Happy Birthday Monty

 Remembering the beautiful and talented Montgomery Clift.

"Labeling is so self-limiting. We are what we do, not what we say we are"

Montgomery Clift

If you never seen any of Monty's films watch, I start with A Place in The Sun, From here to Eternity and The Heiress.

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          Happy Birthday🎂

Dreams do come true. My Jacob is one of the best things that ever happened to me. 

Dream Thought #141: Your Potential

 

Never let society's standards dictate your worth or limit your potential.

   - Diahann Carroll

George on his birthday

 

  George would have been 63 today.

                                       It's important to me that I should be free to express myself. - George Michael

One More Try was one of his favorite songs.

This is one of my favorite pics of George. I remember having this picture in my dorm room at Howard.

 I will always miss you George. Your music healed me and gave me happiness. Thank you for everything.

Level 57

 It's my birthday! I love how people started writing their new birth year as an upgraded level in a video game.

 So here I am at 57! Wow. It is super cold today in the city but I am a hardy January baby. It didn't stop me from going out to eat.

I got a lot of lovely presents, phone calls and messages. I felt the love strongly today that my heart was bursting with love.

I am looking forward to my New Year. I know wonderful events and energy is coming my way. 

For those interested in my dress, it is called the Great Romance Dress in Sage from Aprilcornell.com

I will now continue to enjoy my birthday. I wish you all a safe weekend with the upcoming storm that is on the way tomorrow. Stay blessed, my friends.

Wordless Wednesday: Son of October

 

The Birthday boys of September 25th

 

Every year, I celebrate the birthdays of my two all-time faves who share the same birthday day:

Mark Hamill and Christopher Reeve.

Mark is 74 today. He currently has two new films that came out: The Life of Chuck and The Long Walk.

Christopher Reeve would have been 73 today. He passed away in 2004 but there is a wonderful documentary about his life called Super/Man : The Christopher Reeve Story.

 I'm forever grateful for Mark and Christopher who made my childhood magical and the deep influence they had on me as an adult. Love you both!

Judy, Judy, Judy

 

Happy Birthday to the legendary Judy Garland. 

Judy was a Venus in Cancer.  That energy to me is displayed in the vulnerability she displayed in her acting and singing.

Judy loved a good Shepard's pie. It was one of her comfort foods.

This is one of my favorite songs from The Pirate: Love of my life. It is a wistful and beautiful song, once again showcasing that Venus in Cancer energy.

If you want to watch Judy in a role without singing, I suggest The Clock (1945) starring Judy and Robert Walker.  It is a beautiful romantic movie. It is set in NYC and directed by her second husband, the famed director, Vincente Minnelli.

Thank you, Judy for everything. I hope you can see how much you are still loved!

Marilyn 99

 Happy Birthday to the legendary and luminous Marilyn Monroe.  To celebrate her day, a few inspiring quotes by Marilyn.

"A woman knows by intuition or instinct, what is best for herself."

"We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle."

"I never wanted to be Marilyn—it just happened. Marilyn's like a veil I wear over Norma Jean."

"It's nice to be included in people's fantasies but you also like to be accepted for your own sake."

"Always remember to smile and look up at what you got in life."

Thinking of Martin today...

 Martin was so young when he was killed at 39.  Today on his birthday, I like to look at pictures of Martin when he was happy and smiling.

Thank you, Martin for all you did for all of us. Happy Birthday🎂

Carrie

It's still strange for me that Carrie Fisher is gone. She was the youngest of the original cast of Star Wars. I figured she be around for a long time.

One of the things I never knew was that she sang. It makes sense since both her parents: Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher were singers. She had a wonderful voice. There are videos of her singing all over you tube.

One of the things that I loved about Carrie Fisher she always radiated wit and strength. Those qualities is what makes Leia grow from Princess to General effortlessly in the Star Wars Saga.

 

Her legacy lives on in her daughter Billie Lourd and her two children. We will always have Carrie in our films and books. She will always be My Princess and My General. You will never be forgotten Carrie. -`🕯´-

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 I have to pinch myself. I'm now a mom of a teenager! Wow. Every birthday is special with my son and it continues to be so. 

Wordless Wednesday: The Birthday Boys

 

Happy Birthday Mae

Happy Birthday, Mae West. Mae is one of my favorite actresses of all time and an endless source of inspiration for me. I'm sharing a few of my favorite quotes from her book "Goodness had nothing to do with it." in honor of Mae's birthday. I tried to buy a hard copy but got outbidded. I was able to find a PDF version of the book. Thank the internet Goddess for that.

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"Personality is what you as an individual radiate. It's a com-

bination of your thoughts and the way you express them. A

person with a great personality never has to act, he just does what he feels. All the training you may get will simply teach you how to express what you feel. It's love, too-love and respect for yourself first, then logically for others."

"The men who had so far loved me were strong and important citizens who had been attracted to me because they had become aware I was not like the other women they knew. They soon discovered I would not conform to the old-fashioned limits they had set on a woman's freedom of action. Or the myth of a woman's need of male wisdom and protection. This baffled them. Often made them angry, but oddly enough, once they knew they could not change my philosophy or dominate me, none of them left me; my problem was actually how to get rid of them."

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"I began to write in pencil, on assorted scraps of paper, old envelopes, anything with a blank surface. I only knew two rules of playwriting: write about what you know, and make it entertaining. So that's why I wrote it the way I did, on a subject I was interested in sex."

"I have already explained that I freely chose the kind of life I led because I was convinced that a woman has as much right as a man to live the way she does if she does no actual harm to society. I saw no indecency or perversion in the normal private habits of men and women."

" I enjoyed my success with no false humility, and no coy hiding of my ego under a basket. I had worked very hard since a teen-ager. I was still young enough to think it would always be like this, and show-wise, and aware that it would be hard to follow.And that the public and my admirers would demand more and better things. "

“No, you needn't be beautiful; you just make the men think you are beautiful, and that's not hard. In the first place, you have to know all about yourself; your good points, and your not-so-good ones."

"I get my man because I'm in love with myself. I'm crazy about myself. I'm more interested in myself and my own ambitions than I am in anyone else. That sets a high value on me, see? If I had to give advice to young girls on how to get their men, that'd be the first thing I'd tell 'em: “Be crazy about yourselves.” That’s one way.

"Here are the things I never can resist: tall, dark handsome men, diamonds, writing stories in bed, reading, calling policemen by their christian names, and food, more food!"

I hope you enjoyed all these great quotes from Mae herself. Thank you Mae for everything and know you will never be forgotten. 🩷