Last night Rich and I watched Sherlock Holmes, The Red Headed League on Vermont Public Television. It was heavenly. Why is this significant? Since we moved to Huntington over five years ago, we haven't been able to get Public Television on our rabbit ears. Cable is not an option and I neither of us wanted to go with a satellite dish.

Enter the age of Digital TV. We got our converter box months ago but were disappointed because none of the stations would stick. Every minute or so the digital image would break up and the audio would completely drop out. The plan is to get a newer antenna but we just haven't done it yet. Last night we had the choice between football or a re-run of a recently aired Law & Order. So I said, "Hey, let's try the digital again."

Perhaps it was the weather or just a stroke of good luck but all of the stations were coming in with no problems. What's more, there are four, count 'em F O U R different VPT channels. That's four options of public broadcast quality programs. It was hard to choose between Austin City Limits and Sherlock Holmes, but the clever detective won out.

Who knows if this will last but for now, hallelujah. Oh, how I've missed it all - Antiques Roadshow, the britcoms, Mystery! and more.