Topic: HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL YOU MOTHERS OUT THERE IN THE DARK (Read 5881 times)

vixmom · « **Reply #120 on:** May 12, 2019, 05:59:56 PM »

Oh Goodness..

50,000

On page 5 yet..

Jane · « **Reply #121 on:** May 12, 2019, 06:01:19 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on May 12, 2019, 05:51:32 PM

Quote from: Jane on May 12, 2019, 04:36:07 PM
Quote from: elmore3003 on May 12, 2019, 04:21:15 PM
Usually, when I say "Thatch, want to lie down with Daddy?" he's immediately on the bed next to me. When I call "Thatch, you want some dinner?" he's right there. Not today.

I would have been surprised if he had jumped on the bed next to you.

He always does. He's quite smart and he recognizes a lot of English words. He's more like a puppy with me than a cat.

Sorry, I am not referencing his ability to understand and respond, just that under the circumstances he would not jump up with you. He is a sensitive boy and not happy. Hiding is not unexpected.

My cats almost always came when called, each one responding to their name. If they were stressed that was often a different response.

Jane · « **Reply #122 on:** May 12, 2019, 06:03:11 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on May 12, 2019, 05:55:58 PM

Thatch did come out of hiding around 8:00, then vanished again. I hope he'll crawl in bed with me later. He usually sleeps with me every night. He's my little guardian angel.

He probably will during the quiet of the night.

Jane · « **Reply #123 on:** May 12, 2019, 06:04:03 PM »

Quote from: vixmom on May 12, 2019, 05:56:20 PM

My filet mignon was perfect...as were my green beans almondine and my mashed taters

Unusually for me , I ate every scrap

I am glad you enjoyed your meal. Did your mother enjoy hers?

Jane · « **Reply #124 on:** May 12, 2019, 06:05:00 PM »

Quote from: vixmom on May 12, 2019, 05:59:56 PM

Oh Goodness..

50,000

On page 5 yet..

Congratulations on your great timing.

Jane · « **Reply #125 on:** May 12, 2019, 06:05:56 PM »

VIBES STELLA IS A VERY HEALTHY KITTY WITHOUT ANY CHRONIC PROBLEMS!

John G. · « **Reply #126 on:** May 12, 2019, 06:19:02 PM »

Quote from: vixmom on May 12, 2019, 05:59:56 PM

Oh Goodness..

50,000

On page 5 yet..

Congratulations!

John G. · « **Reply #127 on:** May 12, 2019, 06:20:59 PM »

I thought of Stella Dallas first. Probably because of the Sondheim song.

Stella Dallas had her dreams
She would see her daughter dwell
In stately homes and places
Stella went to all extremes
Till finally a wealthy fella
Showed at Stella Dallas'
Stella worked it pretty well
But in the last analysis
Though Stella's daughter got the swell
All Stella got was calluses

John G. · « **Reply #128 on:** May 12, 2019, 06:22:13 PM »

Watching a WWII flick called I Was an American Spy starring Miss Ann Dvorak.

bk · « **Reply #129 on:** May 12, 2019, 06:50:33 PM »

Stellaaaaaa!

bk · « **Reply #130 on:** May 12, 2019, 06:54:38 PM »

Proofed two booklets and off to the printers they go. I'm not watching anything tonight. I've dived into a twenty-CD set, the complete works of Francis Poulenc, a French composer from France. I started with disc six, which begins several discs of his orchestral works - the five before are all solo piano and chamber. All his choral pieces are here as well as all his songs. I love his music and I'm not sure why it took me so long to delve into it - but when I got that big Andre Previn set, there was a great performance of the concerto for two pianos and orchestra - interesting that Previn had nothing to do with that piece but he had something else on that album - that piece was conducted by Bernstein and Gold and Fizdale were the pianists. On this set, we get a great 1957 performance, albeit in mono, with Poulenc as one of the pianists. His piano concerto is fantastic - and one wonders why it's not played more often.

John G. · « **Reply #131 on:** May 12, 2019, 06:55:43 PM »

Thanks to imdb, I know that the German title of this movie is Ich war eine amerikanische Spionin

Laura · « **Reply #132 on:** May 12, 2019, 06:56:33 PM »

Good evening.

Laura · « **Reply #133 on:** May 12, 2019, 06:56:45 PM »

Aww, Stella is very cute.

