Wednesday, March 18, 2026

On this day in movie history - The Ordinary Madness of Charles Bukowski (1995)


The Ordinary Madness of Charles Bukowski


directed and produced by Vanessa Engle,

an episode from the Bookmark documentary series,

was released in the United Kingdom on March 18, 1995.
 
Cast:
Charles Bukowski, Linda, Bukowski, Sean Penn.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - The Next Generation, Voyager

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989)
Star Trek: Voyager (1996)
 

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 2. Episode 11.

Episode entitled: Contagion.

Released March 18, 1989.

Directed by Joseph L. Scanlan.

Written by Steve Gerber, Beth Woods, Leonard Mlodinow, Scott Rubenstein, 
Melinda M. Snodgrass.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Colm Meaney, Diana Muldaur, Thalmus Rasulala, Carolyn Seymour, Dana Sparks, Folkert Schmidt, Majel Barrett, James G. Becker, Juliet Cesario, Dexter Clay, Tim McCormack, Lorine Mendell.

 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 2. Episode 21.

Episode entitled: Deadlock.

Released March 18, 1996.

Directed by David Livingston.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Brannon Braga, Lisa Klink.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Nancy Hower, Simon Billig, Bob Clendenin, Ray Proscia, Keythe Farley, Chris Johnston, Majel Barrett, Steve Carnahan, Tarik Ergin, Emily Leibovitch, Louis Ortiz, John Alex Tampoya.

Monday, March 16, 2026

Colors - Abstract Acrylic Portfolio Showreel #2:

 

Abstract Acrylic Portfolio Showreel #2


This is the second in a series of portfolio showreels my husband, Jack Kost, made to promote my abstract acrylic painting.

Featured works are abstract acrylics using pour techniques.

Future work will include mixed acrylic ink abstracts.

Painting images are available from the Allegorical_Littera online Zazzle store at:

https://www.zazzle.com/


To view the image, type Abstract Color Study and the number into the Zazzle search field.

Example: Abstract Color Study 503

Images are available as cards, and can be transferred to posters, t-shirts, notebooks, magnets, mugs, and more.

A percentage of sales from Zazzle is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Research.

Showreel design and development credit:

Jack Kost, Allegorical Littera

Music credit:

Ambiance#5 by Lilo Sound.


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Colors - Abstract Acrylic Portfolio Showreel #1:


Abstract Acrylic Portfolio Showreel #1


This is the first in a series of portfolio showreels my husband, Jack Kost, made to promote my abstract acrylic painting.

Featured works are abstract acrylics using pour techniques.

Future work will include mixed acrylic ink abstracts.

Painting images are available from the Allegorical_Littera online Zazzle store at:

https://www.zazzle.com/


To view the image, type Abstract Color Study and the number into the Zazzle search field.

Example: Abstract Color Study 503

Images are available as cards, and can be transferred to posters, t-shirts, notebooks, magnets, mugs, and more.

A percentage of sales from Zazzle is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Research.
 
Themes:

art, artwork, poster, painting, acrylic, abstract, fluid painting, Kathleen Jane Kost, showreel, video, MP4
 
Showreel design and development credit:

Jack Kost, Allegorical Littera
 
Music credit:

Ambiance#5
by Lilo Sound.

Vickie Karp, on reading and writing:


When we read, we start at the beginning and continue until we reach the end.
When we write, we start in the middle and fight our way out.
- Vickie Karp.

Recommended reading - Fire in the Hole: and Other Stories

 

Fire in the Hole: and Other Stories

by Elmore Leonard

Published by Mariner Books.
Published 2012.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0062120344
ISBN-13:‎ 978-0062120342
 
Filmed as the TV series Justified, directed by Graham Yost.

Description:

“If Leonard were a new kid instead of a past master, this fiction collection would make his name.” – People.
 
“Rummaging through Leonard’s attic via these nine stories revives some fond memories and turns up a couple of forgotten treasures.” – Kirkus Reviews.

“Elmore Leonard’s 39th book ...finds one of America’s most accomplished novelists presenting his most accomplished female characters in years.” – USA Today.
 
“[Leonard’s] most satisfying book since Out of Sight…. Top-notch work from one of our most gifted and consistently entertaining writers.” – New York Times Book Review.

“Vintage Leonard…. Nine stories with booze and shotguns and lowlifes…and lots of scenes that ought to be in movies.” – Detroit Free Press.
 
Originally published as When the Women Came Out to Dance, Elmore Leonard’s extraordinary story collection, Fire in the Hole reconfirms his standing as the “King Daddy of crime writers” (Seattle Times) – a true Grand Master in the legendary company of John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, and James M. Cain. These nine riveting tales of crime and (sometimes) punishment – including the title story starring U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, which was the basis for the smash hit TV series Justified – feature all the elements that have made the great Elmore Leonard great: superb writing, unforgettable characters, breathtaking twists, and the sharpest, coolest dialogue in the mystery-thriller genre.

Born on this day – I.A.R. Wylie:


I.A.R. Wylie


Writer

March 16, 1885 – November 4, 1959
Credits:

Written work:

A Feather in Her Hat (1934); All Sorts (1919); Ancient Fires (1924); Armchair Stories (1916); Black Harvest (1926); Brodie and the Deep Sea (1920); Candles for Therese (1951); Children of Storm (1920); Claire Serrat (1959); Dividing Waters (1911); Eight Years in Germany (1914); Five Years to Find Out (1914); Flight to England (1943); Furious Young Man (1936); Happy Endings (1915); Ho, the Fair Wind (1945); Holy Fire: And Other Stories (1920); Home Are the Hunted (1959); In Different Keys (1911); Jungle Law (1923); Keeper of the Flame (1942); My German Year (1910); My Life With George: An Unconventional Autobiography (1940); Prelude to Richard (1934); Rambles in the Black Forest (1911); Rogues & Company (1921); Side Shows (1923); Some Other Beauty (1930); Storm in April (1946); Strangers Are Coming (1941); The Dark House (1922); The Daughter of Brahma (1913); The Duchess in Pursuit (1917); The Germans (1911); The Hermit Doctor of Gaya (1916); The Inheritors, and With Their Eyes Open (1936); The Mad Busman, and Other Stories (1926); The Native Born, or, The Rajah's People (1910); The Novels of Elinor Wylie (1934); The Paupers of Portman Square (1913); The Red Mirage (1913); The Shining Heights (1918); The Silver Virgin (1929); The Temple of Dawn (1915); The Things We Do, and Other Stories (1932); The Undefeated (1957); The Underpup (1938); The Young in Heart (1938); To The Vanquished (1934); Toward Morning (1918); Tristram Sahib (1915); Where No Birds Sing (1947).

Movies and television:

A Feather in Her Hat (1935); A Man Must Live (1925); Evenings for Sale (1932); For Valour (1917); Four Sons (1928 / 1940); Keeper of the Flame (1942); Matinee Theatre (1957); Phone Call from a Stranger (1952); Pilgrimage (1933); Rheingold Theatre (1956); Robert Montgomery Presents (1951–1952); Shattered Idols (1922); Someday (1935); Stronger Than Death (1920); That Man's Here Again (1937); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); The Birth of Patriotism (1917); The Ford Television Theatre (1955); The Foreign Legion (1928); The Gaiety Girl (1924); The Grass Orphan (1922); The Man in Motley (1915); The Price of Redemption (1920); The Road to Reno (1938); The Secret's Price (1915); The Under-Pup (1939); The Unknown (1915); The Wonderful Story (1922 / 1932); The Young in Heart (1938); Torch Song (1953); Two Mothers (1916); Vivacious Lady (1938); Young Nowheres (1929).