Words from Willow

The Searchers (1956) starring John Wayne is a Western.  Are you shocked about that?  Honestly, I have no idea how or why this ended up in my Netflix [...]

World War Z (2013) is an film about a zombie pandemic creating an apocalypse.  The virulent strain creates zombie-like people who attack and infect o [...]

Jupiter Ascending (2015) starring Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis is a Sci-Fi flick which touches on the issues of multi-generational legacies, reincarn [...]

Divergent (2014) is based on popular, young adult book trilogy by Niel Burger. In the first installment, which takes place in what is termed a "dysto [...]

[...] I too, but this one is a Google stock photo. In September 2014, while visiting relatives in Eugene Oregon, my sister and my niece and I decided to embark upon the 30th Anniversary showing of [...]

[...] In early September 2014, I went to The Glenwood Restaurant on U of O Campus in Eugene Oregon, with my niece. I gotta say, I feel just a tad out of step given that the majority of the [...]

[...] Daynight Donut shop on Hwy 99 in Eugene Oregon is a 24 hour doughnut chain.  They did have a location on River Road but have moved. We made [...]

[...] While visiting Eugene Oregon in September, my nieces took me to Down to Earth; Home, Garden and Gift. First we took out [...]

Before you get too excited...we missed the deadline on the sweepstakes...it ended Oct 29th, but I was having problems finding photos of the jeans for [...]

Full disclosure, which will probably null and void my review:  I didn't use "the system", I used the leave-in serum/conditioner only AND, I didn't us [...]

In my continued quest to find reasonably-priced products to tame my menopausaly two-textured hair (outer layer straight as a pin, everything else supe [...]

Let me start with this:  I realize that it is morally reprehensible to experience enjoyment from inhumanely raised, factory-farmed Frankenchickens, n [...]

The morning of August 16th 20014, we ate a complimentary breakfast buffet at The Mark in Beaverton, Oregon which is attached to the Shilo Inn. You ca [...]

I'd heard a lot of buzz about this doughnut place in Portland, Oregon, and in August, we were in Portland so we put it on our list to give it a try. [...]

Yesterday I wrote about our visit to VooDoo Doughnuts in Portland, and today I'll write about visiting Salt & Straw Ice Cream, also in downtown Po [...]

Gravy Daves (don't ya love that name?) is a small cafe on the Main street of Union, Oregon; right across the street from the historic Union Hotel.  I [...]

[...] he was 62 or so), but YouTube abounds with many samples of his work.  I would give his work an R rating more for language than content. His own enjoyment while performing is infectious and at times a [...]

[...] graphic detail that it would be an R.  I wouldn't have gone to see it if it had been an R rating.  The cruel abuse and the extreme circumstances were portrayed with plenty of detail...I [...]

[...] , but could easily have passed for a PG-13 rating.  In fact there was controversy over the R rating.  It is way too slow-moving for kids anyway. Will Forte, who is best known for barely comical, [...]

[...] graphic for me, and there certainly is a lot of f-bombs dropped.  Enough to earn it's R rating.  Quirky and unusual.  Not sorry I watched it but I can't say I really liked it or [...]

Gilmore Girls was a television sensation lasting 7 seasons on the WB network.  It debuted in 2000 starring Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel and Melissa M [...]

A Young Doctor's Notebook and Other Stories (2013 to present) starring John Hamm (Million Dollar Arm) and Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) is a dark co [...]

Hinterland (2013) is a BBC crime drama set in Wales starring Richard Harrington and Mali Harries.  The Welch version is titled "Y Gwyll" which means [...]

Dr. Who is a sci-fi series that has had a long and varied life.  It aired for 26 years from 1963 to 1989, had a revival film in 1996, and then came b [...]

[...] From Google images BJ's Ice Cream Parlor has been a staple at the Oregon Coast, in Florence Oregon, for many years.  They sell ice cream, and salt water taffy and other confections and do a [...]

In August 2014, I ate at Mo's while visiting relatives in the Eugene area.  A group of 10 of us went to the coast for the day and stopped in for lunc [...]

I visited Ichiban Japanese and Chinese Restaurant in Florence, Oregon in August of 2014.  I came with three nieces/nephew. This is their newly reloc [...]

Nina's Pony Espresso is a little drive up coffee shop located at 4150 W 11th Ave, Eugene, OR 97402 Phone:(541) 485-6374. I went there with my nieces [...]

I visited the Allann Bros Coffee shop, The Beanery on 5th Street in Eugene, Oregon on a beautiful summer day in August of 2014.  My nieces were showi [...]

If you read my blog, you will know that despite it not being a popular stance, I love the coffee at Starbucks.  I can't afford it often, so it is res [...]

I had my first foray into World Market in August 2014 in Eugene, Oregon.  One of my nieces turned me on to it. World Market can in many ways be comp [...]

Oak Street Vintage is a fab store in Eugene Oregon in the Fifth Street Public Market shopping district.  High industrial style ceilings with skylight [...]

While visiting Eugene Oregon in September, my nieces took me to Down to Earth; Home, Garden and Gift. First we took out time looking in the plant sec [...]