“Behold! we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory, Farewell!” —J.R.R. Tolkien Since making the sudden ‘born-again’-like decision, on May 10, 2020 at 2:15PM, to transition from ‘dime-store recluse’ to ‘serious eremite’ (life as a hermit), thoughts and reactions have come to the surface…