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THE ART OF BUILDING A GOOD LIFE WELL LIVED – A Book Report and Movie Review of “The Art of Driving in the Rain” – by Gary Smolker, book reviewer, movie critic and values critic
The Movie “THE ART OF DRIVING IN THE RAIN” Is A Censored Version of the Book
Both the book and the movie are about a young man Denny who is a hero, his heroic selfless loving dying wife EVE, his loving young daughter ZOE, the family dog ENZO, and the EVIL COUPLE.
The EVIL COUPLE are EVE’S extremely wealthy “complain about everything”, “know it all”, manipulative parents.
The EVIL COUPLE constantly complain about everything and everyone.
They are self-absorbed parents.
They are self-absorbed grandparents.
Their conduct is manipulative, deceitful and out-of-bounds.
Death by Brain Cancer
EVE has brain cancer and is dying.
EVE and ZOE temporarily stay with EVE’S grandparents, the EVIL COUPLE, the moment EVE comes back from the hospital to recover from her brain surgery operation to remove the cancer tumor growing in her brain.
Building Dramatic Tension
There are many major differences between the book and the movie.
Dramatic Tension
The tension in the book is very high, a very dramatic fight for custody of ZOE initiated by the EVIL COUPLE after EVE dies.
EVE dies after a heart wrenching fight against brain cancer.
All during her battle with brain cancer, EVE unselfishly and lovingly attends to Denny’s emotional needs.
After Eve dies, the self-absorbed nothing is good enough for them EVIL COUPLE sue to get sole custody of ZOE.
The EVIL COUPLE believe they can provide a better life for ZOE with their money than can hard working decent young Denny who is starting out and just beginning his career as a race car driver.
FALSE ACCUSATION OF RAPING A 15 YEAR OLD GIRL
In the book a 15 year old promiscuous sexy young woman wrongfully accused Denny of raping her.
Criminal charges are filed against Denny.
As a result of that accusation, the EVIL COUPLE GRANDPARENTS are awarded temporary custody of ZOE during the custody battle for sole custody of ZOE launched by the EVIL COUPLE. Denny is not allowed to have custody of ZOE pending the outcome of a criminal trial.
That doesn’t happen in the movie.
FALSE ACCUSATION OF BEATING UP ZOE’S GRANDFATHER
In the movie, Denny is accused of thoughtlessly, in an angry rage, pushing ZOE’s grandfather down which resulted in the grandfather breaking a rib.
Criminal charges are filed against Denny for his alleged violet attack on EVE’S overbearing grandfather.
As a result of that accusation, the EVIL COUPLE GRANDPARENTS get to have sole temporary custody of ZOE. Denny is not allowed to have custody of ZOE but is eventually allowed visitation pending the outcome of the criminal trial.
That doesn’t happen in the book.
RUNNING OUT OF MONEY
In the book, Denny runs out of money.
Denny sells his home to obtain necessary funds owing to his lawyer and so he will be able to continue to pay his lawyer to continue to represent him in his custody fight to regain custody of ZOE, and to continue to defend him in the criminal proceeding initiated by the EVIL COUPLE, ZOE’S manipulative grandparents.
That doesn’t happen in the movie.
THE FUNERAL
In the book, Denny is kicked out of the cemetery during the burial of his wife by the EVIL COUPLE’S two sons.
That doesn’t happen in the movie.
Philosopher Dog
ENZO is a philosopher dog.
ENZO narrates the story in both the book and in the movie.
While narrating the story, ENZO comments on many contemporary social issues including the husband and wife couple who sold ENZO when he was a very young puppy to Denny.
In both the book and in the movie, the following exchange occurs after Denny tells the couple that he has chosen to purchase ENZO:
The puppy’s owner tells Denny, “That puppy is the pick of the litter. We were thinking of keeping him.”
ENZO comments after the man says that – in both the book and in the movie, “He says that to every purchaser about each and every puppy chosen to be purchased when the prospective purchaser asks, ‘How much for that one?'”
I wrote nine pages of things said by ENZO while ENZO was narrating the story “The Art of Racing in the Rain.”
THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
“The Art of Racing in the Rain” is a philosophical discourse on the topic: How to live a well lived good life!
Copyright © 2019 by Gary Smolker, All Rights Reserved
NOTE FROM A SUPPORTIVE FRIEND – by Gary Smolker
Being alone is not the same as being lonely.
Life is doing.
