July 12, 2009

• Pleasant Sabbath Morning

   

  Dear Folks,

  Pleasant Sabbath Morning:

  Thus far today we have enjoyed a pleasant and blessed Sabbath morning.  I slept well, waking at 2:30, 6:00, and finally 9:30 a.m.  Each time I woke, I paid a short functional call to the privy, and checked on all my brood, covering them where they lay exposed to the cool night air, and then went back to sleep.

  We are without a church for a month, and that is somewhat strange.  We are making the best of it.  Our preacher and his wife have gone back to the U.S. for a month's vacation.  The preacher's wife gives the sunday school lesson upon which we have come some much to depend. 

    

  Potatoes Galore

   

  Fruit Galore:

  I saw the final ten minutes or so of "Blood Brother," an episode from season one of "Kung-fu," a Buddhist based drama on the use of fighting as a central means to bringing about social peace and justice. I saw the first part of that episode yesterday evening for about twenty minutes before popping it out for my wife to watch her maiden episode of "The First Churchills," a historical drama from England.  I bought a few from England to get her up to speed on her English culture. 

  

  English TV Series

  For the record, a few years ago, I bought:  "Upstairs Downstairs," "The Pallisers," "Brideshead Revisited," "Berkeley Square," and "Are You Being Served?"  Furthermore, I have had one "Benny Hill" video and a few DVD's of "Absolutely Fabulous," for some time.  I remember Monty Python as somewhat boring, but may also look into that as a possible cultural snippet for my children as they age. 

  I wonder about a few other British TV series (ones I have not seen), whether I should buy them for the English language development of my culturally estranged burgeoning brood and welcome comments from informed friends:

  "The Forsythe Saga," ($63); 

  "As Time Goes By: The Complete Original Series," ($101)

  "All Creatures Great and Small: Complete Series,"  ($269)

  "Keeping Up Appearances - The Full Bouquet Set" (Vols. 1-8) - Patricia Routledge; DVD  $115

  "Men Behaving Badly - The Complete Collection (The Original British TV Series)" - Martin Clunes; DVD   ($77)
  

  

   

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