Our room rivaled those in many an upscale hotel. Food and table settings were five-star. The list of activities in our temporary home-away-from-home covered a diversity of interests. We had opportunities to explore inviting towns that provided deep dives into Civil War and other history and to visit magnificent antebellum plantations. Adding to the allure…
Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘Lion’
2016 | PG-13 | 1h 58m | Biography, Drama “Lion,” which made its U.S. debut in 2017, is a deeply moving film about the trials and tribulations of a young Indian boy who gets lost, and the various challenges he faces later as he searches for his original family. That boy is Saroo (played by…
American Luxury Car Brand Packard Motors Gets a Revival
From the time Packard Motor Car Company opened its doors in 1899 to the moment when the last Packard rolled off the line in 1958, the brand has been well regarded in the American automotive industry as a symbol of speed, luxury, and quality. With time, the industry changed, and Packard had to shut down…
Book Review: ‘March to the Majority’
As a boy growing up in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Mr. Newt Gingrich was very fond of animals. When he was able, he enjoyed visiting the Philadelphia Zoo. At age 11, he decided that Harrisburg needed its own zoo. Wildwood Park in Harrisburg was a natural location for a zoo and the State of Pennsylvania could build and…
The Laws of Gravity Do Not Apply at Strange ‘Mystery Spot’ in the Woods in California—Here’s Why
If you stumble on a certain neck of the woods around Santa Cruz, you might think you had wound up in Alice’s Wonderland. But it’s no children’s fiction novel you’re in, for there is a real place called the “Mystery Spot,” where things are not as they seem, where the law of gravity appears to not…
VIDEO: Sad Mare ‘Adopts’ 2 Orphaned Racehorse Foals After Giving Birth to a Stillborn Baby
A Shire horse who gave birth to a stillborn foal is healing from heartbreak by fostering two orphaned foals as her own. Sammy, a 12-year-old Shire horse, became a foster mom to two thoroughbred foals after each lost its mother shortly after being born. Jess Westwood, the owner of Molland Ridge Stud and Rehabilitation in…
Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Strike up the Band’ From 1940
Nothing puts one in a patriotic mood like hearing a brass band play a rousing march. There’s nothing quite as American as that proud, militaristic sound with perfectly synchronized musicians. A movie which celebrates the many forms of American music is the 1940 “Strike up the Band.” Starring young Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland in…
Shipboard and Shore Excursion Fun on the Mississippi
I’ve been on several boat trips—a barge cruise in France, a Danube River cruise, a sail along the Nile—and always the accommodations have been lovely. Sometimes very lovely. But it took a Mississippi River cruise from Memphis to New Orleans with American Cruise Lines to reach luxurious. “Stateroom” doesn’t adequately describe the accommodations on the…
Theater Review: ‘The 39 Steps’: Full of Suspense and Laughs
OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill.—It’s no easy thing to adapt a movie into a stage play. A movie can use lavish background sets and fascinating locations that are unavailable to the theater. In a film, everything can be stopped, re-filmed, and edited post production, while in theater you can’t just stop the action and try again if…
The Secrets of Successful Financial Planning: Inside Tips From an Expert (Part 2)
Chapter 1 ADVICE, ADVISORS, AND WHAT’S NEW The following experience did not end well for anyone involved. Frank’s wife, Lu, felt a twinge in her neck as she jerked her head left, away from the overdue mortgage notice, toward her husband’s shout. “Bastards!” he yelled, crushing the annuity carrier’s letter. “What?” she gasped, simultaneously wiping…
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