It is being part of the moment and being aware of nothing else but the moment.
NOTE RECEIVED YESTERDAY
Gary:
Be Magnificent – by Gary Smolker
Don’t Underestimate the Importance of Being Fun
Empower Yourself to Be Magnificent
POWER is having fear and taking action in spite of it.
COURAGE is taking action to make a contribution in spite of being afraid.
Everyone is afraid.
Show UP
Show up for yourself in your own life.
Don’t be a doormat.
You can bring life into other people’s lives.
You are the catalyst for change in the world that surrounds you.
Empower people to make happen what ever they care about the most within reason.
If people around you are not having a great life it is literally impossible for you to have a great life.
Pursue Success from Your Own Passion
Pursue success from your own passion not from external pressures.
Below is a sign that was in the entry to a warehouse in Canoga Park, California where a laser-light show rave dance was put on by my friend King of the Dance Hall Dash Senter, which I attended in October 2016.
Be Present
Everyone present had a great time at that dance which lasted from 7:00 p.m. on a Saturday night until 3:00 a.m. Sunday morning, the next morning.
Photos below are some of the photos I took when I paused for a moment on the dance floor.
Get Off On Authenticity
If you have any resentments kill them.
Your resentment is a jail cell. Get out of your self-created jail cell/prison.
Instead move on with your life …. be brilliantly present to what empowers you.
If you don’t let go of your complaints you will live a lifetime of unhappiness, misery and bitterness. You will lose self-esteem, you will lose your ability to trust, you will become untrustworthy, you will lose your ability to connect and you will lose your peace of mind.
You are the generator of who you are and what you have.
Go For It
Don’t live a settled life.
Raise the bar.
Play “full-out.”
Encourage other people to achieve greatness; spend your time always making positive supportive contributions to other people’s lives.
If you don’t play “full-out” you will never find fulfillment.
Focus on the Good
Its Only Seems Impossible Until Its Done
Bringing Peace to the World
Let’s all get together and bring peace to the world.
Aliveness
Don’t kill off aliveness.
They say a good friend will visit you when you are in jail.
A really good friend will help you hide the body.
Be in good humor.
Have a sense of humor.
You are a catalyst for change in the world which surrounds you.
There is a train of love beginning right here.
Jump on.
Gary S. Smolker, gadfly at large
Copyright © 2017 Gary S. Smolker, All Rights Reserved
Gary S. Smolker, Publisher, book reviewer, movie reviewer, social commentator The Gary S. Smolker Idea Exchange Blog www.garysmolker.wordpress.com Gary Smolker, Fashion Blogger Dude's Guide to Women's Shoes www.dudesguidetowomentsshoes.com Instagram @garyspassion
SIZZLE by Gary Smolker
A Controversy
This morning a friend (Richard Gibson) asked me what I have been doing.
I told Richard, “I have created a game called SIZZLE by Gary Smolker“. It is a mind-game about the status of women.
Richard then asked me, “What kind of game is that?”
I answered, “A discussion game. I pose the topic ‘the status of women’ then tell what I think is the role and status of women then other people discuss that.”
Richard was alarmed. Richard told/advised me with alarm, “That is too controversial!”
I replied, “I am going to post SIZZLE by Gary Smolker on the Gary S. Smolker Idea Exchange blog for people who use the Internet to ‘play.’
Richard replied, “Okay. I will go to your funeral and give an eulogy.”
My game topic – the role of women – and my creation of the game SIZZLE by Gary Smolker is my reaction to seeing a table consisting of a woman on her knees supporting a clear table top on her back in the TV room of an extremely wealthy man.
Below is a photograph of the table that drove me to create the game SIZZLE by Gary Smolker .
That table is the only table in the TV room of a very wealthy man’s home.
Upon seeing that table, I wondered,
- What kind of artist would create a table like that?
- What is the message the artist is presenting? What does the artist who created that table want people who see that table to think and/or to think about?
- What type of art collect would purchase such a table and put it as a functioning piece of furniture in his home?
- What message, if any, is the collector presenting by placing that table in his TV room?
- What does that table say about the role of women in society?
- What does that table say about people’s/a society’s view of women and the role of women in society?
- What does that table say about women’s view of the role of women in society?
- What is the role of women in society today?
- What is the state of sexuality in contemporary culture?
I invite you to play SIZZLE by Gary Smolker by telling me and/or the world at large your thoughts about the status and role of women in society?
