this afternoon i watched a DVD movie, a redbox rental, 'news of the world'. i recognized tom hanks, and mare winningham, in it. i liked it more than i thought i would. i rented it as i knew it got some oscar nominations. it is about a former civil war soldier who travels from town to town reading the news. he finds a girl in an overturned wagon and then decides to return her to her only known family, after being orphaned twice- from her birth, and kiowa, families. it helped in my book that it was historical fiction, and being a storyteller helped as well on me liking it. memorable was the scene where she tries to eat soup with her fingers, and she is told to eat with a spoon. the ending is what i should have expected, and seemed most appropriate although i was expecting something different for whatever reason.
this was an active day for me. it started with getting to the DMV to get the license plate renewal for my car. i stopped at a nearby holiday gas station after i was done there and got a sandwich for lunch. then it was on to the post office, and four orders were waiting, including a DVD from amazon. then i went home and put away the orders, with a first day cover stamp it meant putting it in a sheet protector in a binder. then i had lunch, and it meant heating up the sandwich. then it was on to family dollar where i got a CD, DVD, sheet protectors, and a small box of keebler cookies. i did some online searching and then watched the movie. then i went to aldi for my weekly grocery order, and dumped the movie at the gas station. by then it was time for dinner, had some pizza while watching the baseball 'game of the week' on fox. giants beat the cubs 4-3, i fell asleep and missed some of it but woke up in time to see the ending. during my walks for the day i found 73 cents.
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