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Yes, I donated my bit, small though it was. May they achieve their very worthy goal!

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Treasure trove' of unseen J.R.R. Tolkien essays on Middle-earth coming summer 2021

So exciting!

The Tolkien community has lost one of its artists. According to the Tolkien Society website, Jef Murray passed away suddenly yesterday. (read more here)

His use of light and brilliant colors always attracted me to his work. I always enjoyed getting my copy of Amon Hen and seeing his sketches and paintings. His "Strider" is my favorite of his works ( Read more... )

Or, A Very Interesting Article On The Migration of Hobbits....

I don't know how many of you follow Michael Martinez' blog, Middle-earth and JRR Tolkien Blog, but he always writes very interesting articles. Back in December, he posted this one, Charting The Shire Lines.I just discovered the post yesterday and haven't read the entire thing yet, in ( Read more... )

I hope to have a Hobbity sort of weekend, or at least, a Hobbity afternoon tomorrow, if it works out.  There's a speaker coming to our local library tomorrow afternoon, Justin Noetzel, who teaches British Lit and composition at St. Louis University. As a student, he sat under Tom Shippey when he taught there, so I'm very much looking forward to ( Read more... )

As many of you no doubt already know, for lo these last several years, inzilbeth_liz has been hard at work on an academic treatise on the character of Aragorn. I'm very pleased to announce that it's ready to go and will be launched Saturday, August 11, at Redesdale Hall, Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire for 10am to 5pm. Would that I could go to the party, but ( Read more... )

I raise my own toast to Professor Tolkien, in thanks for the astonishing amount of joy and friendship he has brought to my life.  Amazing, that, isn't it??   Many authors create wonderful stories, but Tolkien created community, both for his characters and more importantly, for his fans.

*raises glass of miruvor high*   To you, Professor Tolkien, ( Read more... )