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It's been said that you can't film The Lord of the Rings without cutting out huge parts of the narrative and many characters in order to...

It has to be one of the most sparkling, thrilling scenes in all of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit in which Elrond discerns the moon letters...

"I'd dearly love to see some Elf-magic, Mr. Frodo," says Sam Gamgee as he sits in the heart of Lothlórien, quite surrounded by...

Can a hobbit garden contain secrets about its gardener? In a recent article, we looked at how a youth spent in "queer" Buckland might...

Patrons have been kind enough to say that my above painting of Buckland makes them wish they could vacation there. Let's do that today...

We cross the threshold of the old year into the new like the hobbits following Haldir over the rope bridge in Lothlórien, little knowing...

Have you ever wished you could memorize one of the most beautiful poems ever penned? In J.R.R. Tolkien's youth, the art of memorization...

"Many jewels the Noldor gave them, opals and diamonds and pale crystals, which they strewed upon the shores and scattered in the pools;...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Catherine Moreland’s life is landmarked with religious edifices, and yet she longs for something more. Northanger Abbey isn’t merely a...

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...

Can life amongst the Bennets make you love the Bagginses more? Can a walk through the Shire lead you to Meryton, or Hartfield, or...

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....

You can read Tolkien, study Tolkien, film Tolkien, cosplay Tolkien and moot Tolkien, but did you know that Catholics can make an...

It could be said that my family begins with Tolkien. It begins in early October 1965, with an adventure across California to the...