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lifeisamazing.bsky.social • 244 days ago

Still not right, but a step on the way. And how much time should one spend in throwing out a piece of ephemera..?

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A new bit of Tolkien silliness, as I fight off the blues today. "Communiqué from the Tourist Office for the Barrow Downs" - hope you enjoy, @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com et al....

rooie.bsky.social•240 days ago

Psst…you might want to re-read the second sentence of #3. I think there might be a word or two missing?

lifeisamazing.bsky.social•240 days ago

Yes, thanks. Should be "want to get lost"... but here we are, it's a first draft and that's how it goes sometimes I guess!

rooie.bsky.social•240 days ago

It's still wonderful! I've enjoyed these a lot.

lifeisamazing.bsky.social•240 days ago

Thank you so much!

lifeisamazing.bsky.social•240 days ago

@rooie.bsky.social kindly pointed out some typos in the original. (I do these in a few minutes, so that's why.) This has the typos ironed out. Point 3 should have read "strangers do not want to actually get lost" and Point 7 correctly should read "Only in a few Special Exceptions..." etc. Thank you!

lifeisamazing.bsky.social•237 days ago

Well, with the end of this stage of the great battle, I thought I should publish a Concession Speech of the Nameless One on Hearing of His Defeat.

Enjoy all... @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com, another moment of daftness to savour - and at least to enjoy a moment of victory.

lifeisamazing.bsky.social•237 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/lifeisamazing.bsky.social/post/3kvdiq6b44b2t

lifeisamazing.bsky.social•217 days ago

So, it's been a long time since I did one of these. I was thinking about the high epic style Tolkien uses in the later parts of The Return of the King, and wondering how it would play out with a domestic argument - so here we have The Doom of Isildur's Line...