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Happy Birthday J.R.R. Tolkien
For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach. — J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King. Continue reading
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Wishes for the New Year
I copied this out a few years ago, but I’ve been thinking of it on and off the past few days so that must mean it bears repeating. All the best to you, friends and gentle readers! Letter To A … Continue reading
Fear – From the Quote Box
I must not fear. • Fear is the mind-killer. • Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. • I will face my fear. • I will permit it to pass over me and through me. • And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. • Where the fear has gone there will be nothing….only I will remain. Liturgy of Fear — Frank Herbert Continue reading
The Eagles Are Coming…
X. Under the thigh of Geraint were swift racers, •
Long-legged, with wheat for their corn, •
Ruddy ones, with the assault of spotted eagles.
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You Can Pretend Not to Know Me
What’s that you say? Oh, YAMT, you say? Continue reading
