Mid Week Musings

     So far, this has a been a month of talking to friends about change. Not sure if this is a coincidence or simply proves my theory about this time of year and our personal "winter of discontent" as the time changes back to gray mornings and early nights.  

A friend has started a journal/blog "about how movies can trigger sense memories."  Take a look http://journals.aol.com/woodhead393/MovieSenses/  and share your thoughts. The past weekend I talked to a friend who loves old movies as I do. After hanging up I took out a couple of light movies to watch as I cleaned. The first movie I watched was Sabrina starting Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart and William Holden. Between the movies and the rain I was in heaven.

I wonder if I am the only person who gets lost in Ikea? I continue to be intimitated when shopping in large stores or going to movie houses with 20 or more theaters. I went to the Woodbridge Mall by myself one time only, decided it was not a comfortable fit and never returned. But there is something about Ikea in Elizabeth that pulls me back to get lost again. Those arrows on the floor do not help. I should know that any store that has three and four free shuttle buses to bring people in from New York to shop is large and going to be crowded. Still every couple of years I feel the pull. Even the food line is scary, if there had been a hot dog stand nearby I would have had one for lunch and that's something I never do. So did I buy anything? Yes. I bought a new saute pan and a jar of ligonberries. It's not called jam or anything, but it is delicious.  It is always such a treat for me. At Ikea, it is the condiment of choice. It is served like cranberry sauce but I like it spread on bread ;-)  One of the reasons I like it is because it only has three ingredients; ligonberries, sugar and fruit pectin just like homemade jams and jellies. In the old days that's how Hero jams were :-(   

I just noticed that my blurb concerning ageism on the morning news received a "It's true, it's true." response. Take a look http://journals.aol.com/vryanes/vw/entries/665 I am sure that one of the reasons so many of the news folk (men and women) often seem to appear younger after a week or two of vacation. It's a Botox holiday and sometimes more. Last week on TV there was talk about a female news person looking much younger these days. I must admit that I had noticed it too.