Happy Birthday Maureen O'Hara!
On August 17, Maureen O'Hara celebrated her 90th birthday! I celebrated it by spending the evening watching Turner Classic Movies and enjoying some old favorites of mine starring that beautiful lady. THE QUIET MAN still makes me laugh out loud, over and over again. And did any two people ever look so magnificent together on screen as O'Hara and John Wayne?
Alice
Though the Twilight books are older, I had truly hoped that young adults would forgo it and embrace the Looking Glass Wars series. A re-imagining of the Alice myth that is truly a worthy read. But it did not catch on in the same way, so the Vampire, and not the talking rabbit, is the current Mythological Mistress to the world. More's the pity.
That said, the new Tim Burton version of Alice in Wonderland has made all things Alice en vogue for the moment. I've seen the film and though there were a few forced and unnecessarily modern moments (I believe this will date the film. It has become an irritating Disney earmark in recent years), it made my soul dance. It was genuinely delightful.
Because of this, I am seriously considering adding some of my many Alice themed and Alice inspired pieces to the site. I haven't before because Alice is a very personal thing to me. Posting my Wonderland works would seem a bit like posting a nude photo. The only other such story so dear to me and so ingrained in my being is that of Dorothy and her companions as they travel to meet the Wizard. Something about lost girls who eventually find their way speaks to me. Alice and Dorothy actually meet and discuss their adventures (in a way) in some of my work.
We will see how this works itself out.
That said, the new Tim Burton version of Alice in Wonderland has made all things Alice en vogue for the moment. I've seen the film and though there were a few forced and unnecessarily modern moments (I believe this will date the film. It has become an irritating Disney earmark in recent years), it made my soul dance. It was genuinely delightful.
Because of this, I am seriously considering adding some of my many Alice themed and Alice inspired pieces to the site. I haven't before because Alice is a very personal thing to me. Posting my Wonderland works would seem a bit like posting a nude photo. The only other such story so dear to me and so ingrained in my being is that of Dorothy and her companions as they travel to meet the Wizard. Something about lost girls who eventually find their way speaks to me. Alice and Dorothy actually meet and discuss their adventures (in a way) in some of my work.
We will see how this works itself out.
