Solo Traveler: Dangerous Walking
A typical San Miguel de Allende street, complete with a hole. Photo by Sherry Hardage
Solo Traveler: Dangerous WalkingOne afternoon I walked down the andador in San Cristóbal de las Casas. It is a street that has been closed off to traffic and repaved with nice flagstones for pedestrians. It’s always full of tourists, buskers and indigenous women selling crafts.
A tall European woman turned to watch a street performer but continued walking forward. If I hadn’t stepped aside she would have walked right into me!
When I lived in San Miguel de Allende for a short time, I saw a Read More
Healing Hands: Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy
Healing Hands: Myofascial Trigger Point TherapyA trigger point is an area of muscle fibers that are in continuous contraction located within a tight band of muscle. This hypoxic “knot” (Partland and Simmons 2013) can be felt as a lump that twitches when pressed and can also be very tender, sting, and have increased referred pain.
Referred pain can be pain that has the same intensity as a trigger point in the same muscle but away from the trigger point itself. You can possibly feel these knots in your own neck and you already know how painful they can be.
People I work with who have Read More
Cinema Cindy Reviews ‘Noah’
‘Noah’
Movie poster for ‘Noah.’ Courtesy/Reel Deal Theater
“Noah”, the new film by Darren Aronofsky, is a fantasy that uses 21st century psychological insights within the framework of an ancient biblical story, ending with mixed results.
Those who, like us, re-read Genesis 6 through 9 before going to see the film, may find themselves disappointed that more of the details of the story from the Hebrew Bible didn’t make the cut in this story. (Really? There aren’t three wives for the sons? The animals sleep Read More
This Week at the Reel Deal
Column By JIM O’DONNELL Happy Spring Break! We will be open every day, every showtime to accommodate all.
Movie poster for ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier.’ Courtesy Reel Deal Theater
This week, we are opening Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Muppets Most Wanted, Noah, and Divergent will hold for another week. Mr. Peabody and Sherman ends this Thursday.
Critic Randy Myers of San Jose Mercury News calls Read More
How the Hen House Turns: The Puzzle of Animal Consciousness
How the Hen House Turns:The movie “The Life of Pi” is thoughtful exploration of religion and meaning and the animal mind. As well as a masterful use of 3D to express nature’s power and human fragility and beauty without going over the top too often.
The effects did not steal too much story time, just a little, with lengthy storms. What impressed me most was the director’s restraint in leaving the large questions unanswered, and his letting the human be a human and the tiger be a tiger.
Tigers are Read More
Yang: Viscerally Annoying, Cerebrally Dissatisfying – My Reaction to ‘The Triple Package,’ Part 3
Viscerally Annoying, Cerebrally Dissatisfying – my reaction to “The Triple Package,” Part IIThe authors of “The Triple Package” have been on the talk circuit, as part of the heavy marketing and promotional strategy for their book. As a result, there is no shortage of reviews and critiques from the main street media. Most of the sentiment from the “pundits” ranges from mixed to unfavorable; a good portion of “regular” readers think the authors are “brave” to say the unsay-able and resonate with their thesis. A few critics downright accuse Chua and Rubenfeld of racism.
To recap: Read More
Food on the Hill: Mashed Potatoes With Rosemary
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.comIngredients:
Directions:
Put the potatoes in a pan with water enough to cover them by two inches. Simmer about 25- 30 minutes until fork tender. Reserve 1 cup of potato water. Read More
