Good morning. Today I am delighted to report this week I had no baths, no trips to the vet, and no time in the clink. I am a free and happy poodle with plenty of time on my hands to continue penning my blog story and enjoy tea and discussions with Bernard D. Bunny. He was delighted to have me back as well. As we were sipping a lovely Irish Breakfast blend, he mentioned the grass is slowly getting greener and the squirrels are quite active. He said he had a chat with Sergio, one of the resident squirrels and Sergio explained that it is time to save up for winter. I found this whole process rather fascinating. Poodles do not save up for winter. They delegate their novelist to do it for them. I am impressed by the self-sufficiency of these creatures. I even considered applying their methods to my life. Not the living in a tree part, that is gauche. But the way they utilize planning ahead in their daily lives. And of course, the beauty of sporting a bushy tail. Fascinating. Until next week, I bid you adieu.

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STREAM OF THE WEEK: MANHUNTER (1986)-AMAZON PRIME

Here is a great blast from the past. A solidly written thriller that sometimes gets overlooked. Although bloody at times, it relies far more on tension and psychology than gore. Michael Mann directed this chiller and co-wrote the script with Thomas Harris based on Harris’s bestselling book Red Dragon, the first in his Hanibal Lecter series.

Will Graham (Willam Peterson) is a gifted former FBI profiler. He has a past with Hanibal Lecter (Brian Cox who reprised the role in Succession) whom he caught, and it is not a pretty one. Will spent a long time in a hospital and later its psychiatric ward after Lecter attacked him before being incarcerated. Will retired after that. But his former FBI superior Jack Crawford (Dennis Farina) comes to him for help. A new deranged serial killer is on the loose who likes to murder a family each full moon. And he likes to make a big bloody mess when he does. They call him The Tooth Fairy (Tom Noonan) and he’s on the hunt again. It is up to Will to figure out who he is and where he will strike next even if it means having to consort with Dr. Lecter and putting his marriage and his safety on the line once again.

Rounding out the cast are Kim Griest as Will’s wife, Molly Graham and Joan Allen as blind film lab worker Reba McClane. Look for Chris Elliot in an early career role.