Last weekend, we discovered that the landscape of The Shire can be found in the south of The Netherlands. It has the gently rolling hills, the well ordered fields, the narrow lanes with hedgerows and the beautiful woods I have always imagined for The Shire. One gets the impression that the landscape has remained unchanged for generations and that ( Read more... )

Just over a year ago I posted my first entry about "Frodo's fate" (LINK). I had intended to do a series of posts with screenshots from The Return Of The King, between Mount Doom and the Grey Havens. Ever since reading the books for the first time I have felt sad about Frodo’s decision to leave Middle Earth. It seemed so unfair after all he had gone ( Read more... )

I still remember the first time I read Lord of the Rings. I was completely absorbed by the story but after I had finished it, I was depressed for weeks. My depression was mainly caused by how I felt about Frodo’s fate: SO VERY UNFAIR ( Read more... )

Two weeks ago, I posted a few pictures showing how we were snowed-in during our “spring” holiday in Normandy (link).
jan_u_wine commented on that post and we had the following discussion ( Read more... )

THE TALE OF YEARS

SR 1419 March 25
"The host is surrounded on the Slag-hills. Frodo and Samwise reach the Sammath Naur. Gollum seizes the Ring and falls into the Cracks of Doom. Downfall of Barad-dûr and passing of Sauron."

FOR FRODO

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This post is to celebrate March 25th of the year 1419 of the third age (by Shire reckoning).
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As I wrote in the previous post, my journey to Live Journal started years ago and it included many different stages: Reading Lord of the Rings in Dutch, in English, reading more of Tolkien, resisting the films, giving in and finally watching them and seeing my hero Frodo come to life. This post is about Frodo's actor, Elijah Wood.

That face


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And with "here" I mean on Live Journal! Even a few months ago I would never have dreamed that I would spend time on the Internet or that I would take an LJ account. In this (and the following) post I want to record how it happened. Because I feel a bit like a hobbit:

"they liked to have books filled with things they already know, set out fair and ( Read more... )

LJ is still playing tricks on me. Pictures come out huge, letter types and sizes are not as I want them, and whole posts suddenly disappear. I need more practice. So, here goes. The lengthening days, the first catkins on the hazel and the sickle of the new moon I see from my window inspired me to the following post.

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Translated excerpt from a Dutch newspaper article (NRC-Handelsblad of 7 January 2012)

“Bad prose” cost Tolkien Nobel prize

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