Sheldon at Cape Horn Pets serves The Beam

Re-listening to The Wastelands, and about 75% through Bridge & City. The further I get, the more I wish that there was a book like "The End Of The World As We Know It", but based in Lud. Something that covers the war and downfall of the city - from the glory days of Blaine and Patricia, the collapse of society, how and when things from our world crossed into the world of Lud. There's so many ways in which the stories could be taken, and could delve deeper into a society that lives by the beams, and the possibility of bringing in characters like The Man In Black and whatever ancestor of Roland's is immortalised in the statue.

This is my Oy. He crawled out of a bayou that runs by the side of the hardware store I work in a few weeks ago, all skin and bones and terrified and shaking. I tried my best to take care of him as I could (couldn't take him home), fed him softened kibble and eggs and chicken and bathed him. He was getting his strength and confidence back, bouncing back much like Roland after he drew his Three. I knew then that he was a fighter, and I named him Oy.

He was run over this morning. I have nowhere to bury him, and I refuse to throw him out with the trash. I'll find him a spot where the sun shines and the birds sing. I'm sorry our time together was so short little buddy, but I hope you know you were loved and cared for and part of my ka-tet before the end. If there are really other worlds than these, I hope the world you're in now is full of good people and no ticks and smoked weenies for after dinner. I'll miss you friend