Other then one incident, our vacation turned out to be a great get-away. We didn’t see all that we wanted to, and part of that was to save money, but we did make sure that we enjoyed our time. It all started with the drive down to Virginia, where we left five minutes ahead of schedule. A couple of years ago my Mother-in-Law traveled with us to Virginia, and she had brought along a crossword puzzle. With us helping her fill in the answers, we realized how it helped pass the time. We had bought a couple of books to bring with us, and Marcia started one just as we got on the beltway around Washington, DC. It seemed that in no time we were just miles north of the exit for Ashland, Virginia. With little traffic and the crossword puzzles...
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Aug 28
Aug 28
On Sunday afternoon Marcia and I watched the movie “Perfume”, based on the novel of the same name by Patrick Süskind, and starring Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman, and Alan Rickman.
From Amazon.Com, here is a synopsis of the movie plot:
Based on Patrick Suskind’s novel about a serial killer who hunts victims with his superhuman sense of smell, “Perfume: Story of a Murderer” is a florid, grisly portrayal of this historical drama set in 18th century France. Jean-Baptiste Grunuis (Whishaw) is born under his mother’s table at the fish market, onto a pile of muddy fish guts,...
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