The Tolkien Coming of Age Club 2 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Ealasaide · 09-14-2004, 12:47 PM

Howdy, howdy! Been away for awhile battling hurricanes and the like.

Welcome, Mithalwen! I don't think we've met.

Anything new happening with the codger set besides our usual sneezing, coughing, and cane-bashing?

mark12_30 · 09-14-2004, 01:09 PM

**peers into carpetbag**

I might share my Beowulf comic book. Nice artwork. Font's too small, though.

**squints**

Mithalwen · 09-14-2004, 01:39 PM

Oh I have excellent close vision .... but I need to go soon and get to work with a bottle of potion that promises to cover all grey

(butI'm worth it...)
Ealasaide - Hail and well met. Well I am a fairly new arrival but I haven't explored all areas of the downs yet ... Books, mirth and Quiz Room being my usual habitat - usually getting out of my depth and pushing my luck with the Barrow Wight's tolerance level.

Ealasaide · 09-14-2004, 02:23 PM

AHA, Mithalwen! That explains why we have not run across one another. I have been pretty much exclusively a denizen of the RPG forums lately, but am hoping to branch out again soon! I know I'm kind of late in getting there, but I've been eying the Chapter-by-Chapter threads, thinking that I'll get there eventually.

What I'm really hoping is that our good Prof. Hedgethistle will do the Silmarillion next. **hint, hint**

Regarding Beowulf... I believe I've heard about that one already from our good esteemed codger colleague, Hilde Bracegirdle. She says it's pretty good!

Estelyn Telcontar · 09-14-2004, 02:39 PM

Glad to see you've survived the hurricane(s), Ealasaide!
*Puts on her glasses and looks around.*
Nice to see the rest of you still hanging in here too!

Hilde Bracegirdle · 09-14-2004, 06:30 PM

Actually, I don't have that version of Beowulf yet, but I have remembered the reading glasses, and the signed edition is weighing on my mind! Signed by the artist that is... not that old yet!

Mithalwen, banish the thought! Put away those elvish potions and such that would prolong youth, and wear those white hairs proudly! You have earned them...plus they add, surprising texture, don't you think?

Ealasaide · 09-15-2004, 06:52 AM

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Glad to see you've survived the hurricane(s), Ealasaide!

Thanks, Esty! Yes, I managed to get through both storms in relatively good shape, only I lost a great many trees to the high wind. Seeing as an Ealasaide falls in the Tolkein-Seuss Bestiary somewhere between an Ent and a Lorax, that part of it was very distressing.

It just rips at my heart to see the destruction of any big, beautiful, old trees. Around the Orlando area alone, we must have lost a couple hundred of them.

On a lighter note:
...magic potion to hide the gray.... hmm... I've dyed my hair so many times now & so many colors (currently artistically striped, platinum & brown), I'm not sure what color it is supposed to be.

Maybe I should shave my head & start over. hee-hee

09-14-2004, 01:09 PM	#2
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	peers into carpetbag I might share my Beowulf comic book. Nice artwork. Font's too small, though. squints __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.

09-14-2004, 01:39 PM	#3
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Oh I have excellent close vision .... but I need to go soon and get to work with a bottle of potion that promises to cover all grey (butI'm worth it...) Ealasaide - Hail and well met. Well I am a fairly new arrival but I haven't explored all areas of the downs yet ... Books, mirth and Quiz Room being my usual habitat - usually getting out of my depth and pushing my luck with the Barrow Wight's tolerance level. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

09-14-2004, 02:39 PM	#5
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Glad to see you've survived the hurricane(s), Ealasaide! Puts on her glasses and looks around. Nice to see the rest of you still hanging in here too! __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

09-14-2004, 12:47 PM	#1
Ealasaide Shadow of Tyrn Gorthad Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The Fencing Lyst Posts: 810	Howdy, howdy! Been away for awhile battling hurricanes and the like. Welcome, Mithalwen! I don't think we've met. Anything new happening with the codger set besides our usual sneezing, coughing, and cane-bashing?

09-14-2004, 02:23 PM	#4
Ealasaide Shadow of Tyrn Gorthad Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The Fencing Lyst Posts: 810	AHA, Mithalwen! That explains why we have not run across one another. I have been pretty much exclusively a denizen of the RPG forums lately, but am hoping to branch out again soon! I know I'm kind of late in getting there, but I've been eying the Chapter-by-Chapter threads, thinking that I'll get there eventually. What I'm really hoping is that our good Prof. Hedgethistle will do the Silmarillion next. hint, hint Regarding Beowulf... I believe I've heard about that one already from our good esteemed codger colleague, Hilde Bracegirdle. She says it's pretty good!

09-14-2004, 06:30 PM	#6
Hilde Bracegirdle Relic of Wandering Days Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: You'll See Perpetual Change. Posts: 1,480	Actually, I don't have that version of Beowulf yet, but I have remembered the reading glasses, and the signed edition is weighing on my mind! Signed by the artist that is... not that old yet! Mithalwen, banish the thought! Put away those elvish potions and such that would prolong youth, and wear those white hairs proudly! You have earned them...plus they add, surprising texture, don't you think?