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I love old black and white movies. Getting cozy on the couch with my wife, a bowl of popcorn and a movie from the pre-Tech- nicolor era is my idea of a good time. I love every- thing from the big clas- sics like “Citizen Kane” and “Casablanca” to the Sunday night Disney
This past season, my wife and I have found a great deal of enjoyment read- ing out loud together. Our vintage fiction of choice recently has been the “Little House” series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. We’ve been on a slow and steady hunt for each of the books in the series. We’re espe- cially fond of the original
movies of my childhood like “The Shaggy Dog” and “The Absent-Mind- ed Professor.” Created in a time before computers and special effects, these
1950s copies with the Garth Williams illustra- tions. The books are quite refreshing in their focus of family values and togetherness. I
motion pictures required great writing and engaging stories. Great films, such as Hitchcock’s “Psycho,” used the audience’s imagination to make it that much more thrilling. I will round out the old b&w list with “Dr. Strangelove,” “To Kill a Mockingbird,” and my personal favorite, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Corny, you say? Maybe, but I’ll take a little ideal- ized sappiness verses 98 percent of the movies out today.
think that is one of the reasons I’m so drawn to the stories. Living in our current cell phone society, it’s quite enjoyable to read about a family that spends so much purposeful time together. The books are also fascinat- ing to read just on a historical level, learning about how homesteaders lived in the 1800s. Of course, our reading time would not be complete without a roaring fire and a hot cup of Roasterie coffee.
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