Requiem: Hot Pads

These were part of a set my Aunt Carol brought back to me from Hawaii as thanks for watching her cat. The hand towel that went with them and my aunt’s cat have all departed this earth, but the hot pads were solidly constructed and lasted and lasted. Kind of like the low-pile green carpet I remember from my childhood. I bet that would still look fairly fine, if it was in the house I grew up in.

However, all things eventually do wear out and the hot pad on the right doesn’t have enough padding to keep me from burning myself, so these must head off into the great beyond.

Thank you for your service!

SKS Postcards: Los Bagels and Flowering Red Currant

Los Bagels: possibly my favorite find in Eureka, California. The is a picture of a mural in Arcata. They have more than one location. Sara reports that it’s after graduation weekend and they’ve just hosted her sister, stepmom, and cousin, plus her sister’s dog (who didn’t play well with Archie, Sara’s cat.)

This postcard, depicting red currant among the trees burned by wildfire in Trinity County, was written the next day, but arrived the same day. Sara reports that she has 136 or so things to grade, and that’s a good place to be in right now.

Flowers from the Ace Flower Store in Kenton

Matt surprised me with this bunch of flowers from the “Ace Flower Store.” I asked many questions. Where was this store supposedly in Kenton that I’d never seen before?

Matt held out that the Ace Flower Store was a real thing for a goodly amount of time, but he eventually coughed up the truth. The flowers were in a box on the side of the road and he invented the Ace Flower Store.

Get Real Close to Together Together

Patti Harrison and Ed Helms in Together Together

Together Together

?Directed by Nikole Beckwith?
?Written by Nikole Beckwith?

The review:

Patti Harrison* and Ed Helms** anchor this low-key, sweet comedy about a middle-aged man starting a family and the surrogate he hires. What starts as a strictly-by-the-books relationship evolves into a friendship that reveals the hard and sticky parts of both characters lives. Recently, I remarked on the lack of grownup comedies;*** this is one and well worth your time.

The verdict: Recommended.

Cost: $15.90
Where watched: The Living Room Theater! I’m fully vaccinated! First movie outing since March 7, 2020!

Consider also watching:

Further sentences:

*Who shall now be forever known by me as the Queen of the Straight-Faced Zingers.
**He’s really done some great stuff recently.
***I enjoy a lot of different comedies, but the ones where people are grounded in something like the real word and grounded in everyday humor are a rare treat.

Questions:

  • It’s five years later. Where are our characters?
  • What’s your favorite grownup comedy?

Favorite IMDB trivia item:

The film was shot in 17 days.
(also the only one)

Other reviews of Together Together:

Fully Vaccinated and I’m Headed to the Movies

I went to the Living Room Theaters to watch Together Together for my first official fully vaccinated outing. The movie theater hadn’t pieced together their premovie slideshow and there were no previews! It is still very early in the venturing out process.

There were two other couples in the theater with me.

The movie was exactly the right movie to break my estrangement from movie theaters. I’m looking forward to seeing more movies in the dark.