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Almost a year . . . Time to give this blog another go around.

Almost a year . . . Time to give this blog another go around.

I haven’t been posting regularly and that has bothered me for numerous reasons. However, grief takes its own time and path.

It will be a year in June that my youngest, Dylan, passed at age 18 after an 11 year battle against cancer. Not a day goes by that I don’t miss him or that my heart aches from the loss. I have held that pain close to my chest and have not shared it. Part of the reason is…

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My youngest would have turned 19 today. He was diagnosed at age 7 with brain cancer and Thanks to St Jude CRH we had 11 years with him. He passed June 2018. If you can please donate to St Jude in his memory! https://www.facebook.com/donate/565017643986037/?fundraiser_source=external_url https://www.instagram.com/p/BwF9dyyjfAk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2gvpnsxagd4f

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Green Book and other Oscar disasters

Green Book and other Oscar disasters

I didn’t watch the Oscars this year. Nevertheless, here’s my Oscars wrap-up.

1. You may recall that some time ago on this blog I mentioned that Michelle threw down an ultimatum as we were walking out of The Hate U Give: if it wasn’t nominated for Best Picture, I wasn’t allowed to watch the Oscar telecast this year. For a long time I resisted her on it. Even when the disastrous nominations were…

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Atelier Lusso Bespoke Carina

Atelier Lusso Bespoke Carina

My first bespoke pen came from Atelier Lusso Pens. I was browsing through FB and a post came across my feed featuring a pen by Atelier Lusso in the color Primary Manipulation by Johnathan Brook. I was struck by the colors although there was a bit more pink than I like, but I loved how the colors intermingled with each other. I had not heard of Atelier Lusso Pens, so I quickly went to the site to…

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Writing letters with a dip-pen. #dippen #stationery #writing #letters #pen #diamineink https://www.instagram.com/p/BtMSfPAjRYf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1puty1apcim5m

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Max's Movie Monday: Beale Street, Blindspotting, Bodied, and more

Max’s Movie Monday: Beale Street, Blindspotting, Bodied, and more

I can’t be alone in thinking that it’s bizarre that the Hollywood Foreign Press nominated The Favourite and Vice (two dramas) for Musical or Comedy Best Picture and Bohemian Rhapsody and A Star is Born — TWO MUSICALS — for Drama Best Picture (full Golden Globes nominees/winners here). People have been joking about the contortedness of their nominating practices for ages, but this year it feels…

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Max's Movie Monday: Leave No Trace, Happy as Lazzaro, and three more films

Max’s Movie Monday: Leave No Trace, Happy as Lazzaro, and three more films

With the wide-ranging effects of the #metoo movement toppling more careers last year, 2018 will certainly be remembered in film history as an important year for women. Unfortunately, this narrative misses something even more crucial: by my rough count, more important films by more women directors debuted in 2018 than any other year I can remember. (Indiewire agrees, incidentally.) I’m talking…

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Now the hard part—deciding which ink to put in each pen 🖊 #fountainpen #fpn #nib #currentlyinked #everydaycarry #edc #pen https://www.instagram.com/p/BsNoI5lDr_5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1e6i1lndkhuap

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One of my favorites! #montegrappa #montegrappapen #montegrappachef #fountainpen #fpn #fountainpenink #everydaycarry #edc #fountainpenaddict #currentlyinked #sbrebrownink #nib #nibbage https://www.instagram.com/p/BsLLlOhDaCK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1j0kjq9zpicd

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Starting the year with a renewed commitment to my blog: girlrocketmoon.com, please stop by and visit. #montegrappa #chef #fountainpen #nib #fpn #fpgeeks #fpaddict #grief https://www.instagram.com/p/BsJoop9jTjj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=p7bzps3zqqj2

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Review of Montegrappa Chef Limited Edition Fountain Pen

Review of Montegrappa Chef Limited Edition Fountain Pen

Review of Montegrappa Chef Limited Edition Fountain Pen Everyone has their reasons for choosing the pens they do. I like to get pens that make me think of someone, remind me of a special memory, or just pull at my soul. I purchased this pen because I think of my son, Dalton, who loves to cook. He has cooked many fabulous meals for me, and he’s even taken me to eat at Michelin-star-rated…

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Happy New Year 2019! #newyear #2019 https://www.instagram.com/p/BsGvigrDx5S/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=47yaabkpxkoz

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Max's Movie Monday: Into the Spider-Verse, Vice, and more

Max’s Movie Monday: Into the Spider-Verse, Vice, and more

At the turning of the calendar, the awards-season movie blitz continues with some well-reviewed cartoons, attempts to plumb the zeitgeist, Oscar-bait biopics, and some well-meaning misfires. Here are mini-reviews of five year-end films. From best to worst, they are Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Vox Lux, At Eternity’s Gate, Ralph Breaks the Internet, and Vice.

Spider-Man: Into the…

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PEACE: Kalaloch Beach 3 – Stones Peace: Kalaloch Beach 3 One of my favorite places- Kalaloch Beach 3 in Washington's Olympic National Park.

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Remembering time spent at Washington Olympic Kalaloch Beach 3. #nationalparks #olympicnationalpark #washingtonstate #beach #tranquility https://www.instagram.com/p/BsAx6FZj57s/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1rpdlwznqma6v

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Everyday carry-Skrocki hand carved leather skull journal and Visconti Opera Silver Dust #everydaycarry #edc #fountainpen #fpn #fpgeeks #fpgeeks #currentlyinked #journal #journaling https://www.instagram.com/p/Br76ECNDxMo/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ls0qax3bh4yw