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Tolkien Reading Day 2020

Tolkien Reading Day is held on the 25th of March each year. The date of the 25th of March was chosen as the date on which the Ring was destroyed, completing Frodo’s quest and vanquishing Sauron.

The theme for this year’s Tolkien Reading Day is Nature and Industry. You can, of course, read any works by Tolkien – fiction or non-fiction – that you personally enjoy. But some suggestions for what you might like to read as part of this year’s theme:

The Lord of the Rings, such as the chapters “The Old Forest”, “Lothlórien”, “Treebeard”, “Helm’s Deep”, “The Scouring of the Shire”;

Tales from the Perilous Realm, particularly Leaf by Niggle;

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, such as letters 75, 78, 131, 155, 181; and

Beren and Lúthien.

Hey dol! merry dol! ring a dong dillo! 

- one of the songs sung by Tom Bombadil in the Old Forest. 

Hey dol! merry dol! ring a dong dillo! Ring a dong! hop along! fal lal the willow! Tom Bom, jolly Tom, Tom Bombadillo! Hey! Come merry dol! derry dol! My darling! Light goes the weather-wind and the feathered starling. Dawn along under Hill, shining in the sunlight, Waiting on the doorstep for the cold starlight, There my pretty lady is, River-woman's daughter, Slender as the willow-wand, clearer than the water. Old Tom Bombadil water-lilies bringing Comes hopping home again. Can you hear him singing? Hey! Come merry dol! derry dol! and merry-o, Goldberry, Goldberry, merry yellow berry-o! Poor old Willow-man, you tuck your roots away! Tom's in a hurry now. Evening will follow day. Tom's going home again water-lilies bringing. Hey! Come derry dol! Can you hear me singing?

**my screenshot of Tom Bombadil’s house in the Old Forest on Lord of the Rings Online.**

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Today in Middle Earth

March 25

· 3019 - The Host of the West is surrounded on the Slag-hills as Frodo and Sam reach the Sammath Naur.

· 3019 - Gollum bites Frodo's finger off and takes the One Ring. He falls into the Cracks of Doom. Sauron is defeated.

· 3021 - Elanor the Fair is born to Sam and Rosie Cotton.

· 3021 - The Fourth Age begins in the Reckoning of Gondor.

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Today in Middle Earth

March 24

· 3019 - Frodo and Sam come to the feet of Mount Doom.

· 3019 - The Host of the West camps near the Desolation of the Morannon.

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Today in Middle Earth

March 23

· 3019 - The Host of the West leaves Ithilien.

· 3019 - Aragorn dismisses the faint of heart.

· 3019 - Frodo and Sam cast aside all of their gear and armament.

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‘Éowyn, Éowyn!’ cried Éomer amid his tears. 

But she opened her eyes and said: ‘Éomer! What joy is this? For they said that you were slain. Nay, but that was only the dark voices in my dream. How long have I been dreaming?’

‘Not long, my sister,’ said Éomer. ‘But think no more on it!’

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Today in  Middle Earth

March 22

3019 - The dreadful nightfall.

3019 - Frodo and Samwise leave the road and turn south to Mount Doom.

3019 - Third assault on Lórien.

3019 -  In Minas Tirith, Éowyn and Faramir met daily in the gardens facing east.

“And so they stood on the walls of the City of Gondor, and a great wind rose and blew, and their hair, raven and golden, streamed out mingling in the air.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien , The Return of the King

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Aaah Valentine's Day

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It never ceases to amaze me, the courage of hobbits

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Elf Week → Day One : Favorite Male Elf ↳ Elrond

                 “Such is of the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world:      small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.”

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'There lie the woods of Lothlórien!' said Legolas. 'That is the fairest of all the dwellings of my people. There are no trees like the trees of that land. For in the autumn their leaves fall not, but turn to gold. Not till the spring comes and the new green opens do they fall, and then the boughs are laden with yellow flowers; and the floor of the wood is golden, and golden is the roof, and its pillars are of silver, for the bark of the trees is smooth and grey. So still our songs in Mirkwood say.'

