"Write what you know"

In watching a movie tonight on TV, one I have seen multiple times in the past and actually have in my collection, it occurred to me that the playwright, or screen writer, as the case might be, may have done that with this movie. In "Something's Gotta Give", a playwright, Erica, has an unexpected love affair with her daughter's gentleman friend, twice the daughter's age. 'Marin' has moved on, leaving Harry at her mom's beach home to recuperate from a heart attack. The two older folks hit it off but then Erica has her heart broken by the playboy, Harry, when he recovers. Erica, in mourning, proceeds to write the whole story into her play, which then becomes a smashing success on Broadway. So, here's my question: Did this happen to the person who wrote the screenplay for this movie in order for it to translate so perfectly to the big screen? Wow!!, if it did! When talking with young Timothy at Victory the other night, I tried explaining how I can write about something every day as I do, writing what I know. But, it seems I do not know the origin of the screenplay for the movie about a playwriter! Huh....go figure!

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In a totally unrelated event, my upstairs neighbor, Rosemary, with whom Justin and I shared ThanksLiving dinner, called to ask if I had any rosemary she could borrow. What? As it turned out, I did, indeed, have a jar of rosemary in the cupboard, and have absolutely no idea how old it would be. I expect it would predate 2003 since I was separated that year and would not have had any need at all to buy rosemary thereafter. She invited me to her place for dinner, steaks on the barbie, but I graciously declined her invitation, having made a box of mac 'n cheese for my dinner. My tastes are rather simple and do not require seasonings! Rosemary can keep the rosemary....