QUARTET * MOM & ME & MOM * LANA DEL REY

Quartet - Dustin Hoffman directed this movie about the residents of a home for retired British musicians.  Things are going along just fine until someone new arrives to upset the balance.  It's a fine little movie.  

Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou - First of all, I never knew that Maya Angelou was married to a Greek man, Tosh Angelos, and the last name she kept is the feminine of his.  The story is wonderful.  Maya's mother, Vivian Baxter, was a strong, charismatic woman who believed in herself and those around her, and imbued them with the qualities of self confidence and knowledge that they could do whatever they put their mind to do.  She taught not only by her words, but by example.  Thanks, Valerie!    Lana Del Rey - I love her  - thanks to my niece, Olivia, for liking her on Facebook, because I listened and found some fabulous music.  I'm listening now, and her voice, the tunes, the words, it's all good, romantic, rebellious, poetic and mysterious.  The albums are Born To Die and Paradise.