Oz The Great and Powerful

By: Mary Fran Bontempo Ruby slippers, flying monkeys, witches--good and bad--and a wizard who isn't named Harry. Does it get any better? Well, it's not quite perfect. In this version of Oz, Dorothy's ruby slippers do not make an appearance. In fact, neither does Dorothy herself. Today, Disney releases Oz The Great and Powerful, and takes us to the magical land before the appearance of the little girl from Kansas and her pals. [...]

2018-10-30T09:48:24-04:00March 8th, 2013|1 Comment

Great Names, Good Tastes & Fond Memories

by Chrysa Smith Back before Christmas, my mother told me she was looking for a nightgown. If you haven’t read it before, she’s 90, so that pretty well leaves out anything from Victoria’s Secret. A granny nightgown is what she wanted, and quite frankly, the old-fashioned, flannel, button up to your neck and grace the floor type isn’t all that easy to find. So after scouring every store, I reverted to the web. [...]

2018-10-30T09:48:25-04:00March 7th, 2013|1 Comment

Returning the Bling–Pope Benedict Gives Back the Shoes and the Ring

By: Mary Fran Bontempo To hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below. They asked for the shoes and the jewelry back. Once the now-former Pope Benedict XVI announced that he would be retiring from the papacy (and who knew that was an option?), his title as head of the world’s 1.18 billion Catholics wasn’t the only thing he had to return. The ex-Pope does get to keep a [...]

2018-10-30T09:48:26-04:00March 5th, 2013|0 Comments
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