[Publius]

I've spent the last few weeks immersed in Wagner's "Ring" operas via Metropolitan Opera DVD. This is the 1990 production. Wagner took the storyline from the same source that Tolkien used for his "Lord of the Rings" series. One of the characters in the Wagner version shows up in Tolkien's Silmarillion.

It's quite a lot of viewing. The first opera is only 2 hours, but the second is 4, the third is 4, and the fourth is 5. But it's rewarding.

While everybody is suffering through a deep freeze, it's unseasonably warm here. We've been in the 80's during the day and the 60's at night. That will end by Wednesday.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Wow,
That certainly IS a lot of viewing!

I have yet to crack open A Dance With Dragons by George RR Martin.
I am saving it for our first nasty storm.
We are going to have what I call a “nuisance” storm on Sunday..snow (up to 3 inches, no big deal), but then it turns to rain, and then the fog creeps in.
Ugh.

That makes my pain go nuts, that damp weather.
I will stay in my cozy kitchen, fire up the wood cook stove, make a nice pot of gumbo and some warm cornbread, and then crack open my book!