Tag Archives: LoTR
Plucked and Plunked
“We all, like Frodo, carry a Quest, a Task: our daily duties. They come to us, not from us. We are free only to accept or refuse our task– and, implicitly, our Taskmaster. None of us is a free creator or designer of his own life. ‘None of us lives to himself, and none of …
Trees, Men, and Beards
I have long hair and a long beard, and I discovered recently my nickname among the employees at my local WalMart is “Beard Man.” Apparently they have some sort of contest among themselves to see who gets to carry out the groceries for Beard Man. That’s not the most imaginative of nicknames, but I’m still …
Music
Excerpted from The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien, ©1954: Frodo was left to himself for a while, for Sam had fallen asleep. He was alone and felt rather forlorn, although all about him the folk of Rivendell were gathered. But those near him were silent, intent upon the music of the …
Beginning to Look Black
Excerpted from The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien, ©1954: “But last night I told you of Sauron the Great, the Dark Lord. The rumours that you have heard are true: he has indeed arisen again and left his hold in Mirkwood and returned to his ancient fastness in the Dark Tower …
Ent
I love the Ents. I’m not unhappy that they made movies based on LoTR, because that introduced a lot of people to the stories that would otherwise have never heard them, but I do miss the fan art. It’s hard, now, to find art based on imagination rather than the movies.
Then I Walked Outside
Don’t Go Back to Sleep by Rumi For years, copying other people, I tried to know myself. From within, I couldn’t decide what to do. Unable to see, I heard my name being called. Then I walked outside. The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep. You must ask …
Hobbit
Hobbit was a regional favorite at the end of the 70s, back in the days when radio stations were locally owned and disc jockeys could play what they wanted. As you can probably guess, most of their songs were Lord of the Rings themed. Their (derelict) website is HERE.
Exists
The post below is the best thing I’ve ever seen on Tumblr: teal-deer: I’m glad that Bilbo Baggins exists Because in the book, the dude was pretty firmly middle aged when his crazy-ass adventure started He was settled down in the house that belonged to his parents and had done precisely jack shit with his …
Compassion
This is my favorite passage from Lord of the Rings: “But this is terrible!” cried Frodo. “Far worse than the worst that I imagined from your hints and warnings. O Gandalf, best of friends, what am I to do? For now I am really afraid. What am I to do? What a pity that Bilbo …
Abbie's Tree House 