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Aunt Dora Baggins
Half-elven
May 20 2009, 2:26pm
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A few years ago it occurred to me that it would be good always to have a bit of reading material in my purse, and wanted something very small but meaty. I thought about one of those Gideon pocket Bibles that they hand out in front of school every fall, since I seem to have accumulated lots, but even that was too big. So I cut one apart (which made me grit my teeth) and put Luke and Acts in my checkbook, behind the checks. Luke is my favorite gospel, and Acts is pretty good storytelling, and supposedly by the same author. It's on very thin paper and very small print, so it fit my criteria.
So last week we were in the emergency room with my father-in-law, and as the hours dragged on, I started reading Luke, mostly for something to do, and Uncle Baggins asked me to read it out loud to him. He said he'd never read any of the gospels before (though of course he knew the story, having gone to Sunday School as a child.) We read about five chapters that night, and then, over the next week, which has been very trying , we've read on. Going back to the religion of one's childhood can be very comforting in times of trial.
One day last weekend, we were on the way to get my father-in-law some earphones so he could listen to the TV in the rehab place and turn it up loud without bothering his roommate. On the way back we saw a young man crawling along beside the road. We asked if he needed help, and he said he'd broken his foot skateboarding. We gave him a ride back to his house, and he thanked us copiously. (We asked if he wanted us to take him to the hospital, but he wanted his family to do that.) That evening as we were reading, we just happened to read the story of the Good Samaritan. Hmmmm....
Now we're in the throes of taking over finances and trying to figure out how to arrange and pay for nursing care. Bleah. Uncle Baggins lost his job, too. It's been very stressful, but Luke has been helpful, somehow.
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"For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century."
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"A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories
leleni at hotmail dot com
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(This post was edited by Aunt Dora Baggins on May 20 2009, 2:29pm)
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Once more into the breach, dear friends, once more: What have you been reading this week?
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a.s.
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May 20 2009, 11:22am
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*geeky-mama squee!*
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Alassëa Eruvande
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May 20 2009, 1:15pm
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Applause!
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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May 20 2009, 2:14pm
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Squeee indeed!
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Lily Fairbairn
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May 20 2009, 2:41pm
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Oh, that is just TOO ADORABLE. (n/t)
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Sunflower
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May 20 2009, 7:26pm
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what is WRONG with those AR people!!!???
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a.s.
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May 21 2009, 4:25am
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The Gospel of Luke
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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May 20 2009, 2:26pm
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A big hug for Aunt Dora
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Lily Fairbairn
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May 20 2009, 2:43pm
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Same here
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Sunflower
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May 20 2009, 7:10pm
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Interesting!
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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May 21 2009, 3:05am
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Another hug.
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Kimi
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May 20 2009, 10:32pm
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Thanks, guys.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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May 21 2009, 2:32am
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Watching this video saved me from doing the same thing :-D
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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May 21 2009, 3:25am
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"Go, and do thou in like manner" are
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a.s.
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May 21 2009, 4:19am
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That is so tough. *hug* /
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GaladrielTX
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May 21 2009, 5:01pm
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Sorry to hear about Uncle Baggins' job.
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RosieLass
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May 21 2009, 11:03pm
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Speaking of medical lore...Laurie Garrett, here
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Sunflower
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May 20 2009, 6:42pm
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strange as it may seem, antisepsis was not standard
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a.s.
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May 21 2009, 4:40am
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Coraline by Neil Gaiman
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Ainu Laire
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May 20 2009, 7:14pm
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Gaiman
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Sunflower
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May 20 2009, 7:30pm
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It's the ending that gets me. (spoiler?)
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Laitholiel_the_SeaElf
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May 20 2009, 9:30pm
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Just finished The Graveyard Book by Gaiman.
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Laitholiel_the_SeaElf
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May 20 2009, 9:33pm
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Confessing my secret indulgence.
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Kimi
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May 20 2009, 9:23pm
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it would be a nifty title, though
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a.s.
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May 21 2009, 4:45am
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True, that :-)
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Kimi
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May 21 2009, 4:55am
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Excellent!
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Lily Fairbairn
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May 21 2009, 2:00pm
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Aha!
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GaladrielTX
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May 21 2009, 5:02pm
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Angry Housewives eating Bon Bons
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Mar
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May 21 2009, 1:07am
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how about an occasionally angry working woman eating "no sugar added" ice cream?
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a.s.
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May 21 2009, 4:43am
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Slightly dispirited public servants eating freddo frogs?//
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Penthe
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May 21 2009, 10:20am
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Now there's a club I would join. /
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Ataahua
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May 21 2009, 7:30pm
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I had to Google "Freddo Frogs", but now I agree to join, too! //
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a.s.
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May 21 2009, 10:32pm
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I just read that too (see below) and enjoyed it very much.
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Elberbeth
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May 21 2009, 4:26pm
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A Canticle for Lebowitz
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CAhobbit
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May 21 2009, 5:44am
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I have the same issue with that book.
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Ettelewen
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May 21 2009, 3:46pm
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The Children's Book by AS Byatt
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Penthe
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May 21 2009, 10:28am
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Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife
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Finding Frodo
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May 21 2009, 2:58pm
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Last week I read a "heroic fantasy"
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Elberbeth
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May 21 2009, 4:15pm
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Finished Julie & Julia
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GaladrielTX
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May 21 2009, 5:12pm
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