as far as the eye can see

Christmas has been a barrel of monkeys, here behind the ivy-covered crenellations of the Brick Compound. The kids got baubles and gewgaws, the Briquette got her yearly supply of Tea. My most heart-stopping gift arrived just this morning, from Russia herself: my copy of Khozhdenie za Tri Morya!! Be still, little thumper. Yes, the 1958 film version of Afanasy Nikitin's travels to India, a co-production of Russian and Indian film companies, is available now on beautifully restored DVD. It's Tarkovsky Goes to Bollywood, man!! So, until my comic is good and ready to read, you will have to watch this over and over.

Now I must return to my plushly appointed Screening Room and watch it again. Ta-ta!!