What I Did on My Summer Vacation. . .

Well, Campers, here is the list of books and read and movies I watched during the period of my convalescence, which is still on-going.  The lists are in no particular order and I’m sure there are some omissions.  But, they were a fun way to while away the time and I want to thank my friends Will and Karen who spent time watching most of the movies with me.  Their friendship knows no bound!!

First, the books. . .

‘Three Men in a Boat’ - Jerome K. Jerome

 ‘Blackout’ - Connie Willis

‘All Clear’ - Connie Willis

‘To Say Nothing of the Dog’ - Connie Willis

‘Miracle and Other Christmas Stories’ – Connie Willis

‘Best of Connie Willis’

‘The Cuckoo's Calling’ - JK Rowling as Robert Galbraith

‘The Silkworm’ - JK Rowling as Robert Galbraith

‘Trigger Warning’ anthology - Neil Gaiman

‘Funny Girl’ - Nick Hornby

Several Christmas collections

‘Rogues’ – Gardner Dozois and George R. R. Martin, eds.

‘Dangerous Women’ – Gardner Dozois and George R. R. Martin, eds.

‘Grail’ – Stephen Lawhead

‘Easiest If I Had a Gun’ – Michael Gerhard Martin

‘Jack of Kinrowan’ – Charles DeLiont

‘Avalon’ – Stephen Lawhead

‘Queen of Camelot’ – Nancy McKenzie

‘Prince of Dreams’ – Nancy McKenzie

‘Born to Exile’ – Phyllis Eisenstein

‘The Haunted Abbot’ – Peter Tremayne

‘A Man in Full’ – Tom Wolfe

‘I Am Charlotte Simmons’ – Tom Wolfe

'Byzantium’ – Stephen Lwahead

‘The Darkness’ – Jason Pinter

‘The Hunters’ – Jason Pinter

‘The Fury’ - – Jason Pinter

‘The Stolen’ – Jason Pinter

‘The Guilty’ – Jason Pinter

‘The Mark’ - – Jason Pinter

‘Everybody’s Got Something’ – Robin Roberts

 

Next the movies. . .

 

‘The Hurt Locker’

‘Lars and the Real Girl’

‘Amarcord’

‘La Dolce Vita’

‘Into the Woods’

‘The Graduate’

Lord of the Rings trilogy

‘Dune’ (1984)

‘Dune’ (2000)

‘Children of Dune’

Jodorowsky's ‘Dune’

‘Harry Potter & Deathly Hallows’ - Parts 1 and 2

‘Firefly’ (14 episodes)

‘Serenity’

‘Brother Cadfael’ (13 episodes)

‘Good Will Hunting’

‘Good Morning Vietnam’

‘Dead Poets Society’

‘The Birdcage’

‘The World According to Garp’

‘Moscow on the Hudson’

‘This is Spinal Tap’

‘Waiting for Guffman’

‘A Mighty Wind’

‘Best in Show’

‘For Your Consideration’

‘Gimme Shelter’

‘20 Feet from Stardom’

‘Cadillac Records’

‘About a Boy’

‘High Fidelity’

‘Fever Pitch’

‘Stardust’

‘Mirrormask’

‘Groundhog Day’

‘Stripes’

‘The Mists of Avalon’

‘King Arthur’

‘MASH’

‘Network’

‘Sirens’

‘The Big Easy’

‘The Usual Suspects’

‘Pulp Fiction’

‘The Princess Bride’

‘Local Hero’

‘2001’

‘Slaughterhouse Five’

‘Reservoir Dogs’

‘Love, Actually’

‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’

‘Breakfast of Champions’

‘Ulee’s Gold’

‘Ruby in Paradise’

‘Tommy’

‘Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’

‘The Magnificent Seven’

‘Silverado’

‘Wonder Boys’

‘Miracle on 34^th Street’ – 2 versions

‘A Christmas Story’

‘Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol’

‘Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade’

‘The Ladykillers’

 

I thank you for indulging me by reading these lists and I hope that I was able to trigger some pleasant memories for each of you.

 

Peace and Love!!

Joe

 

 

 

Moving On. ..

Well, Campers, a brief update on my marathon visit to Moffitt on Tuesday. . .

All is pretty darn good!!  I was given clearance to no longer have to drink thickened liquids, my diet was expanded, and they took out the feeding tube.  Oh, and BTW, I don’t have cancer.  All in all, a pretty good report.  To help me ‘celebrate’, Elaine cooked up a big pot of spaghetti and meatballs for dinner, heaven for a good old Italian boy like me.

I still get tired easily but even that is lessening.  I’m still working 4 hours a day and take a 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 hour nap when I get home, but I feel stronger.  

At my friend Will Eddins’ suggestion, I’m working on a list that I will post soon, of how I spent my convalescence.  It will include the books I read and movies I saw.  It will be quite long, I realized.  Perhaps something for future generations of cancer patients to work their way through.  I know that it certainly helped me from going down the rat hole.

More will follow soon. . .

Peace and love!!

Joe

A Flash of Green. . .

Well, campers, after watching sunsets on the Florida Gulf Coast for 32 years, I finally saw the green flash tonight.  It was worth waiting for.


Peace and Love!!
Joe