Jordan Peele | 31 Nights of Horror
For this year’s 31 Nights of Horror Challenge, the Night 4 prompt is Jordan Peele. We watched the movie, Nope (2022) Amazon Prime. Storyline The residents of a lonely gulch in inland California bear witness to an uncanny and chilling phenomenon. After random objects falling from the sky result in the death of their father, ranch-owning siblings OJ […]
Bloody Bride | 31 Nights of Horror
For this year’s 31 Nights of Horror Challenge, the Night 3 prompt is Bloody Bride. We watched the movie, Bride of Frankenstein (1935) on Amazon Prime. Storyline Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate. Bride of Frankenstein’ stands as a landmark achievement […]
Big Old House | 31 Nights of Horror
For this year’s 31 Nights of Horror Challenge, the Night 1 prompt is Big Old House. We watched the movie, The Haunting (1963) on Shudder on Amazon Prime. Storyline Hill House has stood for about 90 years and appears haunted: its inhabitants have always met strange, tragic ends. Now Dr. John Markway has assembled a team of people who he […]
PG-13 Horror | 31 Nights of Horror
For this year’s 31 Nights of Horror Challenge, the Night 1 prompt is PG-13 Horror. We watched the movie, The Skeleton Key on Amazon Prime. Storyline A hospice nurse working at a New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house’s dark past. Nurse Caroline Ellis quits her job to take care of elderly Ben […]
The Next Trainer Does Not Need a Bigger Town First
This morning, I met with owners of family-run dog training businesses from mid-size cities, county seats, and small towns with just one stoplight. They weren’t looking for a marketing lesson. They just needed someone’s name by Tuesday. I’ve spent years studying succession, both as a researcher and as a father. My dissertation explored how family […]