Feest Isolation Days –2 March 2021
Pinch! Punch! First of the month! Yes I know that was yesterday, but hopefully there will be many more to come. I wondered where this idea of pinch punch came from, so finally looked it up. The consensus view is that it comes from the States, and we have George Washington, the first American president, to thank for this. Every first day of the month, George met with Indian tribes and served them punch with a pinch of salt in it. Pinch punch first of the month!
Firsts are always good aren’t they? New beginnings, starting a fresh. We are all happy to have something new to get into as we head into nearly a year of lockdown…except for those in Auckland who are on Day Two of their latest Lockdown!
We have just finished watching “Call My Agent” and needed something new to get stuck into. We found exactly what we needed and wanted in something called “This Is Us”. We have only seen one episode so far but apparently, there are eighteen more to go and another four series. By the end of Lockdown we may have managed to see them all! I do hope they come to an end as Call My Agent did in the most believable and exacting way.
The Golden Globes were handed out last night and they were mostly on Zoom. A few “Best Moments” are here
The Crown won for Best TV Drama series and three actors who played, Diana, Prince Charles, and Margaret Thatcher all won best Actor Awards. As people picked up their awards from their homes, they are surrounded by family and friends. Very different yet somehow quite special.
A film to look out for is heading to your screens in June. Although it didn’t win any Golden Globe awards, Anthony Hopkins staring in “The Father”, is bound to be electric. It’s a film that began as a stage play. We saw the first theatrical version in Bath several years ago and recommended all of our friends go and see it. We saw Kenneth Cranham as the Father and he was brilliant. He won several awards for his unrelenting performance. We saw it more than once with different casts. The playwright, Florian Zeller, understands dementia and it is powerful as a play, and no doubt will be as a film, too.
With lockdown keeping us away from the theatre at the moment, finding these gems is important!
Enjoy! Stay safe. The pandemic isn’t over yet but we are getting there!
With love,
Kathy x