Sundown Thursday

Actually I think they might have left one love interest out because it seemed a bit kinky. I was pretty sure that Frodo was looking to fondle Galadriel but they would have made a pretty odd couple.

And just to get back to Twilight, today is Kristen Stewart's birthday. Now she is the ripe old age of twenty!

The Gray Havens that could be found to the west of Middle Earth. J.R.R. Tolkien said in an interview that Middle Earth was represented and The Gray Havens, land of the Fair was America. He originally began the story just before World War I, with the Hobbit coming out before World War II and the ring being published in post war Britain. The Dough Boys, FDR and the G.I.'s seemed like the noble and the fair.  

Okay now flash forward to the final chapter of "Return of The King" when those Gray Havens come into play. Frodo is torn between leaving the home land and both he and Sam wonder the forest as he contemplates his destiny, immigrate to a new world or return to the Shire? As they wonder they often notice Elves smoking and talking in the forest.

Now let us consider for a moment the lyrics of what was once considered to be the most popular song of all time;

There's a feeling I get when I look to the west
And my spirit is crying for leaving
In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees
And the voices of those who stand looking
and it makes me wonder
really makes me wonder

And it's whispered that soon if we all call the tune
Then the piper will lead us to reason
And a new day will dawn for those who stand long
And the forest will echo with laughter

In the post-apocalypse of the defeat of Sauron (Hitler) Frodo wants to go but he fears the the Shire needs him.

If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now,
It's just a spring clean from the May Queen
Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on
Ooh, it makes me wonder
Ooh, Ooh, it makes me wonder

Your head is humming and it won't go, in case you don't know
The piper's calling you to join him
Dear lady, can't you hear the wind blow, and did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind

Then as they wonder further through the forest will still no decision about the path that Frodo will take, a light appears. It is the light of the Lady Galadriel who helps Frodo make his difficult decision;

And as we wind on down the road
Our shadows taller than our soul
There walks a lady we all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How everything still turns to gold
And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last
When all is one and one is all, yeah
To be a rock and not to roll.

And she's buying the stairway to heaven