It’s the time to reflect on the year past and take a peak forward. I’ve seen numerous Best of 2017 lists, so I’m playing along. I realize, by the way, that some of my picks didn’t actually happen/release in 2017, but still they’re my favorites (not necessarily in any particular order).

My 5 favorite books of 2017

All the Light We Cannot See — Anthony Doerr
News of the World — Paulette Jiles
Falling Upward — Richard Rohr
Letterman, The Last Giant of Late Night — Jason Zinoman
A Gentleman in Moscow — Amor Towles

My 5 favorite movies I watched in 2017

Paterson
Hidden Figures
Brooklyn
Good Will Hunting
Moana (…only because I watched it with the Grand-Girls and I loved the way they always had to tell me what was going to happen before it happend and then afterward explain to me why it happened, and of course listening to them sing along with every song, at the top of their lungs, without shame or apology. Maybe that’s what happens when they watch movies about fierce young women.)

My 5 favorite TV shows of 2017

Big Bang Theory
The Blacklist
The Crown
Thunder Basketball
CBS Sunday Morning

My 5 favorite albums of 2017

I Long to See You — Charles Lloyd & The Marvels
The White Album — The Beatles
Fleet Foxes — Fleet Foxes
Paradise — The Wood Brothers
So Familiar — Steve Martin & Edie Brickell

My 5 favorite songs of 2017

Joleen — Pentatonix featuring Dolly Parton
Spanish Harlem — Rebecca Pidgeon, The Raven
Voyager-Live By Night — Eric Harland
America — First Aid Kit
Round Here — Counting Crows

My 5 things I wish could end along with 2017

Politician arrogance
Mosquitoes
Scorpions
TV ads for prescription drugs
Hate

My 5 things I hope to have more of in 2018

Family time
Travel
Pho
Hanging out with creative people
Peace

Blog

2017 Retrospective