It’s raining again this morning, but I won’t complain. Yesterday’s rain was less than expected but areas closer to the coast were flooding, including New York City. The film I watched of the flooding in Manhattan and Brooklyn was shocking. I remember this happening a couple of years ago, not long after I’d been living temporarily in Brooklyn. Some of the film showed an area relatively close to where I was living in Park Slope, near the Gowanus Canal. Not that flooding like this hasn’t happened before, but it seems to be happening more frequently. Subways flooded, streets flooded, basements flooded – many apartments are in basements. It’s dangerous. I haven’t checked on the weather in NYC this morning, but I hope the amount of water has receded.
We did have flood watches up here and I’m sure our rivers are way too high at the moment, but all is well.
Our repair work on the refrigerator seems to have done the trick. No water leaking! Every time I walk by, I stop to open the door and check the refrigerator ‘status’ but so far, so good. Hey, I think we did it! Thank heavens for YouTube, which has the provided many answers and how-tos over the years.
A stack of books from the library. Unfortunately, the large print Lisa Jewell smells of cigarette smoke, so we’ll have to see whether I’m willing to deal with that. Probably not. I’m reading The Secret Hours at the moment and I’m more than halfway through. Excellent, excellent.
Late in the afternoon yesterday, I checked TCM’s schedule and saw that Cinema Paradiso was the prime-time offering. I was thrilled and couldn’t wait to tell Don. We love, love, love that movie. I have Don to thank for introducing me to it many years ago. It certainly is in my top five best movies ever. If you haven’t seen it, you should. It’s a love letter to the magic of the cinema. It’s an Italian movie, and it takes place in Sicily. The cast is brilliant, especially the young actor who plays the main character, Toto, as a young boy. I’ve never seen a better performance from a child. But every performance is spot on, the score by Ennio Morricone is unbelievably beautiful – it’s a treasure. And it is beautifully directed. We cried at the end as we always do, and we’ve been talking about it this morning. It stays with us, lingering, bathing us in its warmth. I’ve written about it before on this blog. I always feel better for having seen it. I’ll carry it with me throughout the day.
Stay safe.
Happy Saturday.
