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 March 2022

'I am leaving NOW. GOOD-BYE! -- the shift in narrators from Bilbo to Frodo in 'A Long-expected Party'.

'Good night, Frodo! [said Bilbo] Bless me, but it has been good to see you again! There are no folk like hobbits after all for a real go...

25 March 2022

Tolkien Reading Day 2022 -- Love and Friendship

Eala Earendel engla beorhtast ofer middangeard monnum sended, ond soðfæsta sunnan leoma, torht ofer tunglas,-- þu tida gehwan...

27 February 2022

The true gift to the foes of Mordor

Here's just a wee bit from right near the very end of the conclusion of my book, To Rule the Fate of Many: Truth, Lies, Pity, and the R...

26 February 2022

The One Ring as an Old Norse Poem (Dr Jackson Crawford)

23 February 2022

Bilbo's 'Black Mark' (Letter no. 246)

In discussing Bilbo joining Frodo on the journey to Elvenhome, Tolkien comments in Letter 246 (p. 328): But [Bilbo] also needed and deserved...

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