After the Thin Man, 1936 Set immediately after the Christmastime events of “The Thin Man,” “After the Thin Man” finds Nick (William Powell) and Nora (Myrna Loy) speeding to San Francisco to spend the New Year’s holiday with her family. Between Aunt Katherine’s teetotaling reprimands to Nick, and Cousin Selma’s missing husband, “After the Thin …
Category: Holidays
Stocking Stuffer Ideas
Christmas morning’s portable, fun-size festivity, stockings can be both a delight and a conundrum to fill. When faced with a dearth of options, it’s always enlightening to brainstorm the preferences of your stocking recipient . . . practical minimalism? Extreme crafting? Organizing? Build outward from what you know, and begin keeping an eye out for …
Gratitude Ideas for Thanksgiving
“What are you grateful for?” A common and occasionally brain-freezing phrase . . . Thanksgiving, with its promise of soporific food choices and comfortable old traditions can lull us into a false sense of security, till the grand supper table forum leads us to frantic, existential grasping for something simple but profound with which to …
Spooky Movies for Halloween
This is a topic that I could ramble on and on about. The spooky, creepy-old-house, dark-and-stormy-night setting is my very favorite, and it has been terribly difficult to pick just a few to recommend. We'll have to make this a regular Halloween-season tradition, alright? The movies that follow are all family friendly. As you may …
The Intentional Ordinary 