Virgin Tiger Moth
Tomatoes growing.
Orange Day Lily
Feeling great that I’ve got two shots and looking forward to more things opening up safely and seeing more people and doing more things.
Received my second vaccination today (Moderna after AstraZeneca) and a few hours later my arm feels like someone punched me where the shot was.
Currently reading: The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green 📚
Watching Delphine Seyrig’s 1981 film BE PRETTY AND SHUT UP! on MUBI. 🎥
Just baked a loaf of bread and it smells pretty good.
Currently reading: Antkind by Charlie Kaufman 📚
Finished reading: Agency by William Gibson 📚
Kicking off HIFF (Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival) 2021 at home by watching THE CLOUD IN HER ROOM directed by Zheng Lu Xinyuan. 🎥 #HIFF2021
Butterfly
Making some strawberry jam in the bread machine with strawberries my sister and her family picked earlier today. 🍓
Currently reading: The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green 📚
Breakfast pizza with eggs, cheese, onions, garlic, tzatziki, and tomato sauce.
Celebrating Chantal Akerman’s birthday by watching her 1986 film LETTERS HOME for the first time on MUBI. 🎥
Watching Zeinabu irene Davis’ 1999 film Compensation on The Criterion Channel. 🎥
Watching the 1936 film MY MAN GODFREY directed by Gregory La Cava on The Criterion Channel. 🎥
Cheese pizza cooling.
Favourite new-to-me films for May 2021:
DOWN WITH LOVE, REMEMBER THE NIGHT, THE PALM BEACH STORY, THE HUMAN VOICE, THE FLORESTINE COLLECTION, FOUR ROADS, RIDERS OF JUSTICE.
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Chickpea Shakshuka fresh from the oven.
Watching the 2013 colourful and strange comedy I’M SO EXCITED! directed by Pedro Almodóvar on MUBI. 🎥
Watching Anders Thomas Jensen’s 2020 film RIDERS OF JUSTICE in iTunes. 🎥
Watching Tom Tykwer’s 1998 film RUN LOLA RUN again. 🎥
Listening to Matt Berry’s psychedelic album “The Blue Elephant” while I cook supper and really enjoying it. 🎵