Homestead mailing list

[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> I think you might become Ent Gene. <g>

That sent me searching. I found this:

"Sometimes, like through the history of Ents, Tolkien dealt with 
gender roles. Ents are half men, half trees. Entwives loved the open 
lands where they might tend the fruit trees, flowers and grasses; the 
male Ents loved the trees of the forests. After the departure of 
Entwives, no new Entings were born."

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/tolkien.htm