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Bilbo’s Last Song

Day is ended, dim my eyes, But journey long before me lies. Farewell, friends! I hear the call. The ship's beside the stony wall. Foam is white and waves are grey; beyond the sunset leads my way. Foam is salt, the wind is free; I hear the rising of the sea. Farewell, friends! The sails are set, the wind is east, the moorings fret. Shadows long before me lie, beneath the ever-bending sky, but islands lie behind the Sun that I shall raise ere all is done; lands there are to west of West, where night is quiet and sleep is rest. Guided by the Lonely Star, beyond the utmost harbour-bar, I'll find the heavens fair and free, and beaches of the Starlit Sea. Ship my ship! I seek the West, and fields and mountains ever blest. Farewell to Middle-earth at last. I see the star above my mast! The poem does not itself actually appear in  The Return of the King , the last volume of the  The Lord of the Rings  trilogy, but takes place at it's very end, when many of the principal heroes of the War of the Ring prepare to set sail into the West, to leave Middle Earth forever: among them the great wizard Gandalf the White; Frodo Baggins, the great Ringbearer; and his elder Bilbo, who found the Ring so long before.  "  'Well, here at last, dear friends," [said Gandalf], "on the shores of  the Sea comes the end of our fellowship in Middle-earth. Go in peace! I  will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.'  Then Frodo kissed Merry and Pippin, and last of all Sam, and went aboard;  and the sails were drawn up, and the wind blew, and slowly the ship slipped  away down the long grey firth; and the light of the glass of Galadriel that  Frodo bore glimmered and was lost.

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Today in Middle-Earth

January 29 - Feburary 13

· 3018 - Everything is quiet in Hobbiton. · 3019 - The Fellowship remain in Lothlórien.

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Today in Middle-Earth

January 26

3018 - Everything is quiet in Hobbiton.

3019 - The Fellowship remain in Lothlórien.

"Now as the companions sat or walked together they spoke of Gandalf, and all that each had known and seen of him came clear before their minds. As they were healed of hurt and weariness of body the grief of the loss grew more keen."

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Today in Middle-Earth

January 23 - January 25

Monday, January 23

Yr: 3019  As the remaining Fellowship rests in Lothlórien, Gandalf pursues the Balrog to the peak of Zirak-zigil.

  ''Long time I fell... ...Long I fell, and he fell with me. His fire was about me. I was burned. Then we plunged into the deep water and all was dark."

Tuesday, January 24

Yr: 3019 Gandalf continues to pursue the Balrog to the peak of Zirak-zigil.

  “Thus he brought me back at last to the secret ways of Khazad-dûm: too well he knew them all. Ever up now we went, until we came to the Endless Stair...'"

Yr: 3020 Hobbiton is busy healing the hurts of Saruman.

  "Sam stayed at first at the Cottons' with Frodo; but when the New Row was ready he went with the Gaffer."

Wednesday, January 25

Yr: 3019 Gandalf casts the Balrog from the mountain, but passes away afterwards. His body lies on the peak.

  "'There upon Celebdil was a lonely window in the snow and before it lay a narrow space, a dizzy eyrie above the mists of the world... ...Out he sprang, and even as I came behind, he burst into new flame.'"

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Today in Middle-Earth

July 23 - Aug 9

(playing catch up)

Saturday, July 23

Yr: 2941 Ride through grasslands west of Mirkwood.

Sunday, July 24

Yr: 2941 Bright, fair, chill fall-like mist. Bilbo sees Beorn. Press on under moon.

Monday, July 25

Yr: 2941 Gandalf and Company approach the west edge of Mirkwood.

Tuesday, July 26

Yr: 2941 Gandalf departs at the west edge of Mirkwood.

Wednesday, July 27

Yr: 2941 Welcome to Mirkwood!

Thursday, July 28

Yr: 2941 Mirkwood.

Friday, July 29

Yr: 2941 Mirkwood watches the newcomers.

Yr: 1954 The Fellowship of the Ring published.

Sunday, August 7

Yr: 2941 Bilbo and the Dwarves are on Forest Trail in Mirkwood.

Yr: 3018-1. Frodo waited for Gandalf's return as he made plans to leave the Shire.

Yr: 3018-2. All trace of Gollum is lost.

Yr: 3019 The escort comes to Edoras.

Monday, August 8

Yr: 2941 Nights without lights.

Tuesday, August 9

Yr: 2941 The Company's suffering grows.

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I love this edit!

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