Agree. Good stuff, even though the Middle Earth imagery was an odd bit of seasoning.
I did have to chuckle over the “chard destruction”; the typo forced my brain to jump the track as my active imagination immediately began conjuring up images of a hugh and series catastrophe at the salad bar.
Nothing more difficult than trying to re-rail a serious train of thought.
LOL! Yeah, I saw that mis-spelling after I posted - and hope to dear God that nobody would notice ... You just could not help yourself - I know ... Them doggone perfectionists will be our undoing, I tell ya!