The Hall of Fire

V, I had not thought you had read it. It was your mention of the award that got my attention. I know this is somewhat OT, but since I mentioned it earlier, it has nagged me that, of the 13 dwarves, all but one's name is derived from first Edda poem (Voluspa). Of the group, it is Thorin who stands ou...

Thanks V. I heard of its coming but dismissed it without looking based on my encounter with The Fellowship... mentioned earlier in the thread. Nothing against the author of the Arthurian/Inkling book, but I stopped reading The Fellowship... after 373 pages of a lot of uninteresting trivia. It just h...

The Fall of Gondolin is probably of the last of Christopher Tolkien’s books derived from his father’s notes. It is also the last of the six books he edited after the History of Middle Earth was finished. Three of these books are connected directly to Middle Earth and specifically the Silmarillion a...

Maria, We do have those and a projector system. We are currently working through the Morse prequel Endeavour, which always includes at least a little touch of opera. Instead of coming to IU this fall our friend is headed to Europe soon, but there is hope for next year and there are dozens of worthwh...

V, I'm sympathetic too. My first project 5 years ago was to build a 30 foot long bookcase. Its done and very nice, but I still have a few hundred under my desk and another few hundred in storage space. I might get time in the spring to build the reest, but many more projects to finish before that ca...

A search didn't turn this up: The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings, Philip Zaleski and Carol Zaleski, 2015 This isn't a recommendation, just an acknowedgement it exists. Its been sitting at the corner of my desk for 2 years as a stand for my wireless headphones. I made it 2/3 through a...

Congratulations Alatar. You've done really well since I was last here. Since I'm here, a few words about our transition in relation to the arts and entertainment. We moved into the least populated county (15,000) in the state 5 years ago. Most of the land is government owned. Most of the rest is agr...

I got my copy 10 days ago, but got distracted by an extended visit to the hospital. Still waiting for the drugs to wear off. I hope to read it one day this coming week.

As V said at the start of the thread, this was a shock. I thought Christopher retired, but I'm glad he fit one more in.

A little aside on Tolkien and redemption. I mentioned elsewhere that Tolkien was greatly influencd by the West Midlands translations done as part of his professional work. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight , for example, establishes the pattern for LOTR. Tolkien also spent many years working with a co...

Some background There was a medieval tradition of anointing the new King with sacred oil as a part of the coronation ceremony, to mimic the anointing of King David. In France the practice started with Clovis (496) when he was converted and anointed by the Archbishop of Reims. An ampule of sacred oil...

Eru creates and provides each creation with a pattern of thinking. The creations interact with each other and their environment which modifies the subsequent behavior of each. This provides both individuality and stereotyped behaviors for each creation, within the limits of their experience. Think o...

Sometimes Indiana needs a helping hand. Indianapolis in mid spring http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y81/IdylleSeethes/600s/HOME.jpg Indianapolis in summer http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y81/IdylleSeethes/600s/DSC00094.jpg Fort Harrison in fall http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y81/IdylleSeethes/600...

Thanks Jnyusa. It will look great in the garden.

For some reason, I spent 90% of my time on the first letter of the first word in the question. It just didn't register. Tunnel vision, I suppose.

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Impenitent and I had a synchronous event last week. I was getting ready to post this Hubble when she posted hers along with an orchard shot. In reply: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y81/IdylleSeethes/600s/hst_carina_ngc3372_00061.jpg This is in Tuscany: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y81/Idylle...

truehobbit , That's a wonderful juxtaposition of gothic architecture with 20th century industrialism. We would call that a spire on a cathedral. A smaller church would have a steeple. "Turret" is a term applied to the tower of a castle or something mimicking it. I chose "Spire" ...

These are of a tiny creature that is sometimes called a hummingbird moth. It has the behavior of a hummingbird, but is a moth. It flits around like a hummingbird. These 2 pictures make it obvious it is a moth, but I have a slightly out of focus picture in which it looks like a bird. I had just gotte...

Tigg , Now that you mention it, it seems like levitation would have been required. I think the trout brook runs horizontally under the picture. I seem to be 15 feet above the brook. I can assure you I didn't visit anyone on the opposite side of the road, so I really don't know how I got up in the a...

I hope you don't mind me posting a picture with buildings in it. It's meant to show the power of nature. This is taken from the dining room (in exile). The picture is somewhat obscure because of the 50 mile an hour wind, the rain, and the water blowing off the ocean. The sound of the wind combined w...

These are taken from the pool at a Tuscan Villa north of Lucca. Neither is spectacular, but the sunset is very restful. I wasn't expecting bare mountains in Tuscany. http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y81/IdylleSeethes/600s/DSC_0175.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y81/IdylleSeethes/600s/DSC_0181....