DOA On TV January 5, 2025

 This week's movie was The Six Triple Eight.  I loved it so much.  

The story focuses on Lena, not yet graduated from high school who wants to go to college.  She has a boyfriend named Abram who is Jewish and wealthy.  He's leaving to serve in the war effort, and will be flying aircraft. Lena wishes he wouldn't have to go on the one hand, and she's wishing she could go fight Hitler herself on the other hand.

 

When he's killed almost immediately and she gets word, she vows to join the Army herself as soon as she graduates.

Basic training is hard for Lena, try as she might she almost fails and faces being sent home in disgrace. She thinks of Abram though, and finds her strength.

Her commanding officer, Charity Adams, pleads for her women to be sent overseas to help in the fight.  She's ignored by her superior until Eleanor Roosevelt and Mary MacLeod Bethune respond to the pleas of a mother who has not heard from her sons in two years.  The Black Women's Army Corps can do the job of getting the mail straightened out and delivered, they insist.

Captain Adams is terribly disappointed in the assignment, as she knows her women are highly trianed by her to do so much more.

Arriving in England, the women find aircraft hangars full of two years worth of undelivered mail, 17 million pieces of it, with six months to do the job.

As if the job is not impossible already, the monstrous General Halt who is in charge of the operation does nothing to help the battalion, in fact he puts road blocks of all kinds in their way.

Despite all of the challenges, the women figure out a process to sort and get the mail delivered, making the six month deadline.

The women are a joy to watch. Young women away from home for the first time.  They're not used to anything like the military life, but they adapt and work together.

The Six Triple Eight is based on a real story, and there's footage at the end of the real battalion marching through the streets in perfect step, with Captain Charity Adams out front.

 I've always loved what I call "war movies" and this is one of the best I've ever seen.

DOA's Saturday Puzzles: An Answer Key for The Christmas Appeal 12/28/24

 

DOA's Saturday Puzzles: A Rebus for January 4, 2025

 It's Rebus Week again!  This one uses the Festisite Rebus maker because it's a short one.

Answer will be up next Saturday afternoon as always.

Five Things Friday January 3, 2025

 Moving right along with the New Year, Five Things Friday continues. It’s Mr. DOA’s favorite post of the week, and he goes all sad panda if it isn’t there on Friday mornings. We don’t want that, no we do not.

One: Everyone collects something different.

Two: I’m not a fan of bucket lists anymore, but maybe some ideas for perking frozen January up.

Remember Dick Clark being called America’s oldest teenager?  Guy can’t catch a break, he’s been gone for awhile but it’s still Dick Clarke’s New Year’s Eve at midnight every year.

Four: I was too small to go to the movies when Sleeping Beauty came out, though I did get to wear a Sleeping Beauty costume and plastic mask for Halloween one year.

Five:  Here’ a charming and intricate piece of embroidery. It just paints a pretty little picture.

Welcome To The Future!

 

I've cleaned up the blogrolls on the sidebar.  There's a fresh coat of paint.  My social media links are on the sidebar.  I hoped to link directly to my pages on the sites but you can search for me with ease by Librariandoa.  Even more surprising than my having them up, is, I'm making an effort to use them.  Very 21st century and a quarter of me, I'd say.

I haven't done resolutions for a long time, but I have fun making lists of all the things I want to learn or create or bake.  That's the approach for me, look at what cool things might be ahead.  Don't look left, don't look right to see any scary stuff. Nope way too busy.

Have a lively and exciting New Year.

Librariandoa