I have at last broken through my block on this story, and expect that it will move along more regularly now.

Chapter Sixty-four--Conversations About the Past, Part One
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Chapter Sixty-three: A Drop of Fancy in the Blood( Read more... )

Adamanta, Gandalf and Bilbo continue looking at Frodo's sketchbook...

Chapter Sixty-two: The Sketchbook, part 2 ( Read more... )

Chapter Sixty-one: The Sketchbook, part 1

Frodo sat with his sketchpad on his knee, his charcoal flying over the page as he drew rapidly the scene before him. It was some minutes before his subjects noticed his activity.

They were in the front garden of Adamanta's smial in the Vale. Frodo was beneath a tree, his back against the mighty trunk, as ( Read more... )

Chapter Sixty: The Upward PathBilbo looked out from their terrace towards the beach below, watching Frodo and Adamanta walking arm-in-arm. There was a new ease in Frodo's manner he hadn't seen for a long time. To be truthful, it wasn't an ease he'd ever seen in his beloved cousin before. He smiled when Frodo looked down attentively at something ( Read more... )

Chapter Fifty-nine: Watched Over ( Read more... )

Chapter Fifty-eight: The Strength of Love ( Read more... )

Chapter Fifty-seven: The Voice of the Ring "Thank you, Frodo." Adamanta sat down next to him. "That was a lovely thing to hear ( Read more... )

Chapter Fifty-six: Early Memories ( Read more... )

Chapter Fifty-five: A Lesson for Adamanta, (part 2) ( Read more... )