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  1. Benisse

    Mod Q&A Thread II

    Hi Anna, Please Dm me about the account you are referring to and I will try to help you, blessings, Benisse
  2. Benisse

    Which order do you think the books should be read in?

    I vividly remember listening to my 4th grade teacher read through the Chronicles in publication order when I was a child. Hearing them in this way created so many "Aha! moments" as we worked our way through with the joy of wonder and discovery... So I have a particular fondness of being first...
  3. Benisse

    Introduction Thread II

    Welcome Lucky. I like your reference to Archenland in your name -- Have you read Horse and His Boy? If so what are some of your highlights from that book? blessings, Bénisse
  4. Benisse

    Wade Center Continuing Scholars 2025-2026 Application info

    Announcement: Application submissions for the 2025-26 Wade Center Continuing Scholars Program, are now being accepted through August 15, 2025. The Wade Center is a goldmine of original editions, manuscripts, letters, recordings and more --by C. S. Lewis and six other authors who either...
  5. Benisse

    Narnia movie already doomed for failure? Aslan to be female???

    I appreciate your starting this thread, Spectre! This is like an April Fool joke that has morphed into a nightmare :(
  6. Benisse

    Best book by an Inkling?

    Thank you, Prince for this wonderful topic starter! In the 1960's, Roger Lancelyn Green (1918-1987) edited one of my very, very, very, Very Favorite collections of faery: he succeeded in getting all three volumes of Mary de Morgan's (authored) fairy stories published in a single volume with...
  7. Benisse

    Return

    Welcome the Prince, and it's great to see you again, Lava.
  8. Benisse

    Write a note to the person above you II

    Dear Miss Freckles, Speaking of creating something new, -- and this is where my idea falls apart. In any case, I hope you you are changing the world in positive ways in whatever adventure the Lion has given you.
  9. Benisse

    Mythmakers

    For Christmas I was treated to a new graphic novel, Mythmakers, the story of the friendship between C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. So far it has been a fun, informative read with extra-biographical commentary supplied by a conversation between (not surprisingly!) a lion and a wizard. I got to...
  10. Benisse

    BBC Radio 4 Narnia

    (((hugs))) Princess Frances... You shared the links from a spirit of generosity and kindness. Thank you. "There is no need to talk.. about what is past." (LWW Chapter 13) By the way, Jasmine Tarkheena and Princess, I just started listening to the BBC set that I purchased after I first started...
  11. Benisse

    museum hopping

    The Leonardo3 (Leonardo da Vinci) museum in Milan, Italy, is sponsoring an international exhibit, and some friends treated me to the traveling exhibit for my birthday yesterday :D Wow! what a fascinating, impressive, interactive and intense experience! Highlights: • lots models of his designs...
  12. Benisse

    Peepiceek's Odd-One-Out Quiz

    I like your reasoning on #68, Tirian! #57b. (a) Digory and Polly’s visit to Charn (b) Digory and Polly’s (first) visit to Narnia (c) Lucy's first visit to Narnia (d) Eustace and Jill's final visit to Narnia This guess may not be nuanced enough but I think B could be the odd one out because...
  13. Benisse

    Post Something Positive!

    Time to relax today after a busy, busy week. Ahhhhhhh :)
  14. Benisse

    Peepiceek's Odd-One-Out Quiz

    Thank you Tirian for reviving this worthy thread! Thank you Peeps for creating it. When my projects pile decreases a bit I would like to jump in here too...
  15. Benisse

    BREAKING NEWS: Jacob Tremblay, Isabella Sermon, Sir Ben Kingsley, F. Murray Abraham, and Gal Gadot to Headline First Five Episodes of Netflix Narnia S

    I was just trying to picture Ben Kingsley in an Uncle Andrew wig when -- I looked at the calendar!
  16. Benisse

    Narnian Bank

    Copperfox, Unfortunately (or fortunately?) the Internet has not yet been been invented there. Nevertheless, although gazelles are rather scarce in Narnia, if you were to find one, perhaps you could Zelle your payment.
  17. Benisse

    A Chronicles of Narnia Nutcracker

    The parliament of owls could do the Arabian Dance -- the long legato lines of the melody sounds like powerful wings leisurely slicing through the air...
  18. Benisse

    weird pleasure

    I keep our inside Christmas decorations up until the last Thank You is written; but this year has been particularly stretched out. When my daughter comes home for spring break this week, we will finally start packing up our tree, etc!
  19. Benisse

    "Dem Fine Woman"

    Welcome Gamachu! Good question! "Dem," is a dialect variant spelling of "damn" -- used as a strong intensifier, such as a indcredibly fine woman
  20. Benisse

    Christmas 2023-New Year 2024

    Tirian, I have been filling in Thankful Calendars for decades now, utilizing extra calendars and writing what I am thankful for from the day before in the corresponding boxes. This practice has been healing and freeing, and I heartily recommend it to all who would like to cultivate a spirit of...
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