Just rewatched The Sound of Music 50th Anniversary edition and I’m an absolute mess.😭 That “Do-Re-Me” sequence with Julie Andrews spinning through Salzburg with those seven kids is pure sunshine bottled on film. The way she turns scales into pure joy… no one else could have done it. And then the ending—watching the von TrappContinue reading “The Fiftieth Anniversary of The Sound of Music Revisted”
Author Archives: Gail Siemko
“The Float that Floated Away”
“The Float That Floated Away”. It was December 1988 in a snowy little Oakville, in Ontario, Canada. The annual Christmas parade was in full swing: marching bands blaring “Jingle Bells,” elves tossing candy canes, and the Boy Scouts’ float—a massive plywood sleigh pulled by a pickup truck disguised as reindeer—gliding down Lakeshore like Santa’s ownContinue reading ““The Float that Floated Away””
It’s a Snow Day Memory
It’s been a while since I last wrote, and one new thing is that Winter has started early in full force, with over seven inches of snow and gale winds. I am looking out my back window seeing a blanket of snow with no more disconcerting leaves strewn across the lawn, and darn I wasContinue reading “It’s a Snow Day Memory”
Blue Jays Memories
It’s been a month since I last wrote, but some exciting things have been happening and I wanted to share in my excitement and gratitude. I have been a Blue Jays fan for over forty years and have always followed their meteoric rise in their standings. They have been up and down like a toiletContinue reading “Blue Jays Memories”
#ADayInTheLifeOfGail
I remember learning how to dance on my Daddy’s feet, to the tune “Shall We Dance?…..from Anna and the King”. I was Deborah Kerr and Daddy was Yule Brenner. This was a glorious time for me as every Sunday we would play the old show tunes and I got to sing along and dance withContinue reading “#ADayInTheLifeOfGail”
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