May the wisdom and spirit of artist Anna Boghiguian guide whoever needs it this year and always. πβ€οΈ #HappyNewYear2026
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Disabled GenX writer. Classic film & TV; music; languages; science; math; history; art; photography; law. Neurodivergent amputee. #TeamPete #TCMParty #FilmSky #DisabilityInFilm #MECFS #MCASπ¦βΎοΈπ¦πΌ
May the wisdom and spirit of artist Anna Boghiguian guide whoever needs it this year and always. πβ€οΈ #HappyNewYear2026
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#TCMParty Iβm not on here much because of illness + my vision varies from poor to absent these days, although occasionally I can see ok in my right eye. Gotta reserve βseeing timeβ for survival needs as much as possible. Wish I could post all my great finds like this β€΅οΈ but I just canβt. Miss yβall!
Top 10 Duet ever right here! Always lifts my spirits. Thank heavens I watched it enough times to see it in my head as it plays now that Iβm losing my vision. β€οΈ
SAGAFTRA Foundation posted a 35-minute 1997 interview with Sylvia Sidney on YouTube a couple of days ago, and itβs pure gold from beginning to end!Sheβs one of my all-time favorite classic film actresses, and I adore her as a person too. So blunt, charming, and vivacious!
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This is still ongoing. Reposting because Iβm too fatigued to do an update but I donβt want my account to be inactive for so long!
I am losing my sight and canβt see this very well, but they are standing together indoors. Ethel Waters and Fredi Washingtonβs faces are close together.
One of the features included in that historic 1939 TV broadcast was a scene from the Broadway play Mambaβs Daughters by DuBose Heyward. Georgette Harvey, Ethel Waters, & Fredi Washington reprised their roles. Here they are at the Empire Theatre in a publicity shot for the play a few months earlier.
Black and white photo of Ethel Waters looking fabulous in menswear in the 1920s. She wearing a suit, including a vest and tie. Her hat is ar a jaunty angle, and she has a flower in her lapel. She is looking into the camera and smiling.
Yesterday was the 86th anniversary of singer and actress #EthelWatersβ variety TV special, βThe Ethel Waters Show.β She was the first Black American to host a TV show! She was closeted by then, but sheβd lived openly as a lesbian in Harlem before gaining wider fame. #PrideMonth π³οΈβπ
Yoy remembered! π₯°
Cover of the book WALLS and MIRRORS Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants, and the Politics of Ethnicity by DAVID G. GUTIERREZ Cover is red with letters in black and white
here is most of the text from the back cover, not including some of the recommendation quotes: Covering more than a century of American history, Walls and Mirrors examines the ways that continuous immigration from Mexico transformed-and continues to shape-the political, social, and cultural life of the American Southwest. Taking a fresh approach to one of the most divisive political issues of our time, David GutiΓ©rrez explores the ways that the constant influx of Mexican immigrants influenced Mexican Americans' sense of social and cultural identity and thus shaped their politics and the trajectory of the Mexican American civil rights movement. GutiΓ©rrez draws on an extensive body of primary and secondary sources to challenge some of the most cherished myths about U.S. immigration and labor policies, the adaptation and incorporation of immigrants into society, and the nature of the ethnic Mexican experience in the Southwest. "An outstanding contribution to Chicano studies and American history in general. ... With balanced, nuanced writing and superior scholarship, the author has provided a first-rate interpretive framework for understanding the political and cultural dilemma faced by Mexican Americans in American society." -George Sanchez, University of Michigan DAVID G. GUTIERREZ is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego. ISBN-13: 978-0-520-20219-1 ISBN- 10: 0-520-20219-8 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
π²π½πΊπΈ Walls & Mirrors: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants, & the Politics of Ethnicity
by David G. GutiΓ©rrez, 1995
Read this when it came out. One of the best history books Iβve ever read. Iβd learned maybe 1% in high school, including in Texas history classes. Iβm excited that I found it on Kindle!
The Audible sale going on right now is incredible. Iβm getting books for like $2 or $3 that Iβve been wanting for ages! #Audiobooks
Black and white beach shot of Gary Cooper sitting in a suit chatting with David Niven, squatting in shorts and shirt.
David Niven is priceless in #BluebeardsEighthWife! Itβs one of my favorite roles for him. So funny! Gary Cooper, Claudette Colbert, and Edward Everett Horton are all perfect as well, but David Niven steals the scenes heβs in, or at least most of them! #Lubitsch
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Thatβs excellent news!! Hopefully the schedule is the accurate one, not the list. Thanks so much for letting me know!
The full title of Bestonβs book is βThe Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod.β I just learned about it by searching for the above quote after seeing it in @maudkeen.bsky.socialβs bio. Such beautiful words! Available to read free:
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βI lived in the midst of an abundance of natural life which manifested itself every hour of the day, and from being thus surrounded, thus enclosed within a great whirl of what one may call the life force, I felt that I drew a secret and sustaining energy.β
β Henry Beston, The Outermost House, 1928
Iβm partial to the messy hair π
Heβs so TIMELESS!!
Happy Rosalind Russellβs Birthday!! I will have to do her justice belatedly. I hope she will forgive me! πβ€οΈ
*Not intended as criticism of the #StarOfTheMonth programmers in any way! Itβs a great lineup this month! #GaryCooper π #TCMParty
Young Gary Cooper looking at disheveled in a tuxedo
Happy @tcmtv.bsky.social #GaryCooper Month!! Some of my faves arenβt showing, but itβll be spectacular anyway!
My Top 5 Missing, so folks can seek if interested:
City Streets (1931)
Casanova Brown (1944)
Bluebeardβs Eighth Wife (1938)
Peter Ibbetson (1935)
Ten North Frederick (1958)
#TCMParty #SOTM
Ann Blyth, Paul Newman, and Richard Carlson in The Helen Morgan Story
I was unable to watch, but hereβs one of my old screenshots for comparison to whatever aspect ratio they aired. Youβll probably need to expand to see the full width. Not sure how it will display on here. #TheHelenMorganStory #TCMParty #RichardCarlson
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Iβd appreciate folks reposting.
Also would appreciate recommendations on the best Braille label maker, especially one that will work for pill bottles. Thanks!
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I get those too. awful! Hang in there!
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Blind and low-vision folks β have any of you used a Hable One Braille Keyboard for iPhone? How was it? I can barely see anymore, donβt know yet if itβs permanent or maybe even getting worse, and my iPhone accessibility features are not enough for me. Any advice appreciated. Thanks!
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Iβm so sorry! Maybe we can trade coping tips later. π«