Happy 21st Anniversary to The Wife, also known as Lisa, The Love of My Life!
We’ve spent most of the past two years together 24/7, and, for most of this year, with her father living with us, too – and we’ve resented the pandemic, but not each other.
We started out the year by admiring Sound of Metal and Nomadland together. Now that I’ve eased her back into the theaters, too, we enjoyed Belfast last month.
This year we binged EVEN MORE more episodic television together. Her dad has an insatiable appetite for crime drama, so we’ve watched OVER FORTY FULL SEASONS of them, mostly on Acorn. The best have been Hidden, Shetland, River, Mystery Road, Traces, Darkness: Those Who Kill, Hinterland, Line of Duty, Bloodlands, L’Accident, Little Boy Blue, and Trapped. As far as we can tell from TV, the murder epidemic in England, Scotland and Wales has spread to Ireland, France, Iceland and Australia.
On a less grim note, we enjoyed Ted Lasso and Episodes (except for the concluding episode of Episodes).
She was fine with me heading off to cover the Nashville Film Festival in person. Once again, she tolerated my spending huge chunks of time covering Cinequest, Frameline, San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM) and San Francisco Jewish Film Festival virtually.
She’s the biggest fan and supporter of this blog DURING ALL OF ITS ELEVEN YEARS, and I appreciate her and love her. Happy Anniversary, Honey!
