I'M GETTING CRAFTY IN MY OLD AGE
I've mastered origami, the art of folding paper, & now I'm tackling kirigami, the art of folding & also doing this to paper
What is cutting?
Vin Diesel voiced this large metal title character in a 1999 film set during the Cold War
Who is the Iron Giant?
Bicycles take flight thanks to the magical powers of a mysterious alien in this Spielberg flick
What is E.T.?
Also called nicotinic acid, it gets better publicity as a vitamin under this name
What is niacin?
Used in everything from daiquiris to gin fizzes, simple syrup is commonly made using equal parts water & this
What is sugar?
I bought an antique physiognotrace at an estate sale & I use it for making these portraits, named for a French finance minister
What are silhouettes?
In 1994 this actor took some days off to voice adult Simba in "The Lion King"
Who is Broderick?
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" plays as Paul Newman hams it up on a bike in this film that co-starred Robert Redford
What is Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid>
It's paired with preen in an idiom meaning to make oneself beautiful
What is primp?
As its head tapers to a thin edge, an ax is considered one of these 5-letter simple machines
What is a wedge?
I attend a weekly crop, an event often likened to a quilting bee that originated in this crafty activity
What is scrapbooking?
In this 2005 film a character voiced by Ben Stiller has to resist his biological urge to eat a character voiced by Chris Rock
Who is Madagascar?
A bit of movie magic allowed this green guy to take a bike ride in 1979 & 1981 films
What is Kermit the Frog?
This type of place that makes & serves beer foamed up in the '80s, with California's first being fittingly in Hopland
What is a brewpub?
Blake Lively turned up in 2025 to once again torment Anna Kendrick in the sequel to this dark comedy
What is A Simple Favor?
I've found a new use for olive oil: making this type of soap named for a region of Spain
What is Castile?
John Goodman & David Spade voiced Pacha & Kuzco in this flick that has some major llama drama
What is The Emperor's New Groove?
In a 2025 HBO Max doc, Paul Reubens said people riding bicycles around the WB lot inspired the stolen-bike plot of this movie
What is Pee-wee's Big Adventure?
Lye is also known as this type of soda, meaning it can corrode by chemical action
What is caustic?
Believed to be an alteration of an English word, it's a simplified variety of language created when 2 cultures come in contact
What is a pidgin?
When I hear this word, I no longer think soup but "pottery that's been fired once in a kiln & hasn't been glazed"
What is bisque?
Pharrell Williams & documentarian Morgan Neville voiced themselves in this Lego-based animadoc
What is Piece by Piece?
In "Better Off Dead" a psychotic paperboy pedals after this actor in pursuit of the $2 he's owed
Who is (John) Cusack?
From the French for "explore", the military does it to get information
What is reconnoiter?
Aaron Copland gave this 19th century Shaker tune new prominence when he featured it in "Appalachian Spring"
What is "Simple Gifts"?