The Turner Family

Tiffani continues to wow me with movie selections, Transamerica was a recent Friday choice and we were both sufficiently moved. Briefly, a pre-operative transsexual discovers that she fathered a son, Toby, during college (yes, that wording was deliberate). Toby needs bailing out after being arrested for hustling in New York City, so, with motivations that go unexplained -- is it duty or guilt or curiousity? -- Bree flies from California to the rescue. The bulk of the movie is made up of their road trip back west, with Bree heading home and Toby hoping to break into the movie industry. A compelling story, with gut-churning developments and dillemas, Transamerica also fulfills those with eyes for literary elements, what with the symbolism sprinkled throughout (the many hats Bree wears, the focus on the photo that Bree adjusts of the tribe of body altering tribesman, the neck lengtheners). Charming, superbly-acted (Felicity Huffman deserved the Oscar nomination and her Golden Globe

Josh's match with my Waverly Warrior, Nick Force.

Hello to all Turner Blog devotees, We have been on South Padre Island for about 10 days now. As some of you know, we came south without the trailer and without reservations anywhere. This lack of a plan has worked well, so far. We slid into the first rental agency we came to on the island. They had a few vacancies that were available for at least a month. The second one we looked at was a spanking new duplex, across the street from the beach. We took the place for a month. We are in the unit on the right in the photo. Parking is under the duplex. All newer buildings on the island, and in most coastal areas, are built on stilts so as to have the living areas safe from minor hurricanes and the flooding that accompanies them. The second photo shows our view of the ocean between two condo buildings that are across from us. There is also a parasail surfer going by in the photo. I am usually out walking on the beach in the AM, and we ride bikes in the afternoon. The weather was coo

Surf over to The Coy Wedding coverage...