rain | dual personalities

Yesterday was a rainy, yucky day and I felt lousy so I indulged myself and watched movies, starting with the wonderful The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947). I was also inspired by an old DP blogpost which listed great movie scenes, so I thought I would do one with great movies with scenes in the rain, such as The Seven Samurai (1954)…

…The Public Enemy (1931)

…and then seventy years later, Road to Perdition (2002)

…the final scene in Cool Hand Luke (1967)

..and also the finale of Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)

…and the finale of Casablanca (1942) (okay–in the fog)

…and, of course:

And lest we forget:

Turn up the sound, watch them all. You’ll be glad you did.

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July 28, 2022

“And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the wind blew and slammed against the house”*

by chuckofish

Well, we had quite a storm earlier this week. We even broke a record for inches rained in a 24 hour period–9.04 inches! There was lots of scary flash flooding, as you can imagine, and people were forced out of their homes and apartments.

Of course, the OM had made an appointment to get his oil changed that day, so he drove off in the middle of the downpour at 6:30 in the morning. He made it there and to work afterwards, but good grief, Charlie Brown!

In other news I am enjoying spending time in the library of my local historical society. It is a pleasure to escape into the archives and read about another world where people were not confused about their pronouns. I am committed to volunteering, so we’ll see where this leads.

I love the #AskLigonier videos! You can learn a lot in these short clips! For instance, What would we be missing if our Bibles lacked the book of Galatians?

This is a good article about wrestling with the hard questions. “When we ask questions, we engage with what we say we believe. It is natural, normal, and understandable to have questions about our faith. The very essence of faith is believing in what we can’t see (Hebrews 11:6). That’s not easy to do!”

Well, all this rain makes me want to settle in with a Kurosawa movie where the driving rain or snow frequently adds a heightened tension to the action. Seven Samurai (1954), anyone?

*Matthew 7:25

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August 21, 2012

Look for me when it’s stormy

by chuckofish

Tut tut. It sure looked like rain yesterday. But (once again) no rain! It has been a frustrating summer of 100-degree weather and drought and burned up grass.

While we’re waiting for some drizzle, let’s enjoy this classic scene from Just Around the Corner (1938) with Shirley Temple and Bill Robinson on another bone-dry flyover day.