by Mary Carver | Sep 14, 2018 | Books, Movies & TV, Shows We Love
I’ve been writing about TV for quite a while. Even when the focus of my blog was, ostensibly, giving up on perfect, I wrote about my favorite shows. And Superbowl commercials and movies I rented and, of course, the new shows I was looking forward to every year....
by Mary Carver | Sep 14, 2018 | Books, Movies & TV, What I'm Into
All together now: How is it September already? I know. I know, friends. Time flies, we’re all getting old, and how on earth are we just 14 weeks away from Christmas. The good news about summer flying by and September pulling into our driveway on two wheels,...
by Mary Carver | Aug 29, 2018 | Finding Truth in Unexpected Places, Giving Up on Perfect
“I’m sorry. How can I help you?” The first time I heard it, I thought I must’ve been mistaken. The second time I heard it, though, I realized that’s indeed what she had said. The girl at the drive-thru window of my local McDonald’s had started apologizing before...
by Mary Carver | Aug 16, 2018 | Books, Movies & TV, Movie Moments
Trying to verify the author of a quote — and said quote’s exact wording — can feel just about impossible. I don’t understand it. With all the information we have, how can we not know for sure, for sure if Mark Twain said, “The reports of...
by Mary Carver | Aug 13, 2018 | Books, Movies & TV, Finding Truth in Unexpected Places, Movie Moments
I don’t go to the movies that often. Normally. It’s not uncommon for friends to mention a very popular movie, look at me and realize I haven’t seen said movie, and sigh deeply. But this summer I had a brief season of intense movie-watching. It was a fluke, and I can’t...
