Virgin River | Season 5

#Can’tResist #BingeWatch #FirstDayShow #Netflix #7September2023

I have tried to summarize #VirginRiver in five hashtags.
Yes, Season 5 was worth the wait.

Some new introductions. Some old relations end.

Some new wounds. Some old wounds healed.

Some new spots. Some old spots burnt.

Some new twists. Some old secrets out.

Some new associations. Some old ones renewed.

Some new full moon memories. Some old full moon memories erased.

This time instead of a song, the thoughts that stayed with me were the words of Lydie while discussing life and age in #LittleGirlsTripToTheSpa in Episode 4: Never Gonna Be The Same.

“You know I always felt pressure to hold tightly to my youth. And then, one day, I woke up and I thought – Why am I torturing myself? Everyone gets to be young. But not everyone is lucky to grow old.”

Yes, well said Lydie.

As always, I plan to watch the season for at least twice again!

Until next, #NewFullMoonMemories…

…Ashu Bolar
ashubolar@gmail.com

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Tell me…

I never knew I would cry when I heard your name.

And now I’m running to your heart because I feel the pain.

We found the devil in our love, we found the way.

Why do I feel like you’re with me everywhere I lay?

Tell me where your heart is, tell me where you keep it, tell me where it stays.

Tell me where your heart is, tell me where you keep it, tell me where it stays.

It feels like a ghost is walking on my grave.

If only you knew how long I’d wait.

It makes me really angry when you can’t relate.

Makes me feel like you’re living and I’m awake.

So tell me where your heart is, tell me where you keep it, tell me where it stays.

Tell me where your heart is, tell me where you keep it, tell me where it stays.

Tell me where your heart is, tell me where you keep it, tell me where it stays.

Tell me where your heart is, tell me where you keep it, tell me where it stays.

Oh oh oh oh ehhh…

Woho yeah, oh oh oh oh hey ye ehhh…

When we’re not together, I’m so afraid.

When we’re not together, I’m so afraid.

So tell me where your heart is, tell me where you keep it, tell me where it stays.

Tell me where your heart is, tell me where you keep it, tell me where it stays.

Oooh, tell me where your heart is, tell me where you keep it, tell me where it stays.

Ohaa, tell me where your heart is, tell me where you keep it, tell me where it stays.

Ohho, tell me where your heart is, tell me where you keep it, tell me where it stays.

Ooho, tell me where your heart is, tell me where you keep it, tell me where it stays.

And this song is my new obsession—listening to this song back to back to back to back….and back. That’s what I have done most part of the day, today.

Thank you Virgin River Team for introducing the song, Where It Stays, is by Charlotte Mary O’Connor (the lyrics as above and the song in the YouTube hyperlink.) It is just beautiful. And perfect as the background soundtrack for the Season 2, Episode 2 Ending.

Virgin River TV Series on Netflix is based on the Virgin River novel series by Robyn Carr. I wish I could read the books someday but for now I am all glued to the series. So far two seasons of 10 episodes each, you can watch on Netflix. I like Martin Henderson (last seen him on Grey’s Anatomy). I now like Alexandra Breckenridge as well. Honestly, in Virgin River, I like all the characters, but love Jack & Mel and Hope & Doc. Each one of them, positive or negative, or somewhere-in-between, has done a great job. Beautiful location. Perfect cabin. So far I have seen the series almost thrice. I hope the next season is released soon enough. (Image Credit: Screenshots from Netflix Streaming in collage.)

Until next, well I am in woah yeah, oh oh oh oh hey ye ehhh mood! 🙂

– Ashu Bolar
ashubolar@gmail.com

Netflix: The Haunting of Bly Manor

The cast

The plot

The script

The setting

The house

The twists

The silence

The sound

The direction

The creativity

The acting

The dialogues

The lyrics…

‘Perfectly splendid!’

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Image Credit: Screenshots; Netflix

The repetition of symbols like the dolls, doll house, crack in the wall, reflection in the mirror, moonflower, water, lake, cup of tea, bottle of wine, jewelry, jewelry box, spectacles, footsteps, lighter, daylight, lighting of the candles, marriage, union, night, darkness, gravestones, birth, death; the use of verses and the words like superstition, imagination, catch, key, lady, au pair, perfect, splendid, honest, puppet, strings, cross, bonfire, coal, life, organic, o willow waly, weep, lover, return, sleep-wake-walk, you-me-us; and the sense of memory trap or drifting or slipping or the knock on the door are intelligent motifs in the narration that justify the present and past occurrences supporting the overarching theme of ‘Haunting’ caused by the ghosts within and outside a person, despite the presence of love, somehow overpowered by individual obsessions or weaknesses, over the years and centuries on ‘Bly Manor’.

