Jacopo’s song/ single-parenting it

Last day of single-parenting it.  It’s gone pretty well.  They were at school for 2 1/2 days of the end of the week, so we just had yesterday and today (until 5 or so) as pure daddy-daughter time.
One funny incident.  We were biking on the new, really nice “B-line” bike/walking trail downtown this morning (this [...]

The “Romanian abortion movie”

I finally watched “the Romanian abortion movie,” Cristian Mungiu’s 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days.  This was the film that won the Cannes Palme D’Or in 2007 and, along with The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (by a different director), has been heralded as a standard-bearer of a Romanian new wave of cinema.
I’ve had both [...]

Kenneth Branagh as Kurt Wallander

Watched the first (of three, I believe) installment of PBS Mystery’s versions of the Henning Mankell Kurt Wallander thrillers.  Last night was Sidetracked and I think in the next two Sundays they’re doing Firewall and One Step Behind.
It wasn’t bad at all, was a creditable version, but was still mildly disappointing.  I didn’t really buy [...]

Silk moths

I parent-taught at the preschool for three mornings in the last 10 days or so.  We had to do five this semester total, I was doing three, and I just saved them all for the end, partly so most of them could be during the week after classes end, and partly b/c I like to [...]