I got my letters yesterday! Then I saw on a message board that #246 was a good one to read (at least, I think I'm remembering that number correctly--it's a really, really long one that is responding to someone's question about Frodo's "failure." Wow! If you haven't read that one yet, read it! It's the one that talks all about Frodo and Sam and the differences between their characters, Frodo's "failure," him going over the Sea, Sam staying behind, why Bilbo had to go with Frodo, etc. It ends with a terrific comment about why everything would have been so much worse if Gandalf had had the ring than Sauron because of how Gandalf's use of the ring would have blurred the lines between good and evil.
It's very cool! I wish I'd had time to type some of it up last night for you'all, but maybe in a couple of days I can.