I just got back got back from a very grey and blustery walk to the Sandwich Marina. Very high tide tody. It might just be because of the wind direction. But on the other hand it might be because of the coastoal erosion that has widened the mouth of the Sandwich Harbor near the Town Beach. It does seem that that ordinary tides are much higher than they’ve ever been before.

I really don’t fee like being outside today so I’m going to my favorite independent film movie place the Cape  Cinema, which is on the grounds of the Cape Cod Museum of Art. I’m going to an afternoon showing of the movie Sunshine Cleaning. Amy Adams and Emily Blunt play two sisters who start a cleaning company - a crime scene cleaning company. Amy Adams character, plays a single mother who want to send her son to private school. Emily Blunt’s character - a very unreliable sister agrees to help. That sounds like a very funny premise to me and I’m looking forward to it. Oh Alan Arkin is also in it.

I go here so often, I’m getting to recognize my fellow movie goers.

I just wanted to report back on the movie Cherry Blossoms now showing at the Cape Cinema. Both Leo and I loved it! It’s in German and Japanese with English subtitles. Sooo, if you’re not into foreign films it might be a tough one for you.

It’s the story of a Rudi, a contented German man, who loves his life and its routines and doesn’t want anything to change. But then it changes in the worst possible way - his wife dies. She loved - butoh - a type of Japanese dance. When Rudi realizes that he never really knew his wife, he decides that experiencing butoh - in Japan - would be a way to finally know her. So he and his son go to Japan.

The cherry blossom blooms briliantly for just a short time and then dies. In the movie it becomes a symbol of how we should appreciate the moment and accept change.

As you can tell, I’m not in any way a professional critic, but Cherry Blossoms is a beautiful mov1e to experience and you feel like you’ve been on your own Japanese vacation. Leo and I both continue to be grateful for living in a place that supports films like this. The 4:30 showing was packed.