Tag Archives: teenagers

Through the Looking Glass: Senescence in Retrograde

Posted on August 4, 2025 by cdsmiller17

Freaky Friday (2003) I know this film is a remake of the earlier Jodie Foster film (1976), but it’s closer to how things are now. After spending the long weekend with Susan’s extended family (about 40 adults and children), I … Continue reading →

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“In Another Life, We’d Be Married”

Posted on January 23, 2024 by cdsmiller17

Mary Magdalene and the Gardener The story of Mary Magdalene mistaking Jesus for the gardener, after his resurrection, has always puzzled me. Wouldn’t she have recognized him? Or was she so grief-stricken that she couldn’t see properly? (And I’m sure … Continue reading →

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Those Who Can, Do; Those Who Cannot, Teach

Posted on November 10, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Sex Education (2019-2023) Yet another suggestion from Susan’s family: this Netflix series would have completely flown under my radar, mainly because its themes are so adolescent. But, like Firefly Lane, some 50-year-olds are looking ‘fondly’ on their high school years, … Continue reading →

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One Scene Took Me Back to My High School Years

Posted on September 22, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Firefly Lane (2021 – 2023) We have been watching this Netflix series for the past week or so. We are almost done our marathon viewing. As an emotional roller-coaster, it has been a hard slog, for me personally. But it … Continue reading →

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Irony: “Are You Ghosting Your Boyfriend?”

Posted on April 14, 2022 by cdsmiller17

The In Between (2022) This film is “Ghost” for teenagers. On a whim, we watched it on Netflix last night. I’m glad we did. The survival of consciousness after death is a fact, but is only really provable to someone … Continue reading →

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Damned If You Don’t, and Damned If You Do

Posted on April 4, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Words on Bathroom Walls (2020) This film was suggested by a family member. We watched it on Netflix, last night. Personally, I got a lot of insight into the world of schizophrenia that I have only imagined up until now. … Continue reading →

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Love

Posted on May 12, 2020 by cdsmiller17

I gaze into her eyes (soft-colored blue, gazing back), She smiles, I grin, And we hold hands.   She stares away from me (into the Vacuum of my mind); She thinks about the future, My love, And me.   I … Continue reading →

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