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[verity83]

So we watched half or so of "The Silver Chair" last night - it's rather long. We got to the place where they just went underground. I'm thoroughly enjoying it. I like that there is so little emphasis on special effects and more put into just conveying the story and thereby retaining the spiritual lessons. I like that the children look like ordinary children, complete with bedhead at times. And I thoroughly enjoy the obvious flying on wires and mice and owls being people in costume. It adds to the experience, somehow - forcing you to put your imagination to work rather than having all of it done for you.

I pointed out to Dan that if even Trumpkin misheard "Eustace" as "Useless"........

All the same, I can't wait to finish it.

But, moving on, I'm going to make a double batch of Dutch Apple Cake today - one for us, and one for potluck. So those of you who voted Dutch Apple Cake last week can feel satisfied. I did all the cleaning yesterday so for the first time in a while I really have not much that I *have* to accomplish.

Perhaps I'll take the opportunity to read "That Hideous Strength". And speaking of books:

Book 25 - The Tough Winter, Robert Lawson. 128pp

Another book about the same animals as in "Rabbit Hill". I was lucky I guess that I happened to pull them out of my bag in order, because I didn't bother to see what choices I had and didn't know they were related when I pulled them off the shelf.

I liked the first one better - Uncle Analdas was more highly irritating in this one. However, there was a nice theme of friendship between Willie and Georgie that I found really sweet, rather Pooh and Piglet-like. The pictures were even more beautiful than before.

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[gatherlilacs.livejournal.com]

The BBC Narnia adaptations? We had most of them on video (in fact, we probably still do), good times. You've got to love the homely special effects. Eustace is apparently now a film producer and a family friend of a friend of mine.

[butterbobbin.livejournal.com]

Those are the ones! I can't wait to see more of them... unfortunately the library appears to only have three.

Good for Eustace!