Stonewall, hot cat and a big moon
Some homely photos today; the cat finding the coolest place to sleep under ‘His Master’s Voice’, some people being pulled around the bay on a raft for fun, and the full solstice moon – a white round thing seen through the courtyard vine.
And as you are browsing them… We watched the film ‘Stonewall’ the other night. This is the film about the Stonewall riots in New York that started on the night Judy Garland was buried, in June 1968, and brought about the start of the Gay Libation Front – rather, it actionized what was already starting to exist. It’s actually a very good film about a young guy moving to New York to escape his homophobic father and society and it’s quite moving. The actual Stonewall scenes and the riot are not the main focus, though they are of course what the ‘outer story’ is about. It’s a great film and I thought I would mention it here in case you want a historically (not 100%) accurate film that’s also a friendship story. Oh and Jonathon Rhys Meyers is in it, and very good too, and appears in his 1960’s underwear, if you’re that kind of fan.
At the moment I can only find it in USA format (region 1) so you will need a multi-region DVD player if you are going to buy it; but you can buy the Region 1 version here if you can play region 1 DVDs.
I am now waiting for My Big Fat Greek Wedding – 2, to come out. You can click that link and pre-order it if you want to.
Anyway, back to my days of doing nothing on Symi, nothing apart from working and watching the view that is. Have I been for a swim yet? No. Did I go swimming last year at all? No. I did go for a paddle with Harry back in March though, that was enough for me. But the beaches are now all open, the taxi boats are going every day, the tavernas are all open, the round the island and other boat trips are happening with the Poseidon and the Diagoras both in action – I think the Diagoras went to Turkey at the weekend as I saw it at the chicken shed (immigration/customs pre-fab) early in the morning. There are yachts in and people about, and with the weather still being warm and more than acceptable I think we can finally say that summer has arrived.
