Ugh. We have been sick all weekend. First it was Ralph, who went to bed just fine on Wednesday night and within four hours had produced enough mucus to fill a swimming pool. By Thursday night Scout had joined that club, and managed to sneeze INTO my mouth not once but twice while I was rubbing Vaporub onto her chest. And lo and behold, by Friday night I was sporting a tell-tale sore throat…
We are all feeling sniffly and foggy-headed and sorry for ourselves, bunkering down with copious quantities of berries and freshly-squeezed orange juice, and garlic-y foodstuffs. The house looks like a bomb hit it, the floors and all visible surfaces thick with toys, tissues and craft supplies: fallout from a weekend spent with two children sick enough to need to stay home but well enough to need constant entertaining. I could tidy up at night, but I’m too busy lying on the couch and moaning and sipping lemon-honey tea.
Also, I’ve been watching some of the movies on the Snail Mail Movie Club list. Here’s an update so far:
The Postman
Why do people keep paying Kevin Costner to make movies?!?, BUT, I kind of like the premise that in times of war or oppression, communication becomes a powerful weapon
The Shop Around the Corner
Sweet and I loved how closely You’ve Got Mail referenced it in both style and substance, BUT I could have wished for more of the actual pen-pal correspondence – I think they did that better in You’ve Got Mail
Letters to Juliet
Super cheesy and WHAT were they thinking with the utterly cardboard romantic-interest guy (I can’t even remember his name – the blonde one), BUT a completely beautiful (and real-life) practice of writing letters about love to Juliet Capulet, AND Vanessa Redgrave – I want to be her, at any age!
84 Charing Cross Road
Followed the book quite closely and just made me happy really, BUT occasionally a weird thing would happen where sometimes the actors, while reading their letters out loud, would look straight at the camera
Still to watch:
* Il Postino
* We’ve Got Christmas Mail
* The Night Mail
* In the Good Old Summertime
* PS I Love You
* Message in a Bottle
* Air Mail
* Poste Restante
What am I missing? Any other movies about snail mail? And have you seen any of these? What did you think?
And how are you? How are your loved-ones? Hopefully sore-throat and mucus free!
Image credit: horses (totally unrelated to this post but I liked them) by Bethany Legg, licensed under Creative Commons
