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During the Time of Covid
Bridget E Kelly is in West Chester.
Hanging at home in West Chester, PA
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Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
Birthday Goal 68
Birthday Goal: 68 Events
July1, 2023- June 30, 2024
In 1968, I started the 8th grade and that was about the time that my parents finally let me go to the movies with friends. So for my 68th birth year, I am going to 68 entertainment events. That includes movies, lectures, concerts, plays, demonstrations etc. I can't wait. It should be an interesting year.
- The Olympic Museum- Colorado
- The Songs of Freedom, a movie about the dreadful child sex trafficking crisis in our world.
- The Barbie Movie, a fun, light, powerful movie about women.
- Hook, a movie I've seen at least four times and I love it every time I see it. It was playing at the Monday Night Movies at Uptown and I was an usher.
- Oppenheimer, this was no Barbie movie.
- Livingston Taylor concert- Bryn Mawr summer series. I went with Tricia and Bill.
- Singer/Songwriter Finalist Concert- I ushered this event at the Uptown Theatre.
- Theatre Camp, a movie- it was a very funny mockumentary about a kids' summer theatre camp.
- Hop Fidelity Concert with Bill and Pat McRae. This band was talented.
- Best in Show movie at Uptown. a group of us went and laughed all night long. I've seen this movie five times now and it is still funny as hell.
- Miracle Club- a movie- mediocre at best and I had such high hopes for this comedy. But in hindsight, how could you make a comedy about a spiritual visit to Lourdes, France.
- Dar Williams Concert at the Bryn Mawr Twilight Concerts- she was good.
- The Endless Summer, a 1966 movies about two surfers who followed the sun so that they could surf all year.
- Tommy and Me, a play by Ray Didinger and Tommy McDonald, an NFL Hall of Famer.
- Golda, a movie about Golda Mier and her leadership during the war between Israeli and Egypt.
- My Big, Fat Greek Wedding, III- a terrible movie.
- Flora and Son- an Irish movie and I couldn't understand one word the son said, except when he said "fuck".
- Taylor Swift movie with Tricia. I loved it.
- Jeffrey Gaines, singer/songwriter, at the Uptown Theatre. I've been a fan of his for 30+ years. But this is the first time i've seen him live. And I couldn't beleive how enthsuitic the audience was.
- Leo's championship football game. His team lost 41-0.
- Bohemian Rhapsody, a singalong movie with a crowd from CS. We had fun.
- Holdovers, a movie- I liked it and then there were times when I wasn't interested in the characters and the plot.
- The John Brynes Band- Kildaire's Irish Pub
- I Am The Noise, a documentary about Joan Baez @ Theater N in Wilmington, DE
- The Big Chill, @ uptown theatre with a group from CS.
- Dave, at the Uptown theater. I went with Joanna
- Philadelphia Medley Group- Chinese cultural show @ uptown
- Elf @ Uptown- I've seen this movie at least twice now and that should be enough for my lifetime.
- Wonka- movie- I love the theme of this movie.
- Gillian Grassie, a harpist @ Uptown
- The Color Purple - I've read the book, watched the movie from 1980 and now I've watched this moives and I've enjoyed all of them.
- The Boys in The Boat- movie- I read the book about 10 years ago and loved it. The movie was just as enjoyable.
- The John Byrn Band: A Salute to the Pogues- Kelly Center in Haverford
- American Fiction- this was a great movie. It was so well written.
- Dane Tighten Art Show at Uptown.
- danielo c trial- Kennett Square District Magistrate's court room
- Origin, a movie about the origin of caste systems and hate.
- The Presidential Heads- Williamsburg, VA
- The Color Purple- original movie- Uptown
- Best of Short Films- Live Action- BMFI- I liked Wes Anderson's movie the best.
- Best of Shorts- Documentaries- Uptown
- Choral Music Concert- PSA- A PhD candidate was conducting a choral group as part of his candidacy requirements.
