Come to the Feast of the Wood-elves in Mirkwood!
What if you could enter "the perilous realm"? What if, like Bilbo in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, you strayed from the path of a dark...
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Miriam Ellis
- 6 days ago
- 6 min
Celebrating Yule-tide at Beorn's with Bilbo, Gandalf and Some Good Ideas!
Step away from the noise and clutter of the thing that's now called the "holiday shopping season" and step back in time to a winter long...
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Miriam Ellis
- Oct 23
- 3 min
A Place on My Own Tolkien Shelf
For serious Tolkien fans, the Tolkien shelf or bookcase is one of the warmest spots in their home. It is a cozy hearth, a jeweled hoard,...
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Miriam Ellis
- Oct 21
- 8 min
Glorfindel: Almost Angelic (Illustrated)
October is the best month to celebrate the glory of Glorfindel! It's on October the 18th that Frodo first meets this figure who may well...
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Miriam Ellis
- Oct 5
- 9 min
What Do the Hobbits Eat at The Prancing Pony? Bring Your Appetite!
Some books have to be eaten with. Whether you're on your first or annual reading of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, you may find...
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Miriam Ellis
- Sep 21
- 6 min
Celebrating Bilbo's Birthday Party in Detail
It's September 22nd, and ALL are admitted on Party Business to celebrate Bilbo's eleventy-first birthday! While the awe in which we hold...
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Miriam Ellis
- Sep 9
- 10 min
Catherine Moreland Amid the Ruins
Catherine Moreland’s life is landmarked with religious edifices, and yet she longs for something more. Northanger Abbey isn’t merely a...
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Miriam Ellis
- Aug 25
- 9 min
Button Culture vs. Jewel Culture in Tolkien
There's a perilous rift that splits Tolkien's legendarium right down the middle from the Valar to the Ring, and it begins with a famous...
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Miriam Ellis
- Aug 23
- 9 min
Tolkien and Austen: Better Together
Can life amongst the Bennets make you love the Bagginses more? Can a walk through the Shire lead you to Meryton, or Hartfield, or...
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Miriam Ellis
- Aug 20
- 6 min
Harps in Tolkien: What Would They Sound Like?
Gil-galad was an elven king. Of him the harpers sadly sing; The last whose realm was fair and free Between the Mountains and the Sea....
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Miriam Ellis
- Aug 19
- 7 min
Did You Know You Could Say an Intercessory Prayer to Tolkien?
You can read Tolkien, study Tolkien, film Tolkien, cosplay Tolkien and moot Tolkien, but did you know that Catholics can make an...
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Miriam Ellis
- Aug 18
- 6 min
The Hobbit Honeymoon: Tolkien and My Family Origin
It could be said that my family begins with Tolkien. It begins in early October 1965, with an adventure across California to the...
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