Bicycles fill the streets of Italy! A few years ago, we explored Verona, Milan, Florence, Tuscany, and Rome. Along the way, we spotted countless bicycles leaning against fences, stone buildings, and street signs. Some were sleek and stylish, others purely practical, but all seemed cherished by their owners.
My fascination with the Christmas tree began when I was a small child who thought it would be fine to thrust tinsel in handfuls at the family Christmas tree which stood in front of our living room picture window.
Family gathers near the Christmas tree for a portrait photo, 1962 “No, no, no!” my mother said in a stern tone. “You do it like this.” And she plucked out one strand of silver and laid it gently over a branch. “At this rate,” I thought to myself, “We will never have the tree decorated!” But one-by-one my mother, brothers and sisters and I affixed each length of tinsel to our pungent spruce. And before too long, the tree stood, shimmering in its silver gown.
Crystal Pyramid Productions was tapped by the PBS News Hour a few years ago to videotape Pulitzer-Prize-winning San Diego Poet Rae Armantrout at her home in San Diego. As a poet myself, I notice that poetry seems to be taking a front seat these days at some very interesting venues, among them, the PBS News Hour.
In 1985, I was the proverbial fly on the wall as DP Mark Schulze set up his camera gear on the Holiday Inn patio, for our interview of Robert Livingston and Amory Lovins. Once the two gentlemen were settled, Mark began to roll.
Do we ever really know everything that is happening in our country, let alone our community? “Check Point” poses that question and then lays out a scenario in which the community members of a sleepy town begin to realize there is a terrorist sleeper cell in their midst. The thriller was filmed on location in Wilmington, North Carolina with a cast including Bill Goldberg (“The Longest Yard”), Kenny Johnson (“Bates Motel”), and Michelle Lee (“The Hunted”), along with Fred Williamson, Tyler Mane, Mindy Robinson, Olga Safari, Kane Hodder, Krista Grotte, Ricky Harris and Niko.