besides having some memory (I would need to check specifics) of hearing of either a side-note or a draft saying ex-Archenland rebels were some of Calormen's early settlers, I agree. Dark skinned works even a bit better for Telmarines than for Calormenes if you check origins. Probably some Telmarine...

Clouded, cool, over here.

Of Narnia? Hmmmmm, no, don't think so. Of Middle Earth? No, neither.

Of own imaginary countries for stories as yet not written, yes, though.

TPBM has had some possession earlier (camera, library, real estate, whatever) the loss of which is sometimes regretted and not yet compensated.

"I loved it when the narrator talked as if to the reader" It attracts you to the story-teller, but would probably have attracted you to him if CSL had given a similarly told account of ... a walk in Wales or sth ... among the published works. Even sth which has nothing to do with Narnia. I...

Forgot to say, yes, very nice!

28 inches
12 inches = 1 foot
16 inches
12 inches = 2 feet
4 inches.

Less than a meter, but richer than most winters in Malmö region. There it is usually up to half a foot. Usually, not always.

Guten Morgen, wenn du aufwachst!

Re: India, you do have a number of nations with a large variety of skin tones in their inhabitants, even among groups of inhabitants who have been there a very long time. It's possible that the Calormenes in VDT were a different ethnic group than the dominant group in the region where Shasta was bo...

I used to be good at waltz, not quite bad at schottis (never took ballet or lambada/salsa, though).

TPBM likes baking bread as much as baking sweet stuff.

Swanwhite or Susan?