What can I say, sweetie, I kive your hobbits, and I love the idea of Ruby the Healer, and you know I can't ever get enough of the ways we've decided they arrange their relationships, the cheerful V sort of thing.

I wanted to give you an excerpt from the Unused Scene on the porch swing, but I can't find it. If I do I'll email it to you. *wink*

"Wander" developed in a funny way, in its way. I'd never thought of writing Merry and Pippin in Gondor, but the idea just came to me. And, well, of course they'd remember their wives!