My Current Interest

Photo of DVD cover taken by Kate Dorsey      Even though I own this movie, I have not watched A League of Their Own in a very long time. When I came across it on TV I remembered how much I like it. I also remembered there is one part I have a really hard time with. This part lasts maybe two minutes, but I still find it difficult to watch. That is why it is good the rest of the movie is so enjoyable.      Dottie (Geena Davis) and Kit (Lori Petty) are two sisters recruited to try out for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) during World War II. Actually, Dottie is the only one recruited and she does not want to go. Kit convinces the recruiter (Jon Lovitz) to take her, but there is a condition. The only way Kit can come to the tryouts is if Dottie comes too. Kit manages to convince Dottie to go to the tryouts and they both make it onto the Rockford Peaches. They befriend the other women on the team, and settle in, but tensions between Kit and Dottie get to be too

                Earlier this year I wrote about the series Midsomer Murders which I absolutely adore. I knew the shows were based on books, but I never chose to read one until recently. The Killings at Badger’s Drift is the first in the series of books by Caroline Graham that star Chief Inspector Barnaby and Sergeant Troy.                              Emily Simpson is an elderly former teacher who witnesses something she should not have. Not long later Ms. Simpson is found dead. Due to her age, the death is ruled as natural causes. Her best friend, Lucy Bellringer, does not believe the determined cause of death and takes her concerns to Chief Inspector Barnaby. He decides to check out the situation with the assistance of a reluctant Sergeant Troy. What they encounter during their investigation is quite unexpected.              The people Barnaby and Troy meet are, well, let us just say interesting. First off are Mrs. Rainbird and her son, Dennis, who wor

               As is to be expected, I was quite hooked on the U.S. Open. While my love of tennis and cheering on my favorite players was enough of a reason to watch, this time there was another one as well. The 2012 U.S. Open was the last tournament for Kim Clijsters before her retirement. When the tournament began I was really hoping she would win the women’s singles title again. Sadly, Ms. Clijsters lost in the second round. As she is one of only two female tennis players I seek out to watch, it is sad to see her go. I have great respect for Ms. Clijsters and I wish her the best.              This is the second retirement for Ms. Clijsters. When she came back from her first retirement I did not really know who she was. Her name was familiar, but as I have said before, I mostly pay attention to the men’s side of the draw. When Ms. Clijsters returned, that quickly changed. I watched as she won her first Grand Slam out of retirement as well as t

               After finding this television series in a catalog, the first season discs sat on my movie list a long time before they moved far enough up to ship.   Now that I have seen a few of the discs, I have to ask myself: Why did I wait so long?   The first episode I was unsure about because it was stiff, but every episode after that has been wonderful.                              Set in Victorian era Canada, Detective William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson) is an unusual member of the police force.   He looks at things differently and does not go for the easy answer.   In many ways Murdoch lives his life in a very conservative manner, but he is open minded all at the same time.   On top of this, Murdoch is a very sweet and caring man.   I do not see how the women are not falling all over him.   Well, I guess I do.   The scripts are not written that way.   If this were real life…                 There three people Murdoch works with to solve the mysteries.   The first, and in