What I Won’t Miss – What I Will Miss-Thanks Nora Ephron

Nora Ephron (1941-2012), Thanks and Goodbye (Photo credit: k-ideas)

The title of this blog post should be Where in the World is Pbenjay?  I’m sorry dear readers, I have been on a forced hiatus.  I’ve been working A LOT and haven’t had any time to write.  There have been so many posts in my head, just jumping to get out.  When Nora Ephron died I wanted to write something…when Ernest Borgnine  died, I wanted to write something, 4th of July party, Diana Krall…  so I’m hoping in the next week I can play catch-up and get back in the groove.

During one of the many tributes to Nora Ephron, I heard that she had written a list of what she would miss and what she wouldn’t in her book, “I Remember Nothing: And Other Reflections”.

I found that idea intriguing and certainly  blog-worthy!  I haven’t spent a lot of time thinking about this, however,  I’m sure I can come up with a sizable list.  Having read Nora’s lists, I found some that are also in mine -I’m not stealing, I will miss or not miss a few of the same things.

What I Will Miss   (in random order)

Peter

My grand-daughters, my daughter and my son

Ice cream, ice cream, ice cream cones, ice cream sandwiches, ICE CREAM

Going to the movies

Writing my blog

Ocean Grove and La Vie en Rose

Riding in the “Met”

Nick and Nora

The Great Auditorium

Feeding the squirrels by hand, watching a Blue Jay take a peanut

The Chrysler Building and the Flatiron Building

Living in Manhattan

Popcorn at the movies

The Philarmonic and Carnegie Hall

Waves

Hydrangeas, Tulips and Peonies

Fireplaces

Parades

How green Connecticut is

Hot dogs with sauerkraut and mustard

The smell of low tide

Receiving a letter

Full moons

Halloween

Making Thanksgiving dinner

Peanut Butter

Eggnog

Decorating the house at Christmas

Jersey tomatoes and corn

Autumn leaves

Chocolate Malts

Starbucks Grande Americanos

Roses, Honeysuckle and Lilacs

Hot Chocolate

What I Won’t Miss

Periodontal cleanings

Pantyhose

Bugs/flies in the house

Standing in line for anything

Paying bills

Dead/dying batteries in cell phones, smoke detectors, vibrators, remotes etc

Dieting

Public restrooms

Pap smears

Dry scrambled eggs, over-cooked steak

Customer service based in India

Grocery store clerks who don’t know how to pack the bags

Movies interrupted by commercials

Alarm clocks

Contact lens issues

Fishy Fish

Mosquito bites

Standing in the subway

Slow computers, crashing computers, the blue screen of death

I think these lists could just go on and on taking on a life of their own BUT I think I’m done (for now) – lately Peter has been telling me I’m negative so I’m glad my What I Will Miss list is longer than What I Won’t Miss!

Related articles

• Tributes: Nora Ephron (wnyc.org)
• Remembering Nora Ephron (avantisalonboston.wordpress.com)

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May The Force Be With You Harry Potter

My grandson turned six this month and I had it in my mind that something Star   Wars would be a good gift.  So we sent him a couple of boxes of Star Wars themed Legos.  I also thought sending him the original Star Wars movie would be a good idea.  Well getting the DVD was a bit harder than I thought.  I went  to Target, Walmart, Amazon.com and a couple of other places and all I could find were copies of the new Star  Wars and mostly in Blu Ray.  So of course I turned to my very favorite online shopping mall – eBay!  We bought the Trilogy and decided that before we shipped it out to California we should treat ourselves to a viewing of each one.

So the other night we sat down and watched A New Hope known better to us as just Star Wars.  Goodness this is a long intro.  If you’re wondering where I’m going with this…I’m about to begin.

In the first 10 minutes of the film, I was struck by the similarity between Luke Skywalker and Harry Potter.  So, uhmmmm I thought, could it be possible that J.K. Rowling saw Star Wars way back when and then she created Harry Potter?  Well it’s only a thought….

Luke is seemingly orphaned and lives with his Uncle and Aunt.

Harry’s parents are dead and he lives with his Uncle and Aunt.

Luke has to help out on the farm, all he wants to do is to go to the Academy.

Harry is living under a stairwell and all he wants to do is go to Hogwarts.

Luke finds himself alone and by chance he meets up with Princess Leia who realizes his potential.

Harry is rescued from his Uncle’s house and at Hogwarts Hagrid takes him under his wing.

Luke has special powers.

Harry has special powers.

Luke meets up with Hans and together they form a forceful team.

Harry meets up with Ron and Hermione and they form a formidable team.

Luke symbolizes the Good and he uses his powers to fight evil.

Harry symbolizes the Good and he uses his powers to fight evil.

Luke is a leader.

Harry is a leader.

Luke learns how to use his power through guidance from Yoda

Harry learns wizardry from Dumbledore.

Luke stays true to his principles.

Harry stays true to his principles.

Success and triumph of good over evil falls on Luke’s shoulder.

Harry is the main defender of good over evil.

The night I watched the movie, I knew I should have taken notes OR at least tried to write this within a couple of days after viewing the film.  Alas I did neither so this is where this blog post ends.

May the Force Be With Each and Every One of You!

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