RB: Luthien Tinuviel

On Nov 29, 9:57*am, "Matthew"
wrote:
Tension I am so sorry

Thank you, Matthew. Ltns, I hope all is well with you and clowder.

--tension






"tension_on_the_wire" wrote in message

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Born Oct. 15, 1992
Died Nov. 27, 2008

Luthien crossed the bridge at midnight sharp between Thanksgiving Day
and Black Friday, exactly sixteen years after coming to her home with
me.
A pearl of cats.
The most faithful, loyal companion of my life for sixteen years.
We were young together, and we got old together.

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On Nov 29, 5:34*pm, Helen Wheels wrote:
tension_on_the_wire wrote:
Born Oct. 15, 1992
Died Nov. 27, 2008

Luthien crossed the bridge at midnight sharp between Thanksgiving Day
and Black Friday, exactly sixteen years after coming to her home with
me.
A pearl of cats.
The most faithful, loyal companion of my life for sixteen years.
We were young together, and we got old together.

--tension

Very sorry to hear this. Purrs are on their way.

Thanks, Helen, we need them, and appreciate them.

--tension

On Nov 29, 11:12*pm, (Gandalf) wrote:
On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 22:36:57 -0800 (PST), tension_on_the_wire

wrote:
Born Oct. 15, 1992
Died Nov. 27, 2008

Luthien crossed the bridge at midnight sharp between Thanksgiving Day
and Black Friday, exactly sixteen years after coming to her home with
me.
A pearl of cats.
The most faithful, loyal companion of my life for sixteen years.
We were young together, and we got old together.

--tension

I am so sorry for your terrible loss.

I am glad that she lived to a good age with you, and was not taken
early, as so very many cats are.

But I also know that does not make this any easier or any less painful
for you, in the very least.

I know I am late, but I have lit a candle in my very special candle
holder for her. The candle holder is in the shape of a sleeping cat,
curled around where the votive type candle goes. It will burn all might
long for your dear Tinuviel.

I hope her passing was peaceful, and I wish, perhaps even more, that
there was something I could say that would ease your grief at her loss.

But there is nothing, except the understanding of one who has
experienced this loss and grief, and, to some extent, shares it with
you.

I too was blessed with a very, very wonderful and special cat once, and
she live to age 16 years as well, although she blessed me with her
presence for only 15 precious years. It has been over 8 years, and I
mourn her still.

I hope your grief is soon replaced with your happy memories of your many
years together.

