I've been offline at home for a few days, due to some complications with changing internet providers. Yeesh- nothing ever goes smoothly. Everything is now up and running however, and spending time doing not-online stuff has let me finish up a few U.F.O.'s (unfinished objects): A couple pairs of socks: A hat for my little niece: A hot pad: In addition, I finally got around to starting GK Chesterton's autobiography, which I purchased a few months ago: I dropped into one of the local thrift shops for the first time in a long time and picked up a copy of the 1933 film The Invisible Man, starring Claude Rains. Although I've read the 1897 novel by HG Wells that it's based on, I've never seen this movie so I'm looking forward to viewing it. Claude Rains is amazing in every role, so I can't imagine that he will be less than incredible in this one. I also bought a copy of the 1971 autobiography of Corrie ten Boom, the Dutch hero who, with her father and sister, hid Jews in their home after the Nazis invaded the Netherlands. They were eventually caught and sent to a concentration camp. The title The Hiding Place refers to both the place where the ten Booms hid Jews and to the Bible verse Psalm 119:114-"Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word." I have a vague recollection of watching a movie based on this book when I was a child, but only remember a few scenes well. It was filmed in 1975, a few years after the book was published.
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