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Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 03-21-2003, 02:41 PM
Replies: 91
Views: 69,811
Posted By mark12_30
Sting I went tramping, the day before yesterday. ...

I went tramping, the day before yesterday. Trespassing, actually, the land is posted... smilies/eek.gif but I had Frodo on the brain, and how he loved tramping around the Shire. I live in New...
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 03-21-2003, 01:59 PM
Replies: 91
Views: 69,811
Posted By mark12_30
Sting Spring thaw is on its way, whispering that deeper...

Spring thaw is on its way, whispering that deeper in the woods there are songs to be sung and dances to be danced if only I knew what they were...

"For he comes, the human child,
To the water...
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 10-16-2002, 11:15 AM
Replies: 91
Views: 69,811
Posted By mark12_30
Sting My goodness, Nar, you are quite right. (You...

My goodness, Nar, you are quite right. (You fooled me completely by jumping onto Gandalf's smoke-ship and sailing it around-- I was sure that was Bethberry.) I do apologize for the confusion.
...
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 10-16-2002, 05:09 AM
Replies: 91
Views: 69,811
Posted By mark12_30
Sting Bethberry: singing, smiling, dancing,...

Bethberry: singing, smiling, dancing, light-hearted lass, you've quite blown my mind with the idea of "Bag End to Barrow" being a preview of the whole epic. This is going to take quite some time to...
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 10-04-2002, 06:18 AM
Replies: 91
Views: 69,811
Posted By mark12_30
Sting Part of me is trying to grasp the Englishness of...

Part of me is trying to grasp the Englishness of the Shire and Tom Bombadil. Since that's what the proffessor said, then there it is.

But having never been to England, nor Scotland (more Faery,...
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 09-29-2002, 04:42 PM
Replies: 91
Views: 69,811
Posted By mark12_30
Sting lmp, You write that one. :-) --Helen

lmp, You write that one.

:-)

--Helen
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 09-26-2002, 07:09 PM
Replies: 91
Views: 69,811
Posted By mark12_30
Sting Nar, Gee! Thanks for asking. They are...

Nar,

Gee! Thanks for asking. They are slowly oozing onto the Downs, one chapter at a time, under pen name "Daffodil Furrow". But much more is written than is posted at the downs.
...
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 09-26-2002, 04:36 PM
Replies: 91
Views: 69,811
Posted By mark12_30
Sting Hobbitlass, I thought you made your point very...

Hobbitlass, I thought you made your point very well. And actually, that's a good quick outline of a different difference. :-)

We've been focusing on epic versus personal journey-- and I tend to...
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 09-25-2002, 05:11 AM
Replies: 91
Views: 69,811
Posted By mark12_30
Sting lmp, what do you think of George MacDonald? ...

lmp, what do you think of George MacDonald?

And yes, I could wish that Tolkien had been cloned just after The Hobbit, with the Clone free to pursue Faery. smilies/rolleyes.gif

Wasn't it...
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 09-23-2002, 04:03 PM
Replies: 91
Views: 69,811
Posted By mark12_30
Sting I wonder whether has anything to do with the fact...

I wonder whether has anything to do with the fact that in between the writing of The Hobbit and the LOTR, Tolkien had spent some more, significant, time on the Silmarillion. Perhaps that added the...
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