//something in my eyes...

~~~~~~~~~~~~ *^..^

"Life without cats would be only marginally worth living."
-TC, and the unmercifully, relentlessly, sweet calico kitty, Kenzie.

Every day is a treasure with Kenzie; I try to treat them that way. There
will only be so many, and then there will never, ever, be any more.

How you behave towards cats here below determines your status in Heaven.
- Robert Heinlein

Thank you so much, Gandalf, for your very kind post. I guess it would
not be amiss to tell you a strange coincidence. For the last two
weeks or so, I actually have been re-reading Fellowship, for, I don't
know, maybe the tenth time or so, at least, and on late Thursday
night, when Luthien was lying on my chest and breathing shallow, and
looking in my face, I came across the original passages that
introduced the character of Luthien Tinuviel to me for the first time,
when I was about 15 years old. I hope you don't mind if I note them
he

"'I will tell you the tale of Tinuviel,' said Strider, 'in brief --
for it is a long tale of which the end is not known; and there are
none now, except Elrond, that remember it aright as it was told of
old. It is a fair tale, though it is sad, as are all the tales of
Middle-earth, and yet it may lift up your hearts.' He was silent for
some time, and then he began not to speak but to chant softly:

"The leaves were long, the grass was green,
The hemlock-umbels tall and fair,
And in the glade a light was seen
Of stars in shadow shimmering.
Tinuviel was dancing there
To music of a pipe unseen,
And light of stars was in her hair,
And in her raiment glimmering.

"There Beren came from mountains cold,
And lost he wandered under leaves,
And where the Elven-river rolled
He walked alone and sorrowing.
He peered between the hemlock-leaves
And saw in wonder flowers of gold
Upon her mantle and her sleeves,
And her hair like shadow following.

"Enchantment healed his weary feet
That over hills were doomed to roam;
And forth he hastened, strong and fleet,
and grasped at moonbeams glistening.
Through woven woods in Elvenhome
She lightly fled on dancing feet,
and left him lonely still to roam
In the silent forest listening.

"He heard there oft the flying sound
Of feet as light as linden-leaves,
Or music welling underground,
In hidden hollows quavering.
Now withered lay the hemlock-sheaves,
And one by one with sighing sound
Whispering fell the beechen leaves
In the wintry woodland wavering.

"He sought her ever, wandering far
Where leaves of years were thickly strewn,
By light of moon and ray of star
In frosty heavens shivering.
Her mantle glinted in the moon,
As on a hill-top high and far
She danced, and at her feet was strewn
A mist of silver quivering.

"When winter passed, she came again,
And her song released the sudden spring,
Like rising lark, and falling rain,
And melting water bubbling.
He saw the elven-flowers spring
About her feet, and healed again
He longed by her to dance and sing
Upon the grass untroubling.

"Again she fled, but swift he came.
Tinuviel! Tinuviel!
He called her by her elvish name;
And there she halted listenig.
One moment stood she, and a spell
His voice laid on her: Beren came,
And doom fell on Tinuviel
That in his arms lay glistening.

"As Beren looked into her eyes
Within the shadows of her hair,
The trembling starlight of the skies
He saw there mirrored shimmering.
Tinuviel the elven-fair,
Immortal maiden elven-wise,
About him cast her shadowy hair
And arms like silver glimmering."

"Long was the way that fate them bore,
O'er stony mountains cold and grey,
Through halls of iron and darkling door,
And woods of nightshade morrowless.
The Sundering Seas between them lay,
And yet at last they met once more,
And long ago they passed away
In the forest singing sorrowless."

--from the Lay of Luthien, Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien

Thanks for your patience with my long and ponderous post.

--tension

tension_on_the_wire wrote:

Born Oct. 15, 1992
Died Nov. 27, 2008

Luthien crossed the bridge at midnight sharp between Thanksgiving Day
and Black Friday, exactly sixteen years after coming to her home with
me.
A pearl of cats.
The most faithful, loyal companion of my life for sixteen years.
We were young together, and we got old together.

I'm so sorry to hear about this! That's a long time to have a cat, and
you get pretty attached to them by then. Purrs for you and for Luthien's
journey to her next adventure.

And it's great to hear from you again! I really enjoyed your posts when
you were active in this group a few years ago, and was sorry when you
disappeared. Have you been lurking all along?

--
Joyce ^..^

(To email me, remove the X's from my user name.)

wrote:
tension_on_the_wire wrote:

Born Oct. 15, 1992
Died Nov. 27, 2008

Luthien crossed the bridge at midnight sharp between Thanksgiving Day
and Black Friday, exactly sixteen years after coming to her home with
me.
A pearl of cats.
