In the meantime, a few updates:
#1. The water is beginning to recede. Not quickly mind you, but the water levels are lower than they were a couple of days ago.
#2. We finished watching the DVRed first season of Men of a Certain Age, and were totally blown away. All three leads, Ray Romano, Scott Bakula, and Andre Braugher, were excellent. The story lines were complex and believable, and the mix of comedy and drama perfect. Ray Romano is surprisingly good in this dramatic role, and Andre Braugher deserves an Emmy. I am very glad that the series has been renewed.
#3. I rented The Other from Blockbuster and watched it while knitting yesterday. It's really dated (and the kids playing the leads were awful actors), but the story is still chilling. There's a small, but interesting appearance by a very young John Ritter in the film.
#4. I also rented The Others and watched it again (I guess I was amused by the similar titles). This one is also quite spooky, and the first time around, I didn't get the twist until about 3/4 through the story.
#5. I'm still about 28 chapters from finishing the Librivox version of The Mysteries of Udolpho. As always, the story moves at a glacial pace. Once in a while, our beleagured heroine Emily shows a glimmer of intelligence, though a couple of days ago, she did something so monumentally stupid that if I had been reading a physical book, I would have thrown it across the room. I don't quite understand why she's such a Stalker Magnet, but no fewer than 6 men are in love with/obsessed with/want to own/intend to marry/plan to kidnap/are willing to rape her. I rather like the dense, talkative Annette though- she's a much more likable heroine.
#6. While I was in liqueur mode, I put together a couple of quart jars of Blackberry Brandy. This concoction doesn't take as long to steep as Limoncello, but it ought to be really good.
#7. Sock of the day:
These were made from handspun Merino, which should not work as sock yarn, but these have held up very well. My friend Dana dyed the roving, and I spun it fine and 2-plied it to a hard sock yarn with a lot of twist.
You can see by the toes that I should have done that *alternating two balls* thing to avoid such a sudden color change from one skein to the next. On the other hand, no one looks at my toes anyway.
#8. Miley Cyrus on American Idol tonight? As a Mentor???????? Give me a break.
3 comments:
Happy for the update on Udolfo. You will have to read Clarissa next. It is much more lively!! Maybe. Actually, I liked it a lot, but the version I read was abridged down to about 1000 pages. The two monumental lady-in-distress sagas.
I am curious about the blackberry liqueur and how it turns out. I have never made it so labor intensively. I usually just use the 2 cup method: 2 cups cut fruit, 2 cups sugar, 2 cups rum or vodka. Into a large glass jar it goes and under the sink until we remember it is there. I do a simple pour off and the fruit remaining is often added to vanilla ice cream or eaten with plain yogurt. Perhaps my pallet is just less refined.
Well, you know Miley is 29 and FULL of experience!!!
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