Newsletter – March 6, 2026
That’s our daughter Lora showing us her make-up for The Bride!
I’ve been sitting on those pictures for almost two years, but now the day has come!
You may have seen trailers for the film already. Lora’s make-up follows the theme of the title character played by Jessie Buckley under the direction of Maggie Gyllenhaal. Christian Bale plays Frankenstein’s monster.
It’s described as a horror-romance film set in 1930’s Chicago where the monster and his bride spark a radical social movement in a Bonnie-and-Clyde-esque outlaw story. Trailers can be found on line.
I’m not one for horror movies, in fact I’m a big coward*, but I’m not gonna miss my daughter in a major motion picture! I’ll just hunker down over my bucket of popcorn and breathe deeply.
[*Seriously, I played the Cowardly Lion in high school! Type casting, anyone? “I DO believe in spooks. I DO believe in spooks…”]
I’m reminded of my grandfather who’s father clung to the mast in a terrific storm in the North Sea, promising God—in Norwegian—that he would dedicate his life to His service if he would just save him from this tragedy. Great-Grandpa survived the storm and his son was brought up to shun movies because they were made in Hollywood, the Sodom and Gomorrah of the time.
My grandfather felt he had to honor his father’s wishes by not going to see any movie in the theaters.
“But Grandpa,” I said when I was in my 20’s, “you’re the one who told me that if you could go from a farm boy to a lawyer during The Great Depression then I could make it as an actor.”
“I still think so.”
“So wouldn’t you and Grandma go to a movie to see me?”
“Oh, yes, of course we would. That’s different.”
“Thanks Grandpa.”
Those lawyers, they know the spirit of the law is different from the letter of the law.
In that same spirit, I will face my heebie-jeebies to see my daughter in a horror movie.
…But I still reserve the right to cover my eyes during the scary parts.
TTFN
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I recently spotted a copy of my book on the “Local Author” shelf of the county library. They’re going to hold a Spring Author Fair on April 18th and I’ve already agreed to attend. Last year I sold about a half dozen of my books, maybe this year I’ll sell a few more.
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