P O V - Point Of View 

I’ve been reading LotR since 1965, about once a year - the four “main” books, and sometimes everything else published/available at the time…. that’s 40+ years of Tolkien’s masterwork, and every time I read the books, I find something new (or at least something I didn’t remember from the first - or last - time I read them).

Then the movies came along. A lot of people, some of my family included, got a bit miffed (or more than that….) at the “liberties” taken with the books to make movies out of them. Now, I don’t do theaters. I never see movies until they come out on dvd. So by the time the movies were viewable here in my home, I’d heard it all. And it’s all okay - because the movies “fit” me the way the books always have…. sure, there are things that are different from the books - but it’s a different medium, with different needs and intentions. So I don’t have a problem with those parts where the books seem to have been “rewritten/reframed”…. it’s all okay, the movies are - magnificent…. only word for them.

And that brings me to the music “link”. I’ve loved Enya, Clannad, Sinead O’Connor, et al ever since I began hearing them. It made perfect sense to me that some of the music for LotR would be of that genre/feel. And now, I’m hearing the pieces from the movies on my pandora stations. Which strikes me as being the most wonderful sort of providence….

Years ago, I used a recipe from Sunset Magazine in the 70s or maybe 80s, was so great I cooked it up every time I got down to a jar or two of the previous batch - Cranberry Chutney…. had cranberries, pears, apples, onions, celery, spices…. SO much more flavorful than plain ol’ relish.

Well, I lost the recipe somehow. So for the last 10 years or so, I haven’t had any chutney. Every few months I’ve gone looking. I even resorted at one point to calling Sunset and asking if they could drag it out of the archives for me…. they couldn’t find it.

Well, tonight (my 3rd search of a few hours duration this year) I FOUND IT. I’m back in business! Thanks to the internet and Google.

Just one more reason for net neut to stay alive and well….