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There, and back again

“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” Frodo Baggins quoting his uncle, Bilbo in J.R.R. Tolkien’s, The Lord of the Rings English actor, Ian Holm, Bilbo in The Lord of the …

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We’re all a mess

Heaven have mercy on us all – Presbyterians and Pagans alike – for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending. – American novelist, short story writer, and poet, Herman Melville, was born on this day in 1819 (died 1891) True story: I’ve never read Moby Dick. I’ll put it …

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