Category Archives: Other

Merry Christmas!

Posted on December 13, 2021 by rmkinder

Here’s a short Christmas story for you. The setting is The Retreasure Shoppe, a secondhand store, late afternoon on Christmas Eve. A woman named Dora seeks to find quickly some decent gifts for little money. She finds a special one.

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Churches Omitted in Last Post

Posted on March 28, 2021 by rmkinder

I did omit some Warrensburg churches from my last post. Here they are. I believe there’s another Church of Christ in town but I don’t know where. The one below is on Maguire, where the movie house once was. The … Continue reading →

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Praise for The Shape of Water

Posted on February 2, 2018 by rmkinder

The Shape of Water is a lovely film. Seeing it is like dreamweaving eras, catching the fifties and sixties in characters, and clothing, and colors, and posters, and movies, music, and dance. There’s violence, and it’s horrific, but it’s predictable … Continue reading →

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Does Belle Eat at the Banquet?

Posted on March 21, 2017 by rmkinder

I saw Beauty and the Beast last night. The visuals and the audio were beautiful! Dan Stevens (from Downton Abbey) was a surprise, since I hadn’t read the credits. Nice surprise. I wondered why, though, Belle didn’t eat during the … Continue reading →

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Fiddles, Cats, and Rosins

Posted on March 14, 2016 by rmkinder

I’ve wanted for a long time to be a fiddler, and began serious practice this past year. I had all the obstacles common to a beginner, especially an older one, but I persevered. An unusual obstacle was our cat Pearly, … Continue reading →

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Flying in Dreams and Elsewhere

Posted on January 28, 2016 by rmkinder

Most of my life I couldn’t fly in dreams. This was puzzling and frustrating because my mother could float in dreams and always escape from physical threat by simply staying inches ahead of it. She wouldn’t know escape was possible until it … Continue reading →

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Music Behind Bud Ad: Passenger (a repost)

Posted on February 28, 2014 by rmkinder

The best part of the Budweiser commercial “Puppy Love” is the music behind it: “Let Her Go,” performed by Michael David Rosenberg, a British singer and songwriter, stage name Passenger. ( He has a Facebook page and his tunes are … Continue reading →

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Justice or Hidden Agenda: Paula Deen (a repost)

Posted on February 28, 2014 by rmkinder

I’ve never paid much attention to Paula Deen, but there’s something strange and very ugly about the attack on her and the rapid withdrawal of her business investors. She seems like a scapegoat, someone who’s being sacrificed to indicate the … Continue reading →

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Memorable Scene in Herzog’s Heart of Glass

Posted on February 26, 2014 by rmkinder

One of the most startling and beautiful scenes in Werner Herzog movies is the glassblowing scene in Heart of Glass. It’s unexpected—though the movie is about glassblowing, about losing the art in the village itself, in the hands and memories … Continue reading →

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