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Long Films

When you get the chance, rent the 1937 movie "The Edge of the World" about a Scottish fishing village on the edge of extinction. It is written and directed by Michael Powell, one of my favorite screenwriters.

A follow up is Powell's 1978 documentary "Return to the Edge of the World", which I have not seen. In it, he returns to the island of Fulla, in the Shetlands, where the 1937 movie was made. "A melencholy trip to a world that has vanished."

My favorite films by Powell were made with Emeric Pressburger, including the romantic "I Know Where I'm Going" (1945), also set in the isles of Scotland, and my very favorite, "A Canterbury Tale" about small town life near Canterbury, England during World War II.

Another film about primitive fishing villages worth watching is Robert J. Flaherty's 1934 documentary, "Man of Aran", about fisherfolk on the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland. January 2010

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Books, Magazines

Pagans Who Love Christian Writers: Adam Gopnik wrote "The Back of the World: The troublesome genius of G. K. Chesterton" in the July 7 & 14, 2008 edition of the New Yorker magazine. This article, by one of my favorite writers, is worth reading and re-reading. Then there's Laura Miller, who wrote The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia. She still loves C.S. Lewis's seven children's books even if she has to hold her nose when reading the overtly Christian allegory. It is easy for commited Christians, like people long married, to forget what made their faith so attractive when it was only a possibility. These two writers, without making the possibility a reality in their own lives, remind us old married believers what made our faith so attractive when we first explored it. The book that best captures this attraction is pyschiatrist M. Scott Peck's The Road Less Traveled. Written before he became a Christian, this book shows an intelligent writer on the brink of belief and the good reasons he has for pushing on. December 2009

Restaurants Near Arden, Delaware

Duffer's Mill, 1600 Nammans Creek Road, Boothwyn, PA 19061, 610 859-0011, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. every day. Just over the border in Pennsylvania. Excellent food, decent prices, attentive staff. November 2009

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Short Films and Videos

Music

  • Leo Kottke, Ice Fields. A bright, optimistic piece of music for solo acoustic guitar. You can listen to a free high-quality recording by guitarist Javier O'Keefe on on the Vectordisc Records website. August, 2007

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