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“Out of the shadows of legend I begin a little to understand the marvel of the trees, I think. I have lived to see strange days. Long we have tended our beasts and our fields, built our houses, wrought our tools, or ridden away to help in the wars of Minas Tirith. And that we called the life of Men, the way of the world. We cared little for what lay beyond the borders of our land. Songs we have that tell of these things, but we are forgetting them, teaching them only to children, as a careless custom. And now the songs have come down among us out of strange places, and walk visible under the Sun.” ~King Theoden

We have followed the victors through their battle at Helm’s Deep, have witnessed the fate of Isengard, have been given a glimpse of what happens when the Ents go to war, and have begun a new, arduous leg of a journey with two brave hobbits and their suspicious guide. We have come through the middle section of The Two Towers and await the rest of Frodo, Sam and Gollum’s journey up to Shelob’s lair.

But before then we have the joy of talking about all the adventure we’ve experienced with various members of the Fellowship this past week. I had the privilege of asking the questions to prompt this week’s discussions. I like to talk about The Lord of the Rings…A Lot!!! So the answers are verbose and filled with the kind of information you do not want to know if you happen to be unfamiliar with Tolkien’s tale and want to experience it for yourself one day. As for the rest of you, let’s talk Tolkien!

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