Month: January 2012

‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”–Not Enough Tinkering for My Taste

Written by diana on January 29, 2012. Posted in movie reviews, Unhealed Wound. 4 Comments on ‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”–Not Enough Tinkering for My Taste

This cinematic remake of the landmark mini-TV series from 1980, starring Alec Guiness, is updated with Gary Oldman in the starring role that Guiness made so famous. Based upon the John le Carré espionage thriller, “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” dramatizes British secret intelligence–nicknamed “The Circus” –during...

“The Iron Lady” — Meryl Streep Nails It

Written by diana on January 21, 2012. Posted in movie reviews, Unhealed Wound. 5 Comments on “The Iron Lady” — Meryl Streep Nails It

Winner of the best actor 2012 Golden Globe for her stunning performance in “The Iron Lady”, Meryl Streep plays Margaret Thatcher, the iconic Prime Minister second only to Winston Churchill in power and impact on Great Britain. “The Iron Lady” is, at times, an exceptional meditation on old age and it is, once more, a virtuoso...

“Letting Go”–A short story published in “Blood and Thunder”

Written by diana on January 14, 2012. Posted in Literary and Art Journals, Unhealed Wound. 5 Comments on “Letting Go”–A short story published in “Blood and Thunder”

In the fall issue 2011 of Blood and Thunder, a literary journal published by the University of Oklahoma Medical School, my short story “Letting Go” appears, exploring the theme of the ill and dying. Blood and Thunder does not publish issues online and I could not scan the published version for my blog. Consequently, click on the...

“Butter”– A Soft Pat for the Audience

Written by diana on January 8, 2012. Posted in movie reviews, Unhealed Wound.

With the Iowa primary just ending, I was reminded of the movie “Butter” which I saw at the Napa Valley Film Festival in mid-November. “Butter” zooms in on the butter-carving contest made famous at the annual Iowa State fair. Butter sculpting is a very popular and competitive art in places like Iowa (with butter statues...

Happy New Year! –The Year of the Dragon

Written by diana on January 2, 2012. Posted in Lunar New Year, New Year, Unhealed Wound. 9 Comments on Happy New Year! –The Year of the Dragon

Happy New Year, everyone, and may some fire be breathed into your lives with good fortune, excitement, and the acceptance of transition and change! I always like to look up the feng-shui and Chinese New Year after toasting with champagne a few days earlier. I found out that 2012 is the first black water dragon year in 60 years. (The other...