As today is the centennial anniversary of the start of World War I, I have been working today on a post drawing from Tolkien's letters and other writings about how his experiences helped shape his writings.
Alas, my save file became corrupted and I lost what I was working on.
So instead I mark the day by leaving a quote by him of what it was like when he left Edith to join the B.E.F.
Quote:
Parting from my wife then ... it was like a death
-Taken from Tolkien and the Great War by John Garth
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