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Last Rehearsal, YIKES!

Posted on March 27, 2025 by mohawkvalleygirl

And it’s another Post-Rehearsal Post during this week of All Prescription: Murder All The Time here at Mohawk Valley Girl. For anybody just tuning in, Prescription: Murder is the play I am in at Ilion Little Theatre (ILT). I had meant to take pictures of my fellow actors in costume tonight but, alas, neglected to. I will try to get some pictures on Friday, opening night. Yikes, that’s SOON!

We have no rehearsal tomorrow. It is an ILT tradition to be dark the night before opening. In this case, it is good news for me, because there is a Frankfort Town Board meeting tomorrow night I need to cover for Sentinel Media Company (I believe I mentioned my side hustle of writing for them) (full disclosure: I don’t have a main hustle any more) (but this is not a work blog, so never mind).

Where was I? Ah yes, the play. I still have a couple of rehearsal shots I haven’t shared.

You can tell which is Columbo by the raincoat.

I think I have mentioned that the play later became the first episode of Columbo, which regular readers know is a series I adore. I have seen the episode several times, and I must say, I prefer the TV movie to the stage play. However, I am having a great deal of fun with the play, and my fellow actors are doing a wonderful job.

Yeah, he SHOULD feel bad!

I hope my readers realize I do not need to include a spoiler alert as I point out my murderer, because that is the point of Columbo: the audience sees what looks like a perfect murder, but Lt. Columbo brings the murderer to justice nonetheless.

For more information about Prescription: Murder, you can visit ILT’s website, www.ilionlittletheatre.org, or their Facebook page,

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Post Music Post

Posted on November 14, 2024 by mohawkvalleygirl

I knew it; I knew this would happen. I knew if I went to Fratello’s before making my blog post I would not want to make my blog post when I got home. Here I am, too beat to blog. Yet here I am, ten finger typing on my Chromebook. Perhaps I could manage a Wuss-out Wednesday post.

This was a really good episode.

I was watching Columbo earlier this afternoon while crocheting a baby afghan I want to give at a shower in another week or so. While at Fratello’s, Phil Arcuri sang the Johnny Cash song about a Burning Ring of Fire. I told my friend Kathy, who was there with me, how Johnny Cash was a great murderer on Columbo (this does not need a spoiler alert, as Columbo aficionados know). So the picture above is appropriate.

And here is Phil!

This is a picture I took a while ago of Phil at Fratello’s. Tonight I took my obligatory picture to share on Facebook, inviting others out to hear good music, but it did not turn out very well. Still, I shared it, so any of my local Facebook friends could come out and hear the music.

I see I have managed 200 words. I say not bad for a Wuss-out Wednesday. Note to self: next time post before going out to enjoy local music.

Just Another Wrist to Forehead Sunday

Posted on April 15, 2024 by mohawkvalleygirl

Well I had a fine start to my weekend (according to the title of my last post) and not bad weekend, and today is Wrist to Forehead Sunday, the day when I swoon, dramatically posed with the back on one wrist to my forehead, in anticipation on the upcoming Monstrous Monday. My aim is to begin blogging daily again, as I once did. So here I am.

It isn’t an unhappy Sunday.

I am watching an episode of Columbo as I type this. Patrick McGoohan is the murderer, one of my favorites. For anybody unfamiliar with Columbo, this needed no spoiler alert. In Columbo, the viewer sees the murderer commit the “perfect” crime then watches Lt. Columbo cleverly solve it.

Earlier tonight I watched a 1973 TV movie of Double Indemnity. It was included with our DVD of the original 1944 film. Alas, I do not know how to find a picture of it on my Chromebook. I might have a picture of the original in my Media Library, but can I find it?

Steamy!

I have been knitting while I look at the television, a very relaxing way to spend a Sunday. Earlier today I got a few things done, did the dishes, went grocery shopping, made a salad for my week’s lunches, progressed a little more on various cleaning projects, took a walk… I listed each little thing in the TV Journal, just to encourage myself. I wrote a few other things in the TV Journal plus worked on a letter to a friend, just to have done a little more writing.

And now I see I am over 250 words on this blog post. So I have posted for two days in a row. I suppose that is not such a much, but I like to celebrate every small win. As always, I thank you for tuning in.

A slightly blurry photo from another weekend.

I just wanted to add another picture. I am enjoying a glass of wine, by the way.

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I Swoon Over Columbo

Posted on March 27, 2023 by mohawkvalleygirl

I have been obsessively watching episodes of Columbo on DVD. I may have mentioned that my parents gave me a boxed set of the entire series for Christmas. The episode I am watching right now features George Wendt. Imagine Norm from Cheers as a murderer! That did not need a Spoiler Alert; that was the gimmick on Columbo: you saw the murder and the suspense came in how Columbo was going to prove it.

He did not want to answer “One more thing.”

I started another episode just now but may go to bed before it is over. It may be clear by now that I do not have a whole lot to say. I guess that is normal for a Wrist to Forehead Sunday Post.

What a bad Monday I would have if I did that!

Having Monday tomorrow isn’t really so bad. My job is not heinous. Naturally I would prefer to be independently wealthy and not have to work, but as is often observed, one cannot have everything.

One of the all time greatest fictional detectives.

Full disclosure: I had a Mohawk Valley Adventure today. I hope to write about it in the near future. In the meantime, I hope this will do for today’s post. As always, I thank you for tuning in.

Bonita was also having a Wrist to Forehead Sunday.

Who Says You Don’t Learn Anything from Television?

Posted on November 23, 2013 by mohawkvalleygirl

Today’s post is in the nature of a PSA.

Many of us are always on the lookout for ways to earn a little extra cash. Some folks have a talent that way. They tap into that entrepreneurial spirit, look around with creative eyes, and the next thing you know, they’re pocketing a few extra bucks.

If you are one of those people, I express admiration and envy. However, I will make bold to proffer a piece of advice gleaned from years of attentive television and movie viewing:

Never blackmail a murderer.

I suppose it seems like such a good idea at the time. You see something you are not supposed to see. What do you do with this knowledge? True civic-minded sorts go to the police. Some people never say a word to anybody. Gossipy types probably tell a few trusted friends or perhaps post a Facebook status (although personally I have never seen such a status) (a source of some disappointment to me). Your true entrepreneur thinks, “How can I use this to make money?”

Well, I can tell you one really bad way up front: going to the murderer and asking him or her to pay for your silence. Think first! This is somebody who is not afraid to kill. They’ve done it once; they know how. Why in the world would they pay good money for the privilege of not killing you?

I’m just saying.

Mohawk Valley Girl