- Little League Museum- Williamsport, PA
- Beauty and the Beast- high school production at Mastermann High School
- Cabrini- the movie with Joanna. This was the story of Mother Cabrini who came to the USA as an Italian and worked to start an orphanage for young Italian kids who has been abondon at the turn of the 19th century.
- The Taste of Things- movie with Leslie.
- UN Presentation- WAFW- NYC, NY- March
- Hindu Temple- with Tricia- NJ
- One Life- movie- Anthony Hopkins
- Wacky, Little Letters, a movie- I love these types of movies. It was so funny and quirky.
- Artillery Bands- an afternoon of music
- Solar Eclipse- Montazuma National Wildlife Refuge.- April 8
- The Long Shot- BMFI- a movie about the first Mexican High School Golf team in TX in the 1950s.
- West Chester Birthday Parade- I marched with the Uptown Theater volunteers and the parade was boring and lame.
- Graduate Concert- Curtis Music Institute Concert- Philly
- Longood Gardens with Sharon, Kathy and Tricia.
- West Chester Film Festival- usher- Apri 27
- Driving Madeline- BMFI
- Mid-life Crisis Perfomrance- Darlington Art Center
- Hot Dog Eating Contest- Jitters- West Chester- It was gross and so entertaining.
- Clydesdale Horses- West Chester
- Audobon Gardens- with Tricia
- Maggie Rose at the World Cafe in Philly.
- Jenkin Aboreum with Tricia
- Bonnie Raitt @the Met with Deb Green
- The Rolling Stones @ the Linc with Joann. What a moment in time. I was thrilled to be there.
- Bloomsday, a tribute to James Joyce with Bill McRae. All day long, people read parts of Ulysses.
- Tuesday, a movie at BMFI. What a shame to finish this goal with a movie that I just didn't like.
Turning 100 In the Time fo Covid
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Turning 100 in the Tinme of Covid
This is one of the consequences of covid. This 100 year old woman was alone in her room in the nursing home.
Bridget E Kelly is with Debbie Green.
I know someone who turned 100 today. Happy Birthday Mrs Green. I’m sorry you are spending this huge milestone alone!!!!
Debbie Green's comments
Turning 100 is a pretty big deal! Doing so during a global pandemic and still being healthy, mobile and feisty is even bigger. Happy birthday Mom! Wish we could be there to celebrate. We love you.
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Sunday, July 7, 2024
I Knew I Knew Him
I Knew I Knew Him
May 2022
West Virginia
After a long drive from Alabama, I made it to West Virginia to explore the New River Gorge NP in the afternoon. I wanted to take a tour of the bridge and then make my way back home to Philly. But I discovered that I was still an hour away from the bridge and tours were filled for the day and I would have to come back tomorrow if I could still get a reservation. I was annoyed with the situation and with me. Fuck. I didn't want to stay here for the night. I was ready to go home after being on the road fro a few days.
As I was sitting in my car, being a crybaby, I noticed a man. He was parked in the car beside me and his face just spoke to me. He seems so familiar, I thought for sure I knew this man. I knew this face. He looks to be about my age. But I couldn't place him. Then I noticed that he noticed I was staring at him. So I quickly turned away.
Finally, he stepped out of his car and I saw that he was wearing an old Tommy More High School tee shirt on and I knew immediately that he had to be from Overbrook, my home town. So I charged out of my car and blurted out that I knew of him and that I, too, was from Overbrook. And sure enough, he was too.
It was John Cassidy, of the infamous Cassidy family. I couldn't believe. Then his wife, Laurie, popped in to the conversation and she suggested we have a beer to celebrate. And out of nowhere, she pulled out three Schmidt beers. I thought Schmidt's had stopped brewing in the 1970's. But she had three in the trunk of her car. And we pulled out whatever we had to eat in our cars and just sat there for an hour or more and caught up on all of the overbook stories we could think of.
And this is why I never play the lottery. All of my one in a billion chances is spent on moments like this.
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