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LotR Reread, Chapter 3: Three Is Company (part two)

Posted on March 28, 2019 by stewartry

Look, I’m back! *pause for amazement* So when last I left the lads, they were sleeping under a tree being marveled at by a fox. They were still in the Shire, so they didn’t feel any need to keep watch … Continue reading →

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LotR Re-read: supplemental

Posted on March 27, 2019 by stewartry

(I’ve been listening to too much of the Mission Log Star Trek podcast, I think – but this is a supplemental post.) (Spoilers if you’re not familiar with the rest of the book.) ‘You ought to go quietly, and you ought … Continue reading →

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LotR Reread, Chapter 3: Three Is Company (part one)

Posted on March 26, 2019 by stewartry

So far, so good. CHAPTER 3 – Three Is Company One of my very favorite lines: “Frodo did not offer her any tea.” Wow – I had this mostly written, sitting out there on my computer. Why on earth didn’t … Continue reading →

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LotR Re-read – Stop laughing!

Posted on March 26, 2019 by stewartry

OK. Seriously. It’s been that long? *sigh* Well, anyone-who’s-still-out-there (hi, and thank you!), yesterday was Tolkien Reading Day. And I had just finished what I had been reading. And despite this being what I’ve often seen called “the bad timeline” … Continue reading →

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LotR Reread – rabbit hole

Posted on July 27, 2018 by stewartry

This was going to be just another paragraph in my second (or was it third?) post about Chapter Two … and then I dug a little deeper, and it became more than that. I don’t know quite what it is, … Continue reading →

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LotR Reread: The Shadow of the Past (again)

Posted on July 26, 2018 by stewartry

So – now it’s April, 3018, and Gandalf returns. Which, by the way, is a sure sign that this time the Great Reread is meant to be: change the 3 to a 2, and in a couple of months I … Continue reading →

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LotR Reread: The Shadow of the Past

Posted on July 19, 2018 by stewartry

The talk did not die down in nine or even ninety-nine days. Tolkien really did write wonderful first lines, didn’t he? The second disappearance of Mr. Bilbo Baggins was discussed in Hobbiton, and indeed all over the Shire, for a … Continue reading →

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LotR Reread: The Shadow of the Past (Prologue)

Posted on July 10, 2018 by stewartry

From the Foreword: As for any inner meaning or ‘message’, it has in the intention of the author none. It is neither allegorical nor topical. As the story grew it put down roots (into the past) and threw out unexpected … Continue reading →

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The Voyage of the Dawn Treader – C.S. Lewis, Chrissi Hart

Posted on March 2, 2018 by stewartry

I’ve gotten distracted from this series; I need to go back and keep working through it. There’s just so much to listen to … Anyhow. Here Peter and Susan have lost the ability to go to Narnia, and can all … Continue reading →

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Anne of Green Gables revisited – again

Posted on March 16, 2017 by stewartry

Have you seen this? I want everything on this page. I’ve written about Anne before, a few times. But – as with any extraordinary book – every time I read or listen to it something different sticks with me. As … Continue reading →

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