What are your thoughts on sexuality in contemporary culture?
What are your thoughts on eroticism?
You are invited to play my mind game SIZZLE by Gary Smolker by posting your comments on any of those topics directly on this blog post, or by sending me your personal comment/reply directly to me at GSmolker@aol.com.
Your answer to the above questions will be a reflection of whether or not you are hip, of your “hip quotient” on women and gender issues of the day.
The house in which I saw that table is a museum open at no charge to the public by appointment.
The museum is owned by a foundation (the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation) started by Frederick R. Weisman, the man who lived in that home. Frederick R. Weisman died in 1994 after spending 40 years collecting art.
When I showed that photograph to a friend of mine, she asked me: “Have you ever been to a sushi party?”
I replied, “No. What is a sushi party.”
She replied,
- “A sushi party is a party at which you eat sushi off the bare back of a totally nude woman.
- “The totally nude woman is on her hands and knees.
- “The sushi is on her bare back.”
Mr. Weisman’s home is full of original modern artwork created by famous artists such as Paul Cezanne, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Willem de Kooning, Henry Moore, Isamu Noguchi, Pablo Picasso, Mark Rothko, Roy Lichtenstein, Max Ernst, Rene Magritte, Joan Miro, Jackson Pollock, Claes Oldenburg, David Hockney, Jasper Johns, Alexander Caldwell, and Andy Warhol.
Mr. Weisman’s home is now is a marvelous art museum.
The sensual table above (in which a woman is the base of a table) was created by the British pop artist Allen Jones, who is best known for his human furniture which depict women in the role of furniture.
In this piece of furniture, the artist has set up a theatre in which the viewer’s assumptions will come into play demonstrating the truth of Anais Nin’s statement, “We don’t see things as they are, we see things as we are.”
Sex identity, gender identity, cultural role playing, social performance, psychosexual drives and identity were big issues in the Presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump and remain big contemporary issues today.
My favorite Frederick R. Weisman quote is,
“I don’t think there is anything that communicates better than art – it is quicker than language and clearer than philosophy.”
With that in mind, what do you think the cartoon sent to me this morning (November 10, 2016) is communicating?
Be Hip
Be hip.
After reading this post, post your social comments on the role of women either on The Gary S. Smolker Idea Exchange blog at http://www.garysmolker.wordpress.com/2016/10/29/sizzle-by-gary-smolker/ or on the Dude’s Guide to Women’s Shoes Blog at http://www.dudesguidetowomensshoes.com or send your comments directly to me by email at GSmolker@aol.com.
Enjoy the SIZZLE by Gary Smolker – “WHAT IS THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN SOCIETY GAME” – Ride
Before I created SIZZLE by Gary Smolker, my friend Eric Teitelbaum put his toes into the waters of SIZZLE by Gary Smolker – the “What Is the Role of Women in Society Game” – by replying to my email request to tell me the definition of hip and why so many hip people are not satisfied with their lives.
I have known Eric Teitelbaum since we were classmates together in the 8th grade at Nellie N. Kaufman Junior High School in Palm Springs, California.
Although I was funnier and more of a cut-up than Eric, to his credit and glory Eric grew-up to become an internationally famous cartoonist and my consultant on how to be hip and on how to look less uncool.
A Brief History of Eric’s Involvement
On October 24, 2016, I posted a movie review of “Nocturnal Animals on my Gary S. Smolker Idea Exchange Blog at https://garysmolker.wordpress.com/a-comment-on-visionary-tom-fords-newest-movie-nocturanl-animals-by-gary-smolker/ and notified Eric that I had done so.
I posted a recent picture of myself taken, which was taken on October 19, 2016, in my office in Encino, California at the end of that email.
After posting my movie review of “Nocturnal Animals” I sent an email to Eric in which I asked Eric:
- “What is your definition of ‘hip’ and
- “Why is it desirable to be hip?
- ‘Why are so many ‘hip’ people not satisfied with their lives?’
- Later I asked Eric: “Are you a perfectionist workaholic provocateur?”
Eric commented on my “Uncool Appearance” in the photograph above by email.
See copy of email exchanges below.
On Oct 26, 2016 8:09 AM, “Gary Smolker” <gsmolker@aol.com> wrote:
EricAre you a perfectionist workaholic provocateur?