Laura · « **Reply #134 on:** May 12, 2019, 06:57:40 PM »

I was going to suggest the name "Betsy." That is the name I saved to name the calico kitten/cat I was going to get some day.

John G. · « **Reply #135 on:** May 12, 2019, 07:00:08 PM »

I once suggested the names Piesafe and Femur for a cat. They were not taken.

Laura · « **Reply #136 on:** May 12, 2019, 07:10:58 PM »

Sandra wants to name her next cat "Suitcase."

John G. · « **Reply #137 on:** May 12, 2019, 07:12:26 PM »

Quote from: Laura on May 12, 2019, 07:10:58 PM

Sandra wants to name her next cat "Suitcase."

I like her way of thinking.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #138 on:** May 12, 2019, 07:29:29 PM »

Quote from: bk on May 12, 2019, 06:54:38 PM

Proofed two booklets and off to the printers they go. I'm not watching anything tonight. I've dived into a twenty-CD set, the complete works of Francis Poulenc, a French composer from France. I started with disc six, which begins several discs of his orchestral works - the five before are all solo piano and chamber. All his choral pieces are here as well as all his songs. I love his music and I'm not sure why it took me so long to delve into it - but when I got that big Andre Previn set, there was a great performance of the concerto for two pianos and orchestra - interesting that Previn had nothing to do with that piece but he had something else on that album - that piece was conducted by Bernstein and Gold and Fizdale were the pianists. On this set, we get a great 1957 performance, albeit in mono, with Poulenc as one of the pianists. His piano concerto is fantastic - and one wonders why it's not played more often.

Is this the set?

Who's singing his "Gloria"? It's one of my all-time favorites. I can't say I'm a fan of his operas La Voix Humaine and Dialogues des Carmelites, but the John Dexter staging of Carmelites for the Met is really worth seeing. It's definitive in my book. I do love his one-act opera Les Mamelles de Tiresias; it's funny.

td · « **Reply #139 on:** May 12, 2019, 07:31:37 PM »

Happy Mother's Day, y'all! I am watching RANDOM HARVEST for the first time.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #140 on:** May 12, 2019, 07:38:11 PM »

A Poulenc set like that sounds wonderful.

John G. · « **Reply #141 on:** May 12, 2019, 07:43:02 PM »

Quote from: td on May 12, 2019, 07:31:37 PM

Happy Mother's Day, y'all! I am watching RANDOM HARVEST for the first time.

Wonderful to see you, TD. Welcome back.

John G. · « **Reply #142 on:** May 12, 2019, 07:44:56 PM »

Started watching The Favourite, but I think I'm going to turn in. Not because of the movie, which is really weird and really good.

I love Rachel Weisz tossing off lines like, "Let's shoot something!"

ChasSmith · « **Reply #143 on:** May 12, 2019, 07:45:39 PM »

So tonight we watched BATHTUBS OVER BROADWAY. It was the perfect thing.

BK: Silly idea, perhaps, but I ain’t got no shame: If it were even remotely possible, the prospect of the rerelease of a few of the more cherce industrial musicals would be a fine thing.

bk · « **Reply #144 on:** May 12, 2019, 07:47:23 PM »

elmore, yes that's the set. The performance of Gloria is the most famous and apparently best, with Rosanna Carteri from 1961.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #145 on:** May 12, 2019, 07:47:30 PM »

Vixmom, don’t post anything.

It’ll take me ten minutes or so to get to it, but I can immortalize your millstone.

John G. · « **Reply #146 on:** May 12, 2019, 07:47:46 PM »

I haven't seen anything quite like this since Peter Greenaway's "The Draughtsman's Contract."

bk · « **Reply #147 on:** May 12, 2019, 07:48:08 PM »

I would worry that all this attention would make that difficult - but I know someone who has a pretty large collection of those albums.

John G. · « **Reply #148 on:** May 12, 2019, 07:48:24 PM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on May 12, 2019, 07:45:39 PM

So tonight we watched BATHTUBS OVER BROADWAY. It was the perfect thing.

BK: Silly idea, perhaps, but I ain’t got no shame: If it were even remotely possible, the prospect of the rerelease of a few of the more cherce industrial musicals would be a fine thing.

I'll second that.

John G. · « **Reply #149 on:** May 12, 2019, 07:49:20 PM »

Let's move on ...

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