The top one percent
The top ten reader favorites from the first 1,000 posts on More to Come.
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Year-end compilations and collections
Top Ten Posts of 2019
As December is the month of the “Best of…” lists, here are my top ten posts from 2019.
More to consider
I’ve long been a fan of the pithy proverb that contains truth in 20 words or less.
My 2019 year-end reading list
My annual review of books I’ve read over the past 12 months.
Is it too early for a “Best of the Century” book list?
Here in 2019 we’re already seeing a “100 Best Books of the 21st Century” list.
Our year in photos – 2019
I continue my annual tradition of posting family photographs from the past year on More to Come.
I hate to say goodbye, so I’ll just say so long
A farewell message I wrote to my colleagues after 22 years at the National Trust.
Quest for the Best (Picture), Once Again
Has it really been eight years since we decided to try to catch the Best Picture nominees before the Academy Awards show? Indeed it has. Truth be told, this has been an up-and-down process. There are years when I’ll see 7 of the 8 or 9 films nominated. Then, there are times such as last year when we took in four on one weekend…and that was it. This year was really different, in that I’ve seen all 8 of the films nominated, plus a few more that could have been in the running. 100 percent! That’s a first. As in years past, I’ll provide the caveat that I’m no movie critic, so these are totally personal views without any understanding of the nuances of filmmaking. I’ll also list these in the order I ranked them, which is where I get the most comments. So, my best picture award would go to If Beale Street Could Talk. Wait, you say, it wasn’t nominated! Well, that’s not my fault; it should have been. This was a beautiful …
Our year in photos – 2018
Photos of family and travel from 2018.
Our Best Picture Quest Begins Anew
As we have done almost every year since 2012, Candice and I are on a quest to see as many of the “Best Picture” nominees as possible prior to the Academy Awards show on March 4th. Last year we were on a roll…and then life intervened, and we only saw four of the nine nominees. This year we’ll have to get them all in this month, as Candice will be otherwise occupied with hip replacement surgery on March 1st. So to get ahead of the game, we saw four pictures in four nights last weekend (and into Monday). Our wonderful American Film Institute Silver Theatre here in Silver Spring has been showing five of the Best Picture nominees, so it was easy to go two blocks and drop in for a movie. All four that we’ve seen were excellent, each in its own way. Here’s our initial take (from two highly unqualified movie critics). We both loved The Post, as much for what it says about the importance of a free press as for the …
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