Alas, not me

All literature enchants and delights us, recovers us from the 10,000 things that distract us. The unenchanted life is not worth living.

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29 July 2021

Eleventy-One: Re-reading The Lord of the Rings 50 years on -- part four

Book One, Chapter 2: The Shadow of the Past Indeed, [Frodo] at once began to carry on Bilbo’s reputation for oddity. He refused to go into...

28 July 2021

'work they may accomplish once, and once only' -- Silmarillion, p. 78

In a single chapter of The Silmarillion we learn that some creative acts require so much of their makers that they can perform them only o...

17 July 2021

Eleventy-one: Re-reading The Lord of the Rings 50 years on -- part three

Book One, Chapter One: A Long-expected Party Perhaps the most charming and moving aspect of the culture of The Shire is the practice of giv...

13 July 2021

Eleventy-one: Re-reading The Lord of the Rings 50 years on -- part two

Book One, Chapter One: A Long-expected Party When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleven...

02 July 2021

Eleventy-one: Re-reading The Lord of the Rings 50 years on -- part one

Right about now in 1971 I am beginning to read The Lord of the Rings for the very first time. I had not read The Hobbit or even heard of ...

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