Copyrights Rule!...really?

Aside from the Trailer, which you'll be able to view below when you click on the word, you will find the following when you try to click the other two links below for the Performance and Speech: This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Oh, well...YouTube had it's moment, and i guess it's over. Enjoy the film and let me know what you think of it!

The Movie Once, Ireland...for all dreamers and aspiring and working musicians

I'm endorsing a fabulous little film called Once, which we just saw last night. As a small indie film set in Ireland, it's done well, having just won an Oscar for Best Song as well as a Grammy, and a number of other awards.

Many of the scenes, including the scene in the music shop, where they improvise the creation of the hit song which ultimately won the Oscar, we've been to and know well. Bonus fun factor. The whole opening sequence is right around the corner from Paul's office.

Trailer

Watch the movie, then click on the Oscars acceptance speeches link below. As soon as we finished the film, we were interested in the actors and their histories, and watching the combination of the film/real life successes was a wonderful testament to the impact of art, music, hope and following your dreams.

Oscar acceptance speeches

Performance at the Oscars

Even if you've already seen the film and the Oscars, viewed back to back, the impact of the message will bring on the tears...in all the best ways!...

Lastly, over the weekend, we also just discovered that the new film from the holidays, PS, I Love You, which was made two years ago in the Wicklow Mountains, contains scenes which were shot just on the road by our house. ...I guess Ireland must be a beautiful place to be...

Waiting for the day to start…

So here are Joshua and Sasha waiting on the other side of the road, out the front door, on Garbage Day, or Rubbish Day as they say here, for our friend Linda to pick them up to take them to school. School starts at 9:00am. It's a 20 minute drive to the school from where we live.

8:30...

Linda is the mother of Joshua’s classmate, Paul, who live down the road from us and with whom we’ve started ride sharing. It’s been wonderful! Linda happens also happens to be the woman without whom we would have not found our house! She’s a wonderful, delightful woman with whom I’ve gratefully found a fast friendship. We have great hopes of dyeing lichen together and felting slippers for our children…

8:35...

8:40...

8:41...and we're off...thanks, Linda!