Check our the excerpt below from my post (posted last night on Dude’s Guide to Women’s Shoes at www.dudesguidetowomensshoes.com) titled WHEN WOMEN HAVE A MESSAGE TO SEND THEY FLAUNT IT.——————————Below is an excerpt from a post on Dude’s Guide to Women’s Shoes posted on October 25, 2016.———————————————————Are the pictures above charged with erotic frisson?Why did the artist create that sculpture?What was/is the message presented to you when you look at that sculpture?What is the meaning of that sculpture to you?Why did the art collector purchase that table? Why did he put that table in his TV room?WHAT IS THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN SOCIETY TODAY?Check out my entire piece on the role of woman titled WHEN WOMEN HAVE A MESSAGE TO SEND THEY FLAUNT IT, posted last night on Dudes Guide to Women’s Shoes at www.dudesguidetowomensshoes.comBy the way, don’t forget to ride a motorcycle.I know artists work when they feel like working.I know artists do what they feel like doing when they fell like doing it.Below is a picture of the type of motorcycle I have in mind for you.
I repeat the woman holding the table top on her back is wearing high heels.
- What is the symbolic importance of that woman wearing high heels?
- What message is being sent by a woman when she is wearing high heels – to men?
- What message is being sent by a woman wearing high heels to other women?
- Is the message being sent by a woman wearing high heels (a) that she wants to have fun, (b) that she is a confident woman, (c) that she is willing to endure pain to look prettier/more beautiful?
Look at her high heels again.Look at her good looking body.Below is a picture of the type of motorcycle I have in mind for you [Eric].
Eric’s Rejoinder
Eric replied:
“Yo Gary!
Stop Worrying– You are HIP!…but you can even appear more HIP by looking less UNCOOL…
Here’s the secret sauce:
- “Hire a stunt double to stand in for all your photos… (maybe a Ryan Seacrest type… I hear he works cheap!)
- “Get some work done— Maybe a little face, neck, rhino or liposuction… (all the while announcing on your website that you intend to age gracefully)
- “Commit a minor crime… then in lieu of rehab, appear on ‘Dancing with the Stars!’
“My good friend, Gary,
“I love the ‘lighter side’ as much as you do…btw: great motorcycle! :)”
Eric
Today’s political gag:
COUPLE WATCHING EVENING NEWS NEWSCASTER
“So many Celebrities are threatening to move to Canada that most Canadians are threatening to move to Alaska.”
SIZZLE SIZZLE SIZZLE
I love beauty, art, painting, music, sculpture, books and gardens.
The question “What is the role of women in society is a biased question?
The real question is “What are the roles of men and women in society?
Below is a photograph of my good friend Femme Fatale and me taken while we were on a tour of a neighbor’s villa, in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles.
The neighbor’s villa contains an art collection.
Femme Fatale and I both love art.
Seeing the art collection in that neighbor’s villa was one of the most memorable experiences of our lives.
The owner of that villa – the man who collected the art that is in that villa – has passed away.
His villa is now an art museum and open to the public.
It is open to viewing for free by the public by appointment.
His villa still contains the exact same furniture and art that surrounded him while he was alive living in that villa.
Passion for Art and Beauty
That villa is a testament to that man’s passion for art and beauty.
By acting on his passion for art and beauty he left a legacy for the public, including Femme Fatale and me, to enjoy.
Femme Fatale and I both have a love and passion for art and beauty.
Femme Fatale and I have known each other for about five years.
Look at the fantastic sculpture on the front lawn of that villa with Femme Fatale and I standing in front of it.
The photograph below was taken on Tuesday, October October 25, 2016.
Below is a photograph, taken by me on October 25, 2016, of the entry way and front door of that man’s home.
Gorgeous Women Are Often Surrounded by Rich Men
I am attracted to intelligent women – such as Femme Fatale – who are artistic, who love painting, poetry, music, the performing arts, books and science.
I’ve noticed a connection and an intersection between art, beautiful women and rich men.
- On October 29, 2016 I received an email which confirmed the connection/intersection between art and beautiful women and rich men which I’ve always seen and felt.
- That email contained an article about rich men who purchase nude sculptures of women who are their mistresses and/or high priced escorts.
[Aside: Many rich men have the attitude that women are objects and believe they are superior to women in every way. I, on the other hand, am attracted to women who are superior to me in one way or another.]
For full details about that connection/role of women/status of women in society, see the October 27, 2016 issue of “The New York Times” article titled A SCULPTOR REAPS THE REWARDS OF ART DEALS BROKERED IN THE BEDROOM.
