... of being “in the service.” “Downton Abbey” is a huge hit — on both side of “the pond.” Some have classified it as a “high class soap opera,” or a “subway sandwich of love stories,” but the acting by such “greats” as Maggie Smith, Elizabeth McGovern, Hugh Bonneville, Shirley MacLaine, Penelope Wilton, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle, etc. catapult it into a category all its own. It has a castle as a set, the British Isles as scenery, World War I as a backdrop, quirky characters, and ...
... going somewhere alone?" The boy lowered his head and answered, "I always travel alone. My mommy and daddy are both dead so I live with my Aunt Maggie. But when she gets tired of me, she sends me to Aunt Elizabeth." The woman then asked, "Are you on your way to visit Aunt Elizabeth ... received forgiveness and reconciliation with God in return. B. In the movie Seabiscuit, Tom Smith, an old farrier and horse trainer, stops the shooting of a lame race horse. He tells the owner he will take it. When the ...
An elderly woman of keen mind and understanding heart stood gazing at Whistler’s portrait of his mother. "It’s a remarkable painting of a lovely lady," murmured the viewer, "but there is too much peace and calm to be the likeness of a real mother." To be sure, serenity and tranquility are marked qualities of motherhood, yet there has been far more sorrow, pain, and discord in the long history of women than the pacific sweetness of "Mother Machree" would indicate. Ours is a world which traditionally has not ...