The most faithful, loyal companion of my life for sixteen years.
We were young together, and we got old together.

I'm so sorry to hear about this! That's a long time to have a cat, and
you get pretty attached to them by then. Purrs for you and for
Luthien's journey to her next adventure.

And it's great to hear from you again! I really enjoyed your posts
when you were active in this group a few years ago, and was sorry
when you disappeared. Have you been lurking all along?

Maybe my post with the link to a candle for Luthien didn't show up, nobody
apart from me has lit one. Here it is again.
http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/...m?l=eng&gi=L.T.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy, Bagheera & Shadow)
Cats leave pawprints on your heart
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

"tension_on_the_wire"
Born Oct. 15, 1992
Died Nov. 27, 2008

Luthien crossed the bridge at midnight sharp between Thanksgiving Day
and Black Friday, exactly sixteen years after coming to her home with
me.
A pearl of cats.
The most faithful, loyal companion of my life for sixteen years.
We were young together, and we got old together.

--tension


((((((((((tension)))))))))))
I'm so sorry for your loss
I lit a candle for her.
Love
Kyla

On Nov 30, 12:51*pm, wrote:
tension_on_the_wire wrote:

* Born Oct. 15, 1992
* Died Nov. 27, 2008

* Luthien crossed the bridge at midnight sharp between Thanksgiving Day
* and Black Friday, exactly sixteen years after coming to her home with
* me.
* A pearl of cats.
* The most faithful, loyal companion of my life for sixteen years.
* We were young together, and we got old together.

I'm so sorry to hear about this! That's a long time to have a cat, and
you get pretty attached to them by then. Purrs for you and for Luthien's
journey to her next adventure.

And it's great to hear from you again! I really enjoyed your posts when
you were active in this group a few years ago, and was sorry when you
disappeared. Have you been lurking all along?

--
Joyce * ^..^

Hi Joyce, and thank you for your post. I'm sorry I didn't keep up. I
did drop in to lurk from time to time, but only very occasionally. I
got a bit swamped with real life for a bit. I hope all is well with
you and kittie(s) these days?

--tension

tension_on_the_wire wrote:

Hi Joyce, and thank you for your post. I'm sorry I didn't keep up. I
did drop in to lurk from time to time, but only very occasionally. I
got a bit swamped with real life for a bit. I hope all is well with
you and kittie(s) these days?

That pesky real life, gets in the way of all my favorite internet
activities!

My guys (3 of them - two girls and a boy) are all doing fine. Smudge
is 11 and is curled up with me and purring this very minute. Roxy's
10, and is still as playful as a kitten. Licky (Licorice - the boy)
is 5 and is still quite the 'fraidy cat, but he loves getting petted
when he can stand it!

Thanks for asking.

--
Joyce ^..^

(To email me, remove the X's from my user name.)

On Nov 30, 1:27*pm, "Adrian" wrote:
wrote:
tension_on_the_wire wrote:

Born Oct. 15, 1992
Died Nov. 27, 2008

Luthien crossed the bridge at midnight sharp between Thanksgiving Day
and Black Friday, exactly sixteen years after coming to her home with
me.
A pearl of cats.
The most faithful, loyal companion of my life for sixteen years.
We were young together, and we got old together.

I'm so sorry to hear about this! That's a long time to have a cat, and
you get pretty attached to them by then. Purrs for you and for
Luthien's journey to her next adventure.

And it's great to hear from you again! I really enjoyed your posts
when you were active in this group a few years ago, and was sorry
when you disappeared. Have you been lurking all along?

Maybe my post with the link to a candle for Luthien didn't show up, nobody
apart from me has lit one. Here it is again.http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/...m?l=eng&gi=L.T.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy, Bagheera & Shadow)
Cats leave pawprints on your hearthttp://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk- Hide quoted text -

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Adrian, thanks for your kindness. You're right, it didn't show up
till the second post.
I hope your clowder is well and happy and all things are good with
you.

--tension

On Nov 30, 2:03*pm, "Kyla =^..^=" wrote:
"tension_on_the_wire"

Born Oct. 15, 1992
Died Nov. 27, 2008

Luthien crossed the bridge at midnight sharp between Thanksgiving Day
and Black Friday, exactly sixteen years after coming to her home with
me.
A pearl of cats.
The most faithful, loyal companion of my life for sixteen years.
We were young together, and we got old together.

--tension

((((((((((tension)))))))))))
I'm so sorry for your loss
I lit a candle for her.
Love
Kyla

Thanks, Kyla, I saw it there before I even saw this post. And thank
you for your kind thoughts.

--tension