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Fandom: Tolkien
Rating: T
Characters: Sons of Feanor, Elrond, Feanor, Daeron, various others
Warnings: n/a
Summary: After years in Lórien, Maglor and Maedhros are ready to return to their family and to make something new with their lives--but to move forward, all of Fëanor's sons must decide how, or if, they can ever reconcile with their father.
Note: This fic is a direct sequel to High in the Clean Blue Air.

Prologue / Previous Chapter

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deer

tuesday later

I just now got my own pic of Little Deer - I looked out my studio window and there she was. Next thing I knew she was heading back towards Jules' house. We all hope so much that she doesn't cross the road and get killed like her mother.

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Current Music: Is There Anyone Out There - Delta Rae

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All the Broken Happy Ever Afters - Chapter 2

Fandom: Tolkien
Rating: G
Characters: Feanor, Daeron, Fingolfin, Findis, Nerdanel, Curufin, Maglor
Warnings: n/a
Summary: Midwinter is meant to be a time of feasting and merriment, but Fëanor does not find it so, especially with Daeron of Doriath in attendance.
Note: theScrapWitch on tumblr asked me to write a scene from Mezza Voce in Feanor's POV--and I ended up with a whole fic.

First Chapter

We are problems that want to be solved
We are children that need to be loved
- “What About Us?” by P!nk

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deer

little orphan

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The day before I left for Florida 2 weeks ago I saw a deer was killed on the road out front. The next day Jules saw this little one in his back yard. It's been there, or close to there ever since. Yesterday when I was driving past on my way home from town I saw it there. Jules can get pretty close to it. It's curious about him but cautious.

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tuesday

Candy and I had a nice walk in the woods at Two Mile yesterday. I was missing my hills and deciduous trees.

At the end of our walk there is a bench with this view. Someone had set up this wreath.

Walking back. Looks almost like springtime with sparse green leaves in the trees, till you see all the fallen leaves on the ground.

A little stream bed that I liked the look of.

I have really been enjoying learning to play the black 12 hole ocarina I got a few weeks ago but finding it difficult to get my ring finger and little fingers to work properly so I thought I'd try a 6 hole ocarina (doesn't use those fingers except for stabilization). I love this little thing! So pretty. It doesn't have the range of the 12 hole but I think I love it more for its simplicity. Just like with the piano I doubt that I will ever be "good" so I appreciate easiness.

Today is my day to work in the gift shop at the nursing home. I still haven't swept and vacuumed the house yet. I want to pick up all the washable rugs and take them to the laundromat soon. That's where the dog smell in the house is coming from I think. I'm listening to the chickens on the baby monitor right now. 7:30 am. The first sounds of the day that they make are a purring sound.

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Current Music: Fields of Gold - Sting

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A Hundred Miles Through the Desert - Chapter Twelve

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monday

Late September Pennsylvania color out the front window. Don't have time to write much this morning. Due to go hiking with Candy. And I have lots to catch up with when I get back to the house later - cleaning etc... I've gone from being pampered and on vacation in Florida to busy busy here.

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Current Music: You Raise Me Up - Josh Groban

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All the Broken Happy Ever Afters - Chapter 1

What about us?
What about all the broken happy ever afters?
What about us?
What about all the plans that ended in disaster?
What about love? What about trust?
What about us?
- “What About Us?” by P!nk

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sunday

Seeing with the Heart. This is an image that is meaningful to both Kathy and me. We both have worn a pendant with this heart on it since 2006 when our brother died.

I'll be back in PA by 5 today. Girding my loins this morning for a day in airports and airplanes. My heart is still doing its weird rhythms. I'll see my regular doctor on Friday and they'll probably make me an appointment to see a cardiologist then.

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saturday

Senses. When we were at the movie theater yesterday, or maybe somewhere else, I saw a picture of a profile face with a big eye in the place where the brain would be. That's all I can remember about it but I liked the idea so this is my version. The movie (Eleanor the Great) was good. I'm glad we got to see it on the big screen.

Today is my last full day here. Kathy's daughters Laurie and Tracy are coming over for a last visit. I didn't sleep well last night. I was awake more than asleep. I'm wondering how I'll get through the day. I might not be in top form.

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movie

friday

Listening to Alan Watts this morning, sitting beside the pool, and this is what came out.

We are heading out in a while to see the movie Eleanor the Great.

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thursday

Florida.

