dokey

      Dead Beat - Jim Butcher

      One Taste Too Many - Debrah Goldstein

      Hiddensee - Gregory McGuire

      Beauty and the Clockwork Beast - Nancy Campbell

      As Old As Time - Liz Braswell

      Tales From the Haunted Mansion - ??

Take a gander at any of these and they won't disappoint. Just check to see if they're part of a series first.

No one likes a spoiler

What are some books you love reading? Let me know and I'll see you next week!

2021 - New Year, Starting Again

 I find the irony of dropping this blog during a quarantine absolutely histarical.

Perhaps this year I can resume, or at least pick it up once more.

If there's anything you'd like to see from me, let me know. I'll try and get back on the regular schedule Tuesday!