Feast Week, Day 2: Sleeping Outdoors
‘ When they had walked for about three hours they rested. The night was clear, cool, and starry, but smoke-like whisps of mist were creeping up the hill-sides from the streams and deep meadows. Thin-clad […]
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Happy Hobbit Day!
While many around the world will be celebrating the first day of Autumn this September 22, those of us whose hearts dwell in Middle-earth regard it as a day of special magnificence. Both Bilbo and […]
Roads Go Ever On: Middle-earth News in the Next Age
A full season has already passed – winter or summer, depending on your hemisphere of residence – since The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies opened for most of the world. In that time, […]
Congratulations to the Winner of our Feast Week Contest!
Congratulations to the winner of our Feast Week Contest! We had amazing, beautiful, and mouth-watering entries from all the contest contenders. It was very difficult deciding between these magnificent Middle-earth themed meals. Here is the […]
Congratulations to the Winner of our Limerick Contest!
Congratulations to the winner of our Feast Week/Tolkien Week Limerick Contest! We had 71 spectacular entries for this competition and it’s been quite difficult choosing the winner. Here is the one limerick that stood […]
Feast Week, Day 7: Prisoners of a Barrow-wight
“When he [Frodo Baggins] came to himself again, for a moment he could recall nothing except a sense of total dread. Then suddenly he knew that he was imprisoned, caught hopelessly; he was in a barrow. A Barrow-wight […]
Feast Week Day 6: The Feast of Tom Bombadil, Day 2
The second supper in the house of Tom Bombadil and Goldberry comes after a rainy day, “Goldberry’s washing day.” Tom entertained his hobbit guests with long tales and songs. As the day waned, Goldberry rejoined […]
Feast Week, Day 4: Farmer Maggot’s Feast
During September 25, Frodo, Sam, and Pippin arrived at Farmer Maggot’s, who was the master of Bamfurlong in Marish. “In a short while fourteen sat down to eat. There was beer in plenty, and a […]
Middle-earth Turns 100!
Tolkien Week has wonderful special events to celebrate, such as the anniversary of the publication of The Hobbit and Bilbo and Frodo’s birthday. Tolkien Week 2014 adds another very special anniversary to observe: the centenary […]
Feast Week, Day 2: Sleeping Outdoors
‘Leaving the road they went into the deep resin-scented darkness of the trees, and gathered dead sticks and cones to make a fire. Soon they had a merry cackle of flame at the foot of […]
