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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28 November 2022

Tolkien between two publishers, feeling like a fool

14 April 1950 Dear Unwin, It was odd that our letters crossed. I might have waited a day longer; but the matter is for me becoming urgent. W...

20 November 2022

Hobbits and the Shire: The strength of the hills is theirs also.

Yesterday, a friend sent me something he was working on about The Lord of the Rings , and what he had to say about Hobbits and the Shire in ...

17 November 2022

Not to find them, not to bind them -- Elrond and the Ring verse

'Yet no oath or bond is laid on you to go farther than you will.' ( FR 2.iii.280) As I was listening to Corey Olsen on episode 226 ...

12 November 2022

A Random Thought about Bill the Pony

I was listening to episode 221 of Corey Olsen's Exploring The Lord of the Rings podcast today (I am about 20 episodes behind -- hey, w...

11 November 2022

The unforgiving, unforgotten minute.

It was Sam’s first view of a battle of Men against Men, and he did not like it much. He was glad that he could not see the dead face. He won...

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