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Arwen in the Afternoon
"I plan to leave by the end of the week," said the Chieftain.
Aragorn and Halbarad stood on the walls of the Dúnedain Keep, looking out to the green land of the Angle beyond. On the high ramparts a sweet breeze blew, easing the heat of the August day.
Aragorn's hair, the ends still damp from his morning swim, shone in the sun.
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Books
Posting the book list meme the other day reminded me that I had an unread copy of "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon, so I found it on my shelf and started reading ( Read more... ) -
book meme
The ones I've read are bolded--comments to come!
1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
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Sword of Elendil new chapter
Yes, I did it again! "Chieftain's Justice" now posted at HASA and FF.net.
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On Hearing the First Quack of Spring
How do I know spring has sprung ( Read more... ) -
New chapter in "The Sword of Elendil"
Okay, folks, I finally did it. "The Scarred Man" is now posted. More about Aragorn in Rivendell--then he returns to the Angle for more trouble.
link at HASA:
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Tolkien's Anti-Science Bent
Some of you, I know, already read Pandemonium's excellent material on Tolkien's anti-science stance. Highly recommended for those who haven't. Anyway, we've been exchanging thoughts on this over time and she pointed me to some other passages in his work ( Read more... ) -
MEFA failures
Hair
Legolas had never seen so much hair on inappropriate body parts in his long Elven life. Four pairs of hairy feet and four beards assaulted him at every meal. It was enough to kill his appetite, even after hours of walking.
On the other hand, the tough curls did keep the Hobbits’ feet warm, and beards protected faces from the relentless ( Read more... ) -
MEFA results
The results are in! Some of my stories placed, hurray!
"Green Magic": First Place, Crossover
"Clothes Make the Man": First Place, Humor: Drabble
"The Blue Book of Bilbo Baggins, or, Tales of the Forbidden Silmarillion": Second Place, Alternate Universe: General
"The Sword of Elendil": Third Place, Drama: Incomplete
"Love Story": Honorable Mention
"Many ( Read more... )