Marie’s favorite images of 2023
I always love when the New York Times comes out in December with the “Best of ” lists, particularly of films. Our » Read more
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Sedona International Film Festival (SIFF), February 2023
Friday, February 17, 2023 In December of 2022, it wasn’t looking good for us to make it out to Sedona for the » Read more
2022 Highlights
As 2022 unfurled, we adapted to the realities of coronavirus endemicity. This was the year of make up trips (not 1, not » Read more
2021 Highlights
2021 was another doozy of a pandemic year. Pandemic year 2 started off well, Stump having being turned out decisively in November » Read more
Paris pendant la pandémie: November 2021
My feet were the only part of me not sad about leaving Paris. Over 9 days, we covered many miles on foot, » Read more
Eyes Wide Open: Looking at 2019
2019 was an active, hectic, and stressful year. The simmering concerns I had been harboring in recent years about my mother’s living » Read more
To Hell and Back: Hadestown and a medical maelstrom with Mama (April-June, 2019)
The soundtrack for spring was Hadestown, a folk operatic musical reimagining of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth. Back in December, on a » Read more
Sedona International Film Festival 2019: Silver Anniversary
Overheard at the start of this year’s Sedona International Film Festival, directed to festival director Patrick Schweiss: “Is this a good film? ‘Cause » Read more
2018 Highlights
2018 was a year in which aging, mortality and illness reared their ugly heads, in the family and our circle of friends. » Read more
Spring bustin’ out allover in NYC: April 2018 (Part 1)
Saturday, April 14, 2018 Spring can be particularly glorious in NYC. Probably the harshness of NY winters makes this contrast inevitable. This » Read more