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TV and book update, brief
Too busy for a comprehensive post, but just mentioning that I have watched a) the Downton Abbey Christmas special, which does indeed redeem its predecessors somewhat, though only somewhat; b) the second series of Sherlock (not even going into what we went through to do that). With regard to the latter, I am 1) intermittently intrigued by the editing; 2) regularly entertained by the writing, especially the canon references; 3) okay with the plots and characters, more or less; 4) still and forever in love with Martin Freeman. Also: I) the trick of the ending i) was expected (canon, again), but still moving; ii) pings my "how the hell" meter only moderately but just enough to cry out SHERLOCK/JONATHAN CREEK CROSSOVER NOW!! II) speaking of crossovers, but of the chronologically-impossible vein, Molly/Daisy. That is all.
The other day at the library I somehow managed to pick up both John Lawton's A Lily of the Field and Philip Kerr's Field Gray, so I am happily immersed in WWII-era fiction that I might post about, or not. Aside from that, reading classic gardening texts of the last few decades that I never quite got around to before and have to know about for a class I'm teaching in a few weeks. As you do.
It is by-god more than halfway through February. In fact, almost all the way done with February. How did that happen? Shit.
ETA: have been enjoying the xojane Downton Abbey recaps, and the latest one is no exception. "Meanwhile, Bates is sad in a sad grey prison outfit sitting in a sad grey cell in a sad early-20th-century prison and it’s all very sad." "Matthew -- who is everywhere and hears everything when Mary is concerned! Like BATMAN!..." And, speaking of crossovers, a very decent possibility to integrate Kreacher into the Downton menage. Because how else does the prosecution know?
...yes, I am getting back to work...
The other day at the library I somehow managed to pick up both John Lawton's A Lily of the Field and Philip Kerr's Field Gray, so I am happily immersed in WWII-era fiction that I might post about, or not. Aside from that, reading classic gardening texts of the last few decades that I never quite got around to before and have to know about for a class I'm teaching in a few weeks. As you do.
It is by-god more than halfway through February. In fact, almost all the way done with February. How did that happen? Shit.
ETA: have been enjoying the xojane Downton Abbey recaps, and the latest one is no exception. "Meanwhile, Bates is sad in a sad grey prison outfit sitting in a sad grey cell in a sad early-20th-century prison and it’s all very sad." "Matthew -- who is everywhere and hears everything when Mary is concerned! Like BATMAN!..." And, speaking of crossovers, a very decent possibility to integrate Kreacher into the Downton menage. Because how else does the prosecution know?
...yes, I am getting back to work...
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But I do like Square Foot Gardening, even though I haven't tried to grow veggies since I moved to a climate where it's not warm enough in the summer to grow a decent tomato. That's not a complaint, BTW -- we have gorgeous summers, with blissfully cool nights. I just can't grow anything that requires consistently hot weather to ripen.