White text on a black background. The text is a quotation from Pride and Prejudice. It reads: "The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense."

Me, too.

In a still from The Two Towers, Frodo asks, "What are we holding on to, Sam?" and Sam replies, "That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for."

With everything so seemingly terrible these days & no sign of anything remotely hopeful in the near future, I thought you might need this photo of a baby giraffe.

Truly a chameleon.

The older I get the more I really get Hobbits. They're my people. Homesteaders with proclivity toward good food and drink, an excellent sense of naps and when to stay home, but ready for a rockin party every eleventy-one years or so.

Can we pretend this is something witty?