We got up early this morning so Kathy could get her blood work. Came home from that and I felt incredibly tired. Went to bed and slept till about 11:30. Tracy came over and we drove across town to have lunch at Olive Garden. Kathy and I both brought home half a meal so now we have dinner for tonight. Tracy and I got a quadrant of the puzzle that Kathy and I started yesterday done. After Tracy left I swam in the pool for about 45 minutes. That is basically the only exercise I've been getting. Today would have been Kathy and Pete's 60th anniversary. It's hard to feel celebratory without Pete here.

Current Mood: tired
Current Music: So Much (For) Stardust - Fall Out Boy

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A Hundred Miles Through the Desert - Chapter Eleven

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wednesday

My DnD character. A young halfling. I enjoy thinking about him playing his ocarina while resting against a tree in the forest; being brave and quick on his feet, darting into battle - snick, snick.

Today we meet Kathy's friend Priscilla for lunch. Another meal at the Thai Palace. I finished the puzzle I was working on (Johnny helped me) and last night Kathy and I started a new one.

I've discovered shampoo bars and am excited for another way to stop making so much plastic waste. The first one I tried is from earthling company - Chloe recommended - very expensive, but very good. I've found another couple brands I want to try that are more affordable. I hate it every time I get done with a plastic bottle. Even though they go in the recycling it seems wasteful. I've started using detergent pods that come in bags for clothes washing and feel good about that. Now if I could just find scoopable cat litter in bags I wouldn't have all those plastic jugs to dispose of. Correction! Just checked Amazon and they have it!

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2nd Floor Common Room, Wednesday Morning

Having a roommate was fine and all well and good; it wasn't as if Henry had been used to more, prior to being elevated into Sir Radzig's service a bare few days before coming here. But he hadn't anticipated the difficulty of his nightmares - now when he woke up in the middle of the night, he could no longer spook through the hallways. He had to lay there, staring up at the ceiling, and avoid waking Erasmus up.

At first light he finally escaped the room, and, after an hour or so of restlessly moving up and downstairs, he settled back into the common room. Two large bags had appeared as if out of nowhere, containing those odd round circle-shaped buns. He picked one out that had a great deal of meat on it, and settled into a seat.

Tiredness was beginning to set in now. It made him heavy.

Still, Henry sat there, and ate, and stared at that big black box that made all the noise if you touched the wrong thing. Perhaps he'd wake up at some point, after all.

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tuesday

Pool Shadows . I went swimming in the afternoon. Tried to remember how the moving lights and shadows on the bottom of the pool were.

After we dropped Johnny off at the airport this morning we stopped at Robinson Preserve and I got this pic of the sun (covered by clouds on the right) and a sundog on the left.

Johnny and Kathy. We walked around the Palma Sola Gardens last evening after we had dinner at the Thai Palace and I took this picture. Both Kathy and Johnny share the same birthday and the same anniversary date. Kindred spirits.

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Current Music: It Knows Me - Avi Kaplan

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A Hundred Miles Through the Desert - Chapter Ten

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monday

Morning Coffee. Another morning up early, before dawn. I didn't want to run the coffee machine because Kathy was sleeping in her chair near the kitchen so I waited and made the background for this picture while I waited. I didn't know at the time what the picture would be about. Then I got to thinking how much the color of the background was like my coffee cup. So here's another dumb little picture illustrating my life. I love sitting outside in the morning. The only problem is the no-see-ums. How can such a tiny, almost invisible bug carry so much poison? My legs are covered with itchy bites.

We never did play DND or go swimming yesterday. Instead we watched Toy Story 3 (I cried of course) and then went over to visit Tracy and her family. Maria is big into anime and showed us her collections. For dinner we had a sushi party (put together and roll your own sushi from ingredients on the table). Smoked mullet, avocado, cucumber, strawberries, wasabi, pickled ginger, and in my case sweet and sour sauce. In the evening we went out and watched the sunset. Maybe today we'll succeed with making the time to play DND. I'm looking forward to playing a Halfling Rogue and Kathy will be a Half-elf Wizard.

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sunday

Layers.

Up early this morning. 5 am. Watched the sun come up. A beautiful morning. I sat outside and painted my little picture. Johnny is going to guide Kathy and me in a tabletop game. I've never played but always wanted to. And then probably there will be swimming later in the afternoon when it gets hot.

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saturday

After Dark.

Johnny and I swam in the pool today. Felt good. In the afternoon Kathy's daughters and their families came for dinner.