The gist/story line of that article is that artist Skye Ferrante makes abstract portrait sculptures of women who are the mistresses of rich men and/or high end “escorts.” Those women pose in the nude. The sculpture Skye creates is an abstract portrait.
He and his models sell the sculpture of their nude bodies of the models to men in their life who want to have a keepsake abstract sculpture of her.
According to that article Skye and his model share sale proceeds equally, 50:50.
One of Sky’s customers is quoted as saying the sculpture he purchased was beautifully constructed. He is also quoted as saying:
Its depiction of the woman, her hair unruly and her eyes closed, was abstract enough for anyone to appreciate, but realistic enough that he – through not his wife – could still recognize her.
His wife likes the sculpture but she doesn’t know anything about it.
The article goes on — sculptures have been displayed in the buyers’ homes, with few who saw them knowing what inspired them.
After reading that article I sent the following reply to Mayer. My reply was inspired by my belief in the equal status of men and woman.
“Great article.
“Who hasn’t given a gift a woman who is a rock-star-among-rock-stars?
“Better yet, who hasn’t received a gift from such a woman?”
My Comments Re The Role of Women and Men In Society
The world has changed since I got married in 1968.
Births to Unmarried Women
According to an article I read: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Vital Statistics Report reports: births to unmarried women in 1960 was 5%; 23% in 1986 and 41% in 2012.
Women Are More Than Baby Producing Machines
The world is full of beautiful, caring, intelligent, witty, poetic, artistic, sensitive women and men who love them.
Below is a picture of one of them, Femme Fatale, taken at the Rose Cafe, in Venice, California on February 10, 2016.
Femme Fatale and I have shared many adventures with each other.
The Rose Cafe is a very special hip place in Venice, California.
Femme Fatale had never heard of the Rose Cafe.
I knew she would enjoy being there.
That is why I took her there.
Being with someone who enjoys the same thing(s) you do is very enjoyable to both parties.
Women and men who do things together that both enjoy are more than a sex object to each other, or a cash machine and more than a servant or each other’s servant.
The Role of Women
My belief is that the role of a woman is to make a home which is a warm place a man will want to come home to.
My belief is based on what I experienced while I was going up, before I got married in 1968.
In the 1960s the issues of gender identity and same sex marriage was not on the table for discussion and most married women did not have a ‘paying job’, married women stayed at home.
The Role of Men
My current belief is that the role of a man is to help a woman make the home a warm place for both to come home to.
My current belief is based on my experience too.
Most women I know today, college educated women and women who have not graduated from college, have a paying job outside the home.
Some women have to work at two or more jobs in order to be self-sustaining.
Today, many college educated men and women live at home with their parents while in their 20s and into their 30s because they can’t find a job or a combination of jobs that will pay them enough money for them to be self-sustaining.
Under such circumstances it is not physically or emotionally possible for women to handle all household chores by themselves.
It is necessary for men to “help out around the home”, to do household chores.
The Role of Money
Today, it is not unusual for a woman to make more money then her boyfriend or her husband.
Mental and Emotional Compatibility
My belief is that money is much less important than “mental compatibility.”
Both man and woman must “approve” of each other, respect each other, enjoy being with each other, be willing to “sacrifice” and to “compromise” to make each other happy and at the same time must be true to themselves/be true to their identify/their self-image.
Both man and woman must be willing to stick together through good times and bad and must make the best of everything together.
They must be happy to laugh together and to cry together.
You don’t have to be rich to treat yourself, or to treat the woman in your life, or to treat the man your life.
Flowers Are A Life Force
Give the woman in your life flowers.
Give the man in your life flowers.
Give yourself flowers.
Live Is Lovely and Fleeting
Life is lovely and fleeting.
Flowers are the hallmark of spring.
There is no surer sign of renewal in the world, of awakening and rebirth.
Flowers are incorporated into ritual and sacrament the world over, as emblems of eros, beauty, perfection, purity, fertility, joy, love, spiritual transformation and resurrection.
We flourish in concert with the flower(s) around us.
TAKEAWAY:
MEN: Give the woman you care about flowers.
Life is more artistic than art can ever be.
Flowers make a home a warm place to come home to.
