We bought a house, battled illness, and expanded our family by one former stray cat named Serena ( Read more... )

Driving home from work in a heavy storm this evening made me think of Conrad Aiken's 1934 short story, "Silent Snow, Secret Snow."

Here is something from the vintage vaults -- a 1966 film in two parts, based on the story which was also adapted for the 1970s TV series, "Night Gallery."

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Here in New England, it's obnoxiously cold, and all but the hardiest among us (of which I am probably not one) are consigned to the indoors. I could be cleaning the house, but instead I'm trolling the Internet, looking at what folks are posting about their favorite films, books, and stuff on the Internet ( Read more... )

I didn't post anything yesterday because I was fighting illness, but still made time to acknowledge a day that's probably only important to "Harry Potter" fans and anyone invested in the "Harry Potter" phenomenon. It was Jan. 9, the birthday of one of the series' characters, Severus Snape, the grouchy potions master ( Read more... )