B2MeM 2011, Day Eighteen-Hospitality

[dolamrothdame]

Today's Challenge:
There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us. 'Tis good to give a stranger a meal, or a night's lodging. 'Tis better to be hospitable to his good meaning and thought, and give courage to a companion. We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture,

Comments

[engarian]

Isabeau -
Do you ever write anything that is less than perfect? You've captured perfectly the sorrow, the angst, the anger, and the frustration in the hands of an aging Ranger and a scholarly hobbit. It doesn't get much better than this.

- Erulisse (one L)

[dolamrothdame]

Oh I write less than perfect stuff a lot of times! I'm glad you liked this-it was a relatively easy thing to write and I enjoyed doing it very much. Elfstan really just sort of showed up and took over.

[engarian]

I love it when my stories write themselves. I wish it happened more often because it's usually some of my best writing :-)

- Erulisse (one L)

[dolamrothdame]

B2MeM has been exceedingly kind to me this year. Everything pretty much spilled from the keyboard very easily. It was fun!

[altariel]

What a wonderful and unexpected character! This little series of stories is splendid.

[dolamrothdame]

I'm glad you like them! Elfstan was a character bonus-I was looking in Encylopedia of Arda to see if there was a name for someone at Undertowers in this time frame and when I saw the name he just walked onstage, bowed and politely introduced himself.

[blslarner]

No, not all ways to serve the Kingdoms require swords--this one does well with food and sound advice and decisions--and Hobbit hospitality!