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Movies, mindfulness, and musings. With a sarcastic tone.

• Robin Williams: Thank You

  By Vegan Cinephile on August 11, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  The film Mrs. Doubtfire came out the same year that my parents got divorced. I watched this movie over and over and over again until I knew every line, every intonation, and every gesture by heart.  At the time, I had… Read More ›

• Gracie and Jynx: Reunited and It Feels So Good!

  By Vegan Cinephile on August 11, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  Do you all remember when I mentioned that my rescue pup’s mom, Jynx, was finally adopted?   Turns out the man who adopted her lives about 15 minutes from me, so my mom and I decided to reunite the mother/daughter pair… Read More ›

• Poem of the Week: wandering in the cage by Charles Bukowski

  By Vegan Cinephile on August 8, 2014 • ( 3 )

  wandering in the cage languid conjecture during hours of moil, trapped in the shadows of the father. sidewalks outside of cafes are lonely through the day. my cat looks at me and is not sure what I am and I… Read More ›

• Poem of the Week: 49 1/2 by Sharon Olds

  By Vegan Cinephile on July 18, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

    49 1/2 The first long month, waiting and waiting, I fear I am pregnant. The second long month, a clot appears, ruby-crowned kinglet’s nest. Well – that’s it, I hear myself saying, in passionless wonder. For a moment, I… Read More ›

• #MovieQuoteMonday: Capote (2005)

  By Vegan Cinephile on June 30, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  “I did everything I could. I truly did” – Philip Seymour Hoffman as Truman Capote in Capote, 2005. I never truly understood narcissism until I saw this movie.  Up until that time, I thought it referred to someone who was… Read More ›

• Product Review: Alba Botanica Pore Purifying Pineapple Enzyme Hawaiian Facial Cleanser

  By Vegan Cinephile on June 28, 2014 • ( 4 )

  

  Whew, what a long product name. My quest for vegan skincare that actually works continues.  While I haven’t blogged about it, one of my goals for this year is to find skincare and makeup that are completely cruelty-free and vegan.  I’m… Read More ›

• Poem of the Week: The Clasp by Sharon Olds

  By Vegan Cinephile on June 13, 2014 • ( 0 )

  The Clasp She was four, he was one, it was raining, we had colds, we had been in the apartment two weeks straight, I grabbed her to keep her from shoving him over on his face, again, and when I… Read More ›

• #MovieQuoteMonday: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

  By Vegan Cinephile on June 9, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) Now, Mr. Prentice, clearly a most reasonable man, says he has no wish to offend me, but wants to know if I’m some kind of a nut. And Mrs. Prentice says that like her… Read More ›

• Poem of the Week: [During the Second World War…] by Charles Reznikoff

  By Vegan Cinephile on June 6, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  [During the Second World War…] During the Second World War, I was going home one night along a street I seldom used. All the stores were closed except one—a small fruit store. An old Italian was inside to wait on… Read More ›

• Movie Quote Monday: Something to Talk About (1995)

  By Vegan Cinephile on June 2, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  “Emma Rae, I have a cookbook to put out, and a daughter to raise, and the God damn winter Grand Prix. And I just don’t have time for the nervous breakdown I deserve, so please, don’t ask me to stop… Read More ›