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| Wherever the Prompt Might Lead by Larner | 11 Review(s) |
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| Linda Hoyland | Reviewed Chapter: 21 on 12/30/2008 |
| It is lovely to see Frodo having fun. Author Reply: Oh, I so agree! And he had to have something to do while waiting for the all clear and the signal for them to head out for Mordor! Thanks, Linda! | |
| Sunny | Reviewed Chapter: 21 on 12/22/2008 |
| Ahhh – snow!! This takes me back. Norway and snowy winters do (supposedly) go together. Making snow angels. Tobogganing. Skiing (not that I have ever been particularly fond of that). Ice fishing. Making snow forts and having snowball fights. Making snow sculptures. I remember making a snow huldre one winter, and being ever so frustrated at not being able to color her! :-) Unfortunately, this Yule is going to be a green one. As in there not being any snow on the ground. *mourns the snowfall earlier this month – that melted.* Author Reply: Then you will love my Yule gift, Sunny! We get so little snow here in the Pacific Northwest; we get a few inches and it freezes things for days! Seattle is about at a standstill, and the sanding crews here on the Penisula are working overtime. I doubt, however, we'll have much if any left on Christmas Eve, though. That's how things go here in western Washington. This is our fourth day of snow--unusual for us! | |
| Speedy Hobbit | Reviewed Chapter: 21 on 12/21/2008 |
| Oh, this one most certainly elicited a giggle! THWACK! XD Author Reply: I like to think Frodo had a tradition or two regarding the first snowfall of the season, and was still up to it there in Rivendell. Glad it gave you a giggle! Thanks, Speedy Hobbit! | |
| 6336 | Reviewed Chapter: 21 on 12/21/2008 |
| Getting harder and harder, but you are still doing it and making them work! Keep them coming, Lynda Author Reply: Yes, Lynda--it is becoming more difficult. Only a few more days now.... Thanks! | |
| Antane | Reviewed Chapter: 21 on 12/21/2008 |
| Love it! He's having some fun there and you know a little plot bunny ran out to have fun in the snow too - something I can add to my Yule gift to our beloved queen. Hantanyel! :) Namarie, God bless, Antane :) Author Reply: Ah--am looking forward to seeing where that little plot bunny goes, as its twin is firmly attached to me! Heh! Thanks, Antane. | |
| Queen Galadriel | Reviewed Chapter: 21 on 12/21/2008 |
| Oo, I like the dreamy quality of the first bit of this; it reminds me of the first snowfall I can ever remember--rare things here now. Hmm, that line sounds like something from a song of Bilbo's...or one of Frodo's imitations. :) Why do I get the feeling that single thrown snowball is the beginning of a complete free for all of flying cold white? :D Hope Sam was ready. Author Reply: Yes, the first portion is a bit dreamy, as Frodo falls to his regular first-snowfall traditions. Only his traditions go from the wondrous examination of how the world is transformed by its blanket of white to his little snow sculpting--to his greeting of those he loves with that first snowball! The song is a nursery rhyme, one that was recorded by Burl Ives back when I was a small child. "The Moon is the North Wind's cookie. He nibbles on it day by day until he leaves a ring of crumbs that crumble all away. "The South Wind is a baker. He kneads clouds in his den until he bakes a new Moon that greedy North Wind eats up again!" I don't know who the original author is. As for the snowball fight--you may be right. As for Sam being ready for it--I'll let my next posted story answer THAT one! Heh! | |
| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 21 on 12/21/2008 |
| LOL! Is this how your garden looks this morning? As does ours! Stay warm and safe! Hugs, Lin Author Reply: Much like this, but without the decorative lake. The driveway is a quarter-mile length of packed snow! It was raining and melting last night in the town where I work while more snow was falling in the little valley where I live. Love to Zoe, Hubby, and girls! | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 21 on 12/21/2008 |
| What fun! I love the idea that the hobbits, especially Frodo, might have had a little winter fun before they had to go off into peril. And once again you have proved your cleverness in working in your unwieldy list of words. I especially loved A fork in the path, and pristine snow lies on the sheet of ice covering a decorative lake. Icicles glimmer like crystal, pendant from the rope binding small boat to miniature wharf. And the unexpectedly delightful end to the introspective beginning! Author Reply: He's pretty much recovered from the Morgul wound--I, too, see him indulging in his usual first-snowfall rituals, including throwing the first snowball of the season! Heh! | |
| Rhyselle | Reviewed Chapter: 21 on 12/21/2008 |
| *giggle* Oh this was cute. Somehow I wasn't expecting Frodo to whack Sam with a snowball, because of the peacefulness of the first part of the ficlet, but then "Thwack!" and Sam got nailed. This ficlet was "on the money"! :) Author Reply: So glad it gave a giggle as well as expressing Frodo's delight in the beauty snow gives to a landscape. Thanks so, Rhyselle! | |
| Periantari | Reviewed Chapter: 21 on 12/21/2008 |
| aww what a lovely description in the beginning and then the end came as quite a surprise which contrasted with the rest of the drabble which is perfect. :) Author Reply: Am so glad this story managed to do just what I'd intended. I like to think Frodo had his little rituals regarding the first snow...and the first snowball! Heh! Thanks, Periantari. | |