tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post4921912902376124940..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: DivertissementDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-71555392540752564242012-12-26T23:36:28.769+00:002012-12-26T23:36:28.769+00:00I lined up what I thought might be an Xmas afterno...I lined up what I thought might be an Xmas afternoon film treat, having picked up a copy of Kozintsev's Don Quixote (made before his mighty Hamlet and King Lear). Rude noises were made, but the consensus was that it made an utterly charming job of the Knight (played by Alexey Cherkassov of Nevsky and Ivan the Terrible fame) and his squire. Of course it doesn't have many of one's favourite episodes, but the gist is there.<br /><br />And I think I've hit on my book of the year, having finished Ulitskaya's The Funeral Party. So small in length, so big in human scope and warmth.<br /><br />Anyway, it's warming to get a surprise visit when I thought you were on sabbatical from the time-wasting net...<br />Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-27526986917654911952012-12-26T22:55:27.496+00:002012-12-26T22:55:27.496+00:00Hopping by belatedly to send warm holiday greeting...Hopping by belatedly to send warm holiday greetings. Thoroughly enjoyed your jibjab card! Head colds seem to be a transatlantic phenomenon right at the moment, & certainly here an occupational hazard for the Edu-Mate & therefor me, too. So I have extra reason to thank you for all the reading suggestions: finished DQ (though that definitely requires another read, at least I have the broad strokes of it at last), then 15 Journeys, all the more affecting with its straightforward prose, and now on to A Change of Climate, which I am enjoying immensely. We, too, have been listening to the Bach Cantatas, as well as Britten's Ceremony of Carols. To a happy, healthy New Year for all!Susan Scheidhttp://prufrocksdilemma.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-7597717021928647692012-12-26T11:50:14.057+00:002012-12-26T11:50:14.057+00:00Rain here all day, floods around the country, nurs...Rain here all day, floods around the country, nursing phlegmy cold but warm and cosy with good company, food and entertainments. Send Canada our seasonal best wishes (and did you open 'It's a Jib Jab Life'?)Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-20218205525353325372012-12-25T20:04:52.891+00:002012-12-25T20:04:52.891+00:00Love those exuberant costumes. Quiet Christmas day...Love those exuberant costumes. Quiet Christmas day here in Ottawa under a brilliant sunshine.<br />Laurenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03297393116796129135noreply@blogger.com