I did not understand a few things though:

A. The lady from the lake, who practically checked in and out as she wished, never attacked the Wingrave couple when they lived in the lady’s favourite suite, why?

B. The housekeeper acting human, how?

C. The chest was shifted from the original location, but the kid hid behind it during the game, how?

D. The storyteller knew all details about the Lloyd family and incidences that followed their departure, how?

E. Adults forgetting significant events and people from their childhood, is that possible?

Besides these unanswered questions, the nine-episode series, ‘The Haunting at Bly Manor’ on Netflix, was a good watch—’Honestly!’

Please feel free to answer the questions in the comment section. It may help solve the puzzles in my mind. For those interested, the link to the trailer is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tykS7QfTWMQ

And now, I plan to watch the first entry, which I had missed earlier, under The Haunting series: The Haunting of Hill House.

Until next, take care, wear a mask, wash hands and stay safe.

…Ashu Bolar
ashubolar@gmail.com

What Does It Mean To Truly Love Another?

…John Tyree questions himself in the prologue of Dear John by Nicholas Sparks. It is the fourth novel of the same author I have just finished reading.

Three years back my colleague, who is also fond of reading fiction, told me that one of the must-reads from Nicholas Sparks collection is Dear John. I brought the book two years back, but never read it until last week.

The book opens with a prologue where the protagonist, John Tyree, asks himself what it means to truly love someone and even defines the probable answer to this question—an answer which he thought was apt six years back but is meaningless by the time he summarizes his life, his love.

In the epilogue, John Tyree once again thinks about the question – what does true love really mean? This time he has understood that true love means to care for another person’s happiness more that your own, no matter how painful the choices you face might be. This sounds difficult, but isn’t if you are truly in love. However, what is difficult or rather impossible is to console the shattered heart that still stubbornly questions on the decisions made, that still has hopes—unwavering, undying hopes.

The novel reminded me of yet another beautiful novel Brida by Paulo Coelho, where the protagonist is in search of the true soulmate. For Brida, the answer came through a genuine search, but for John, it was mere destiny.

Whether in love or not, you must read Dear John. And do not forget to re-read the prologue once you finish reading the epilogue.

…Ashu Bolar

Love Is Blind, Is It?

Bull Shit! How can love be blind? When in love, how could one forget applying minds and cease being logical? Not possible. Yes, it’s impossible.

Then one fine day…you meet that someone and something happens…DHAK DHAK…your heart beats faster…you start dreaming…glowing…humming…smiling for no reason…and you finally fall in love…now heart gets energetic…sings lullaby…LAL LALLA LALA LALA LAL LAL LA…there your brain starts feeling drowsy…exchange of flowers….romantic messages…candle light dinners….by now your brain is already asleep…sweet dreams…what will life be with us together…long talks….long walks…long drives…Life Is Beautiful!

You continue dreaming…start accepting flaws…adjusting…changing yourself… ignoring signals…thinking this is my world and can’t let it go off my hands…compromising…still dreaming…

And then on one another fine day…Nature interrupts…your partially dormant brain senses something’s wrong…so you decide to check…but how?…not that difficult in this Google Era…that one scrap says it all…your dream love has left you for someone else…BOOM…all those dreams shattered…now your brain is wide awake…heart just beats, and beats faster, but not thinks…brain overloaded with thoughts…too many thoughts…many voices…‘Get over it’…‘It’s just a bad phase’…‘You will survive’…and after many sessions of red eyes and sleepless nights…you draw all your strength to put a final full stop to this dream.

TRING TRING TRING…the alarm rings… and you open your eyes to yet another fine day…now that you have regained your eyesight, you start seeing things clearly…restart being logical…and your logical thinking says The Fact Love Is Blind, Is Not Bull Shit!…But Horse Shit!! Infact, Deep Shit!!!

However, after profound analysis and evaluation, and several brainwashing sessions by your dear friends, you come to a conclusion that nightmares are bad, but they still are dreams…there’s no end to dreams…and if you want to dream then you should also have the strength to overcome a nightmare… and yes, amidst all the dreams, there are some real good dreams that do turn into everlasting cherishable memories.

So dear friends, you never know when cupid strikes again…but this time cupid comes with two warnings – ‘Beware Of Nightmares’ & ‘Heart’s For Beating And Brain’s For Thinking—So Be It!’ Atleast these will save you from temporary blindness.

Whether or not cupid strikes today…keep dreaming…keep smiling…keep loving…because Life Is Very Very Very Beautiful!

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!

…Ashu Bolar