Tag Archives: relationships

How Many Times Do I Need to Say It?

Posted on January 21, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Derek, My Son   Did I tell you enough times how I loved you? Everything about you makes me smile. Right now my words might seem too few, Except I think a thought for every mile Keeping me away from … Continue reading →

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Oceanic Flight 815

Posted on March 2, 2019 by cdsmiller17

“Lost”: the Plot When this television series started in 2004, everyone speculated that the survivors of Oceanic flight 815 had actually died and their time on the Island was the afterlife. It took six seasons to tell the full tale, … Continue reading →

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My Great Aunt’s Diaries: 1949-1952

Posted on January 6, 2019 by cdsmiller17

A Look at Life in Toronto Out of the blue, my second cousin, Norah, sent me transcripts of some diaries that her grandmother had written. I suspect she thought I’d be interested in the passages that featured my biological father, … Continue reading →

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A New Christmas Carol

Posted on December 22, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Every Day Is Christmas This new TV movie is inspired by the Charles Dickens classic,  A Christmas Carol. A shrewd money manager Alexis Taylor (Toni Braxton) gets the holiday visit of a lifetime. A self-proclaimed workaholic who “humbugs” love, Alexis ends … Continue reading →

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‘Tis the Season for Mental Health Issues

Posted on December 19, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Christmas Time is Here Again It’s less than a week until the big day: it’s a focus for most everyone in the western hemisphere. But is it jolly, happy or bright? Not necessarily. If anything, Christmas reminds us of family … Continue reading →

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Is It Just a Handshake?

Posted on December 15, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Or an Exchange of Energy? We know the drill: upon meeting another person, we’ve been instructed to extend our right hand and offer to shake the other person’s right hand, firmly but kindly. Have you ever wondered why? It took … Continue reading →

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Coincidence or Something Else?

Posted on November 5, 2018 by cdsmiller17

God (be)friended me I’ve been wanting to correct that title ever since this TV show started in the fall. I know that having a Facebook relationship is a friendship, and the act of linking up is called clicking  the “friend” … Continue reading →

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Song as Autobiography II

Posted on November 2, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Piece by Piece (2016) Kelly Clarkson has been a prolific songwriter since her American Idol win in 2001. As we saw before, Because of You was written about her mother. But she also had a real issue with her father: … Continue reading →

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His Story Through Her Eyes

Posted on October 21, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Jamestown I caught the first episode of this British series on PBS last night. It seems to be a reasonable facsimile of what life in the 1700’s would have been like in Virginia. (Interestingly, it was almost totally filmed in … Continue reading →

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Dueling Beatles

Posted on October 11, 2018 by cdsmiller17

And in the end, the love you take is equal to love you make Paul George John Ringo   Altogether now…  

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