Recommendations

 

 

 & Why is it when I like a TV series or movie the critics hate it. Maybe it means I'm far off the line of normal. Anyway I like this romance-comedy, "The Secret Laughter of Women." The storytelling resolves around characters whose differences include racial traditions to concepts of what a male/female relationship should be. I especially enjoyed the slice of Nigerian rites and traditions given viewers.

 & The following paragraph is from Kristine William's story, "The Dancing." Her work can be found at DeadFly Productions, www.geocities.com/soho/square/8959. If you have not read this story and her many others, you've missed out on great storytelling. When I read this passage I felt it told the ups and downs of my life so well that once you've read it, you've read me (as my children say).

"It was amazing how one simple misunderstanding or unspoken belief could crumble entire worlds. So many times, you assumed your intentions were understood and lived your life accordingly. But every now and again, you got a curve ball thrown at you from out of the clear blue sky. If you were good, you caught it. If you were lucky, it bounced off your chin then into the mitt..."

 

 

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