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Photo and a Poem: July 31, 2020
July 31, 2020Photo by Linda Ohlson Graham Edges of a DreamA Poem by Marylou Mansfield Chills from night airinvite a second blanket,drawn and tuckedaround the desire to sleep. A lazy settling into bedded impressions,foster imagery to form and filter the body. As one’s...
Un Progetto Speciale di Khristine Hopkins: A Staff Review of Italian Movies & Series – Part 10
TO BE FAIR . . . The Great Italian Filmmakers (and others) I’ve been having a good time writing these posts, and sharing with you Italian movies and series I enjoy (see post #9, paragraph one). But just because movies by the Great Italian Filmmakers I was exposed to...
Nan’s New Book Highlights
Hot! Hot! Hot! Yes, we have new books, not only eBooks but also real-life hard copy books! These are so hot they will be going fast, so put them on hold now. A Burning by Megha Majumdar. A powerful novel that follows the intertwined fates of three characters in modern...
Provincetown History in Photos: July 29, 2020
1900 postcard of the Pilgrim House, the oldest hotel in town.
Photo and a Poem: July 24, 2020
July 24, 2020Photo by Stephen Borkowski UntitledA Poem by Hilde Oleson Here comes the day. The dark sky is moving over. Light is moving in, My brain stirs too. I feel you, life, even though I do now know my destiny. I feel a push, a thrust, a drag of my reluctant...
Provincetown History in Photos: July 22, 2020
Photo from about 1880 before Freeman Street was built,. J.D. Hilliard's store on the right.
Photo and a Poem: July 17, 2020
July 17, 2020Photo by Jim Cornell HummingbirdA Poem by Jim Cornell Have you ever tried toPhotograph a hummingbirdIn flightIt flits, and jibs and jabsJumps and dipsy do’s Sometimes to the eyesAlso, to the lensFour wings appear to helpIt hover thereA buzzing from...
Provincetown History in Photos: July 15, 2020
Cesco's Italian Restaurant and garden in 1920.
Photo and a Poem: July 10, 2020
July 10, 2020Photo by Krasimira Banova Wild SideA Poem by Katharyn Howd Machan Off the straight and narrow.Outside the crayon lines.Dancing far beyond the darkletters of loud one-way signs.Up on a stage, glitter high heels clickingagainst a gasp that contains and...
Un Progetto Speciale di Khristine Hopkins: A Staff Review of Italian Movies & Series – Part 9
Khristine Shares her Favorite Italian Movies and Series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVWLl6TBS1Q Pane e Tulipani (Bread and Tulips) (2001) If you’ve been following this blog from the beginning, you’ve probably noticed that the movies and series I’ve chosen to...
Provincetown History in Photos: July 8, 2020
The old Paul Dyer House, now the Colonial Dyer House around 1910. Note the wooden sidewalk.
Photo and a Poem: July 3, 2020
July 3, 2020Photo by Jamie Demetriou A Poem by Jamie Demetriou True searchers tell tales of mermaids in the mistSaved are the seekers on their everlasting questTruth of tale we will never know Enlightened are these souls above and below To submit your own photo or...
Nan’s “Pride is Forever!” Book Highlights
Nan’s List of LGBTQ Books That You Might Have Missed Although June is over, pride goes on forever – and it’s always good to have LGBTQ books with you on the journey. Here are some recent notable books that might not have been on your radar (all of them available from...
Un Progetto Speciale di Khristine Hopkins: A Staff Review of Italian Movies & Series – Part 8
More Watching the Detectives: Khristine Shares her Favorite Italian Detective Series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyUgA-DdNtQ Inspector Manara (Il Commissario Manara) Series One & Two 24 episodes 2009-2011 Unlike Commissario Montalbano, this is not a...
Provincetown History in Photos: July 1, 2020
The Eastern School with a road crew sweeping the sand from the sidewalks after the hurricane of 1938.
Photo and a Poem: June 26, 2020
June 26, 2020Photo by Richard Salmon Provincetown in JuneA Poem by Mark S. Peel The lengths of Commercial Street – East to West and vice versa - appear in visionsDespite the leafless trees and snow piles outside the window.Hope will make the mind do incredible things...
Un Progetto Speciale di Khristine Hopkins: A Staff Review of Italian Movies & Series – Part 7
Watching the Detectives: Khristine Shares her Favorite Italian Detective Series https://vimeo.com/222865113 Detective Montalbano (Il Commissario Montalbano) 1999-present - Montalbano and the Coroner’s Cannoli The Italians seem to really like television detective/crime...
Provincetown History in Photos: June 24, 2020
Photo of an old well and the oldest house on Court Street from 1905.
Photo and a Poem: June 19, 2020
June 19, 2020Photo by Ed Meek White Crest Beach A Poem by Ed Meek Grains of sand tangle our hair as the ocean advancesup the beach behind our backsand water invades the inletsbetween our toes. I roll overonto my backand you kiss the saltoff my lips, your head looming...
Un Progetto Speciale di Khristine Hopkins: A Staff Review of Italian Movies & Series – Part 6
Khristine Shares her Favorite Italian Movies and Series https://vimeo.com/ondemand/analmostordinarysummer An Almost Ordinary Summer (Croce e Delizia) general release 2019 Though not really a “film aficionado,” I did happen to snag the very last ticket at the...
Provincetown History in Photos: June 17, 2020
West End Commercial Street scene from about 1910.
A Black Lives Matter Reading List
A curated reading list created to inform readers about the Black Lives Matter movement, structural and institutional racism, and what work needs to be done to dismantle white sua curated collection of titles complied to help inform readers about the Black...
Photo and a Poem: June 12, 2020
June 12, 2020Photo by Jason Brown BeginningsA Poem by Linda Ohlson Graham Beginnings from creation breathe peace and joy and balance.They are what REAL-ity is made of. Humanity chooses.Breathing : How conscious we are in each moment (of...
Un Progetto Speciale di Khristine Hopkins: A Staff Review of Italian Movies & Series – Bonus Recipe
Cantuccini (Biscotti Toscani) adapted, approved, & authorized by Khristine A Bonus Recipe: enjoy while watching your favorite Italian movie! 2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking powder 2/3 cup sugar 3 eggs (2 for dough, plus 1 more for...
Un Progetto Speciale di Khristine Hopkins: A Staff Review of Italian Movies & Series – Part 5
Khristine Shares her Favorite Italian Movies and Series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIy6tHyuVdM Another Masterpiece: Il Postino (The Postman) 1994 Critically acclaimed winner of numerous international awards, including Massimo Troisi for best actor,...
Provincetown History in Photos: June 10, 2020
Photo of Long Point Lighthouse from behind the Red Inn 1951.
Photo and a Poem: June 5, 2020
June 5, 2020Photo by Krasmira Banova On the BeachA Poem by Neil Silberblatt The wind was howling this morning,as it is wont to do.So, of course, I howled backas I am want of mind. We went at this, the wind and I,for half an hour,exchanging blows.Each trying to get in...
Un Progetto Speciale di Khristine Hopkins: A Staff Review of Italian Movies & Series – Part 4
Khristine Shares her Favorite Italian Movies and Series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stLekU5BnbI A Masterpiece: Cinema Paradiso (1989) Just after the end of WWll in the village of Giancaldo on the Island of Sicily there lives a little boy, Salvatore,...
Provincetown History in Photos: June 3, 2020
A very old photograph, thought by John R. Smith to have been taken around 1850. The photo shows the far West End, near the beginning of Commercial Street. The Red Inn would be behind the shed.