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Doubting Dwimmerlaik
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Heaven's basement
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08-13-2008, 06:39 AM
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Pilgrim Soul
Join Date: May 2004
Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle...
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09-07-2008, 04:39 PM
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Pile O'Bones
Join Date: Sep 2008
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Hello from the Shire!
Greetings everyone! Here's what I wrote earlier in another thread, but was directed to add it here instead: I was brought up, and still live about half a mile from Tolkien's childhood stomping ground of Sarehole Mill and Moseley Bog, and because of this I feel an intimate, personal connection with his works, which exist in the very landscape around here - not to mention local tales and stories about Tolkien himself. Because of this connection I have been inspired, over many years, to make an extensive study of the connections between the Legendarium and real history and mythology, and some of the fruits of this research are presented on my website Three Rings for the Elven Kings, linked below. There are many issues raised here, not least that of canon, and I look forward to debating all of them.
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09-08-2008, 06:02 AM
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Princess of Skwerlz
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles)
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Welcome, Ashbranch! Thanks for reposting your introduction here; I've closed (and will soon delete) your individual thread - a routine procedure on the Downs to keep the forum from getting overly full and cluttered.
We look forward to your contributions; I'm not the only member who has visited Sarehole Mill and enjoyed seeing the place where Tolkien spent formative years of his childhood. Did you attend "Tolkien 2005" in Birmingham?
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09-08-2008, 11:09 AM
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Pile O'Bones
Join Date: Sep 2008
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09-25-2008, 06:09 AM
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Pile O'Bones
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: The other side of the rainbow!
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Hello, I too am a newbie to the world of the dead, and not a very bright one either, as I would have picked a far more relevent handle than my own bloody real name of "Diane C" DOH, not a great start!
Anyway, I'm fan of Tolkien, or more specifically LOTR. Have been a fan for about 10 years and always make a point of re-reading his fabulous tome at least once every 18 months or so. Yep, I'm a girly and model myself very much on Eowyn (not so much Arwen though. Far too wishy-washy for my tastes). Live in Birmingham, England but born in Bloemfontein, South Africa all those eons ago. Let the journey begin......
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09-25-2008, 08:45 AM
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Shady She-Penguin
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: In a far land beyond the Sea
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Welcome, Diane C. Hope you enjoy your stay.
 And belated welcomes to Ashbranch, who already seems to have made himself home here.
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09-25-2008, 09:34 AM
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Shade with a Blade
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: A Rainy Night In Soho
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