We would like to wish The Hobbit a happy 75 years of being. [Intended to post this yesterday, but forgot--alas.] I read this book for the first time with Benji and Jon--out loud in a small Ford cab whose seating couldn't quite accommodate three strapping male bodies (or ours either, for that matter). We worked for a small lawn company during our seminary days and often had quite a distance to travel in between accounts. This book provided us with exceptional company during those drives...for the whole week that it took us to get through it. Yesterday, I attended a "Second Breakfast Celebration," and took great delight in recounting this story of how I was introduced to Tolkien.
To you, Jon and Benji: those happy days are impressed deeply on my memory; I'm thankful to God for them and you and good literature. 'Twas a pleasure traveling there and back again with you.
Wd
To you, Jon and Benji: those happy days are impressed deeply on my memory; I'm thankful to God for them and you and good literature. 'Twas a pleasure traveling there and back again with you.
Wd