[HairOfTheDog]

Of course our hobbits know maps better than most! - Proved by the fact that many have found their way here already! Glad you made it.

[fire and forget]

Well thank you again for the invite. Apologies for my absence during the first several chapters. Work and other matters have kept me, and I can't promise they won't continue to do so. However, as time permits, I'll certainly drop by and try to catch up.

There's something fitting about conservatives in a conservative forum being such die-hard Tolkien fans. I loved Tolkien some time before I became a conservative (or learned that I was one at heart), and I believe know now why I've loved him and why I became a conservative, and also, precisely why these two circumstances go together so gracefully, as they have with many others seemingly and appropriately.

Grateful as always.

Sean.