Gary S. Smolker, publisher, movie reviewer, social commentator Gary S. Smolker Idea Exchange Blog www.garysmolker.wordpress.com Gary Smolker, fashion blogger Dude's Guide to Women's Shoes www.dudesguidetowomensshoes.com
Copyright © 2016 by Gary S. Smolker, All Rights Reserved
A Parisian Femme Fatale – by Gary S. Smolker
She Is A Parisian
by Gary S. Smolker
My Femme Fatale is a Parisian.
In my imagination she is so beautiful that making love with her would be like climbing Mount Everest without a Sherpa.
Waking up next to her (Femme Fatale) would be a wonderful way for a man to start his day.
Femme Fatale likes cats.
Femme Fatale likes flowers.
Femme Fatale likes the ocean.
Femme Fatale is a dreamer.
Femme Fatale is a painter, a poet, and a hypnotherapist.
Femme Fatale paints self-portraits.
She exudes sensuality.
She emotes sexuality.
She is hypnotic.
She has a cheerful temperament.
Her voice conveys likability.
She hypnotizes me and will hypnotize you with her voice.
Femme Fatale is sweeter than the most delicious churro dunked in the highest quality hot chocolate drink.
When you meet her, you will know why highest quality hot chocolate drinks are served with a spoon.
When you meet her you will know the meaning of the phrase “Food of the Gods.”
Are you imaging what Femme Fatale looks like?
Are you wondering if there an expiration date on her beauty?
What Does A Femme Fatale Look Like? — Set Your Imagination Free.
“What does Femme Fatale look like?”, you ask me.
There are many different kinds of beauty, many kinds of physical beauty, social beauty, attitudes towards beauty and cultural aspects of beauty.
Paris is a hodge podge of people of many different nationalities and religions and ethnicities which encompass and are embedded in different degrees in people from many different countries.
Paris is very cosmopolitan.
France is not what France is like.
In the French countryside people are different than the people in Paris.
French people in Paris come from many countries.
Beauty is subjective.
Parisian Femme Fatales look like this:
Style
My Parisian Femme Fatale has style.
She is calm, civilized and sweet.
She doesn’t judge herself by whether she looks like a cover girl.
She is secure; she is comfortable in her own skin.
Being with her is like eating dinner by candlelight.
When I am with her I feel my spirits rising in a hopeful way.
If you get to be with her you too will feel your spirits rising in a hopeful way.
You will find being with her is how you imagine it would be to dunk a magnificent churro in hot chocolate and then savor every drip of chocolate that gets on your tongue and every chew of the churro as it enters your mouth.
When you are with her your endorphin level will sky rocket, make you feel better.
I would love to introduce you to Femme Fatale.
Joie de Vie
Recently I told Femme Fatale, “Churros with high quality hot chocolate before breakfast or with breakfast will help your day go better.”
Femme replied,
“I am now about dunking. My breakfast is toasted dark bread with salted butter dunked into black coffee only,
“Dunking is great and I cannot wait to dunk churros in hot chocolate, that will be an entirely new experience.
“Yay.”
Growing Up
Life is complicated.
Growing up is a process.
It takes time.
The burden of growing up is unique to each person.
When you wake up tomorrow you will be able to see clearly that life is beautiful and full of promises.
Conclusion
The question I have answered in my own life is: Why sleep when you can dream?
Copyright © 2016 Gary S. Smolker
Empires of the Mind – by Gary Smolker
Oct 18
Posted by Gary S. Smolker
SAYING IT ALL
Life Seen Through A Glass of Wine
The real empires of the world are the empires of the mind.
When you are a poet, you are an architect of the mind.
Everything about you is very romantic – what you say creates a very romantic picture.
You can’t help communicating a very romantic picture when expressing yourself.
“Life seen through a glass of wine while unwinding after a day of working hard” — says it all.
Nice, Comfy, Warm
“Thanks again for your kindness” — says it all.
Time
“There are so many books I would like to read or reread. When will I find the time? I don’t even have time to write my own.” — says it all.
He Stole My Slippers
“Carlos stole my slippers. He says they are fabulous.” — is the nicest compliment I’ve ever received.
Gary S. Smolker, publisher, movie reviewer, social commentator
The Gary S. Smolker Idea Exchange Blog
http://www.garysmolker.wordpress.com
Gary Smolker, fashion blogger
Dude’s Guide to Women’s Shoes
http://www.dudesguidetowomensshoes.com
Copyright © 2016 by Gary S. Smolker, All Rights Reserved
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