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Very, very sad to learn of ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
baranduin's passing.
She was one of the first fans I connected with on the LOTR YahooGroups when I discovered fandom at age 19, and was such a warm, enthusiastic supporter and friend. I valued her encouragement so much as a baby fan, especially one who wasn't used to feeling supported and valued!
On my first international solo trip when I'd just turned 21 I crash landed at her place in Seattle literally the day before Thanksgiving. I'd felt a little queasy from the travel and wonder of wonders, she produced a jar of vegemite so I could have vegemite toast! I still tell the story of her saying to me, "I haven't tried it, but I sometimes open the jar to just sniff it!"
The next day she threw a Thanksgiving meal at her house for her friends and I and I got to try amazing US feast food (pumpkin pie! green bean casserole! sugary bread!) for the first time. For the rest of the week she showed me around her favourite sites of Seattle and I snuggled with her kitties every night.
She was truly a hobbit in spirit, warm and loving, a homebody with a passion for justice. The world will be less without her, though in my heart I know she's at peace.
The icon I've chosen is a picture of the plant she had delivered to me as a housewarming present in my second ever sharehouse. I called him Frood and he lived a long life <3
baranduin's passing. She was one of the first fans I connected with on the LOTR YahooGroups when I discovered fandom at age 19, and was such a warm, enthusiastic supporter and friend. I valued her encouragement so much as a baby fan, especially one who wasn't used to feeling supported and valued!
On my first international solo trip when I'd just turned 21 I crash landed at her place in Seattle literally the day before Thanksgiving. I'd felt a little queasy from the travel and wonder of wonders, she produced a jar of vegemite so I could have vegemite toast! I still tell the story of her saying to me, "I haven't tried it, but I sometimes open the jar to just sniff it!"
The next day she threw a Thanksgiving meal at her house for her friends and I and I got to try amazing US feast food (pumpkin pie! green bean casserole! sugary bread!) for the first time. For the rest of the week she showed me around her favourite sites of Seattle and I snuggled with her kitties every night.
She was truly a hobbit in spirit, warm and loving, a homebody with a passion for justice. The world will be less without her, though in my heart I know she's at peace.
The icon I've chosen is a picture of the plant she had delivered to me as a housewarming present in my second ever sharehouse. I called him Frood and he lived a long life <3
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I love that you just called her a true hobbit in spirit. She was.
Take care.
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