27 October 2025

Which to read: Fr Richard's guest on his Daily Meditations or John McWhorter's column in The New York Times, "These Are the 10 Old Television Series Every Kid Needs to Read" - - not that there's a limit of only reading one, and of course I read McWhorter because glancing down his favorites I see more than ten, including some of my own, "The Carol Burnett Show" and "Fawlty Towers" and "The Amos 'n Andy Show" although I remember it better as a radio show. "The Honeymooners" and "The Twilight Zone"

Maybe television is still good, IDK and don't need to know, because I can scroll and find Carol Burnett, Ralph and Norton any Time I want to lose myself in the twentieth century. "The Smothers Brothers' Comedy Hour" is not as funny as it was in the late 1960s, nor is "Rowan and Martin's Laugh In." Once, I searched and found Red Skelton, it was sad, lower and worse than pathetic. Jack Benny, The Ed Sullivan Show, we had it good. Palladin, remember "Have Gun Will Travel"? Oh, and "Gunsmoke"

And "Taxi," I loved "Taxi." And Dolly Parton, "I will always love you." Remember Peter Falk in "Columbo"? "The Grand Old Oprey"

Our son Joe used to watch Saturday Night Live with John Belushi, it was always too late for us, but we could hear Joe laughing in the family room downstairs at the other end of the house. Pennsylvania: those were the days, our house was "creek-side" on the Conodoguinet Creek, and I remember the winters, ice and snow; and looking forward to Saturday evening, Dolly Parton, or was it Sunday? 

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Bursts of thunder out the window here beside me. I went out, wind and big lightning, the forecast is for rain off and on, it's all good.

Work today: brushing up on Secret Mark.

RSF&PTL

T90

pic: looking east and south from 7H porch Monday morning, Oct 27