Well It's About Time

Finally Season 4 is premiering tonight in America. 

Having spent the weekend curled up inside away from the -60 degree wind chill, I would highly recommend reading Margaret Powell's book Below Stairs.  If you are a fan of Mrs. Patmore or Daisy, this very truthful account of being a kitchen maid will grant you plenty of insight, and a new gratitude towards modern marvels such as electric kitchen beaters and dish washers (of course my dish washer hasn't worked in years, so I go Victorian and do them all by hand).

I would also highly recommend watching Downton Abbey tonight.  Perhaps urge would be a better term. 

O'Brien is in Search of a New Post

Siobhean Finneran as O'Brien.

In case you have not heard, Siobhean Finneran only wanted to perform with the cast for three seasons, and so it is with great sadness that Julian Fellowes will write her out of the script in the first episode of Season Four.  Finneran stated that she no longer wished to continue doing the series, and one must give her full credit to fill her life only with things she wants to do.  Bravo to her.  But what about the rest of us?  A true dynamic of the cast will disappear after episode one.

Further details can be found on the Huffington Post.