{"id":198,"date":"2004-10-23T20:33:28","date_gmt":"2004-10-24T01:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kathodavid.malibulist.com\/blog\/?p=198"},"modified":"2004-10-23T20:33:28","modified_gmt":"2004-10-24T01:33:28","slug":"visiting-the-shire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/index.php\/2004\/10\/23\/visiting-the-shire\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting the Shire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peter and I had wanted to see <I> The Lord of the Rings <\/I> exhibit at the Boston Science Museum since we had heard about it. We had tried once last month when Peter came up and did a signing. I was going to go with Gwen, Ariel, and Caroline. Caroline had a cold with a fever a few days before we were to go and on the day of going she was still out of sorts. I stayed home with her and Gwen and Ariel went to see the exhibit.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to the next month where my sister in law and her husband wanted to go. 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