Friday, May 28, 2010

"N" is for Netflix

This is strange----reallly strange. Right after I finished writing my "M" blog last night, the thought occurred to me, "Where in the world will "N" enter my life tomorrow? This blog scheme
is really too crazy!"

Then, this morning, I was gathering all the materials that I wanted to take to my Friends of the Library work time. And I remembered that I had promised Patty, a Friends co-worker that I
would ask Clara to add Patty to her E mail newsletter subscriber's list. So I was off to computer, re-read Clara's last newsletter, and proceeded to write to Clara.

In her newsletter, Clara had mentioned that she loved Alexander McCall Smith's "Ladies #1 Detective Agency" series of books. I love them, too, and had seen the TV series that had been
made from these stories in 2008. So I wrote to Clara, asked had she seen the TV series, mentioned that my movie DVD provider, Netflix had the whole season series, and would she like for me to arrange for them to send her a month's free trial membership. She responded that yes, she would be delighted, and she would also add Patty to her subscriber's list.

So, this evening, I booted up the computer and went to the Netflix site to order her free trial membership. Since there was nothing worth watching on TV this evening, I decided to browse
through the movies they offered for instant watching. My membership plan with Netflix offers me as many DVD's mailed one at a time, as I have time to watch. Also, they offer many movies that you can watch instantly on your computer- as often as you like. So I browsed and selected the
movie, "Ladies in Lavender." What a sweet movie! It provided such a delightful evening's entertainment. There was so much about it that I liked, I hardly know where to begin.

First of all, it is made from a British novel, and I am a sucker for all things British. It was filmed at a cottage on the seashore in Cornwall - beautiful scenery. The story was set in 1936, the year I was born. So Judi Dench and Maggie Smith (both favorite actresses of mine) were dressed exactly as my mother and grandmothers look in all my childhood photos. The seaside cottage was filled with whitewashed colors of the seashore, filled with furniture from my childhood,
fireplaces, soft lamp light, roses, and beautiful English china--------LOVE!

These two spinster sisters rescue a young man, a violinist from Poland, whose ship to America is wrecked and he washes ashore on their beach. They nurse him back to health, and grow to love him. The young actor who plays the violinist is both boyishly handsome, and bashfully
charming, especially as he tries to communicate in Polish, and learn some English. Eventually his
magical violin playing causes him to be embraced by the entire village.

And what music! In the credits at the end, it says that the violin music was actually played by Joshua Bell. No wonder it is so beautiful. You may remember that Joshua Bell is the young violin virtuoso who was born and grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, and studied violin at Indiana University. Just one more reason to appreciate this movie.

So the letter "N" for Netflix really came through for me today. It is mysteriously eerie----
very eerie how the correct letter keeps popping up day after day!

O-O-O-O-oooooh..when will "O" appear tomorr-O?

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