We decided to have Christmas at the Cabin in Stanley, Idaho in 2018. It is located on Goat Creek. The property abuts the Sawtooth National Forest\National Recreation\National Wilderness Boundary. We access via a Private Road and need to cross Forest Service property to get to our cabin. The property is part of a small enclave Read More…
Year: 2018
The Forger’s Spell; A Dutchman’s Brilliance at Lying Instead of Flying
Eighty years ago, the most famous work attributed to 17th Century Dutch Golden-Age Master Johannes Vermeer was “Christ at Emmaus.” A consensus of art critics and art historians hailed it as Vermeer’s finest work. The painting (with other masterpieces) were sold to Nazi Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring (Hitler’s #2) for approximately $35 Million in today’s dollars. Göring fancied Read More…
A Heist From a Different Mold: Widows
I like Heist movies – a lot. I like the big noisy kind such as The Town, the predictable, such as the Italian Job (both versions) and sometimes the star vehicles such as Ocean’s [enter number in the series here]. My favorite Heist type films are the ones with less a violence and more guessing Read More…