Hey! Do you all remember that I made a movie? I don’t talk about it much because…well…I don’t know. But I made a 90 minute film called The Bean. It has sat on my computer for three years, completely finished, ready to go.

Such is the way with Randall P. Girdner. I make something and then I move on from it. The reasons for this are many. Part of it was the fact that, for a while, the film was a raw wound on my consciousness. The film was about the departure of my daughter for university at a time of grand uncertainty. That hurt, because I missed my daughter tremendously. The other reason was that Covid was still fresh in everyone’s memory and that, too, made things feel worse. I was editing the film when we were coming back to school wearing masks, having to social distance, and staying in our houses for inordinate periods of time. I thought it was best for me to just leave it be.

But yesterday, I had this almost comical calling to watch the movie. I don’t know why, but I was like, Dammit, I made a film. I wonder how it is! So, I finished school and sat down to watch it.