Tolkien, The Barrow-Downs, and Flyover Country

[lord of dor-lomin]

Wow, Esty, what a coincidence. How'd you end up in Omaha for college? Did you go to UNO? Creighton? How long has it been since you've been here?

And yes, phantom, we mid-Westerners should try to "convert" some people to the Downs. There's a couple people at work, a couple of my buddies, and a couple classmates of mine that I know like LOTR. As a matter of fact, I talked for about half an hour with a young lady at work who's read pretty much all of Tolkien's books, and has actually visited the Barrow-Downs, but just never joined.