Dave's Journal, Nov2023
Being that they live in Texas, Virginia and Massachussets, it is not often my "kids" are seen together. Here are Catherine and Loretta, this week.
Mike and Chris are hiking in NH. Chris is here, flashing her handsome new back pack (hidden joke there).
Picture I stole from Chris' page and grayscaled because I wanted to ....
Loretta is visiting this week (drove up by herself). Weather is not cooperating so we are not out and about much. Did have lunch at Mill3 today then over to B&N for caffeine and pastry.
Here at Mill3 .... Mike, Chrissy, Deb, Loretta and some old guy.
You didn't ask, but the scientists that know stuff like this say .... the global average Earth temperature over the last 12 months is the highest it's been in 125,000 years. I have no idea how they know this, but then I am not a climate scientist.
(The kitchen window, this morning.)
"I can eat this plant, right?"
I just stumbled into a low budget (actually "no budget") very dramatized film noir called Detour. (Available on the Criterion Channel.)
Overall the movie itself is a very stylized 1940s murder / drama, mostly narrated by the male lead, but that's not the point here.
What I saw is possibly the finest piece of acting I have ever seen. That statement sounds "overly dramatic", but I mean it -
Ann Savage is incredible in this role.
This trailer shows only a very short clip of her, but you must imagine her entire role is played this intensely.
From IMDB, regarding Ann Savage:
For one tough cookie who achieved major cult stardom with her hard-bitten blonde looks and "Perfect Vixen" tag, Ann Savage in real life was a lovely, spirited, gentle-looking lady. She may have peaked only briefly in 1940s Hollywood low-budgeters, but she made the most of it during that fairly short tenure. Out of the dozens of movies under her belt, one film part shot her to femme fatale infamy and, to this day, remains her biggest claim to fame. It took only four (some accounts say six) days to shoot, but Detour (1945) stands out as one of the best examples of surreal film noir, and the unforgettable dialogue and riveting teaming of Ann and sulky co-star Tom Neal are the primary reasons for its enduring fame.
OK.... this is a clip from the DVD I just got ....
she is one hard cookie .....
She was 23 !
From her notes.....
Mom and Dad on that "week's vacation before he left"......
"Free Motion Quilting for the first time on the Singer 201 2 from 1948 that I built. It went so much better than I thought. No struggle to drop the feed dogs. Now to learn some real pretty swirls and feathers. Thanks for watching."
(I swiped the video off her Youtube channel !! )
Had to steal that video.
See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkQxIKBih_w
And: https://shanedioneda.com/mini-mothra
