The Green, Green Grass of Home
As we come to the sweltering season of summer here in Japan, it’s now time to prepare myself for the onslaught of UV rays and rivers of sweat that keep […]
Orcs, Goblins and Uruk-hai – Oh My!
COVID has kept me indoors now for my second weekend, so I’ve continued to go through The History of Middle-earth books I got last year to see what other interesting […]
Hobbits in Amazon Prime’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Hobbits, Halflings, Half-highs, Little Folk, Little People, Shire-folk, holbytla or even Periannath, whatever you want to call them, they are possibly the most popular race in all of Tolkien’s works. […]
Hateful Profiteering
Hatred is big business. In the past year or so I have been introduced to a side of YouTube that I never knew existed but one that I found myself […]
Ugh… Corona.
It took over two years with one scare, but the inevitable has come. I finally got COVID-19. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised, really. Who would have thought that attending […]
A Killing Frost by R.D. Wingfield
My, it’s cold in here. It’s been about a month since I’ve written anything and that’s due in part to my Internet freezing up on me for nearly half of […]
The Silmarillion – A Rewarding Slog
This past month I randomly decided to pick up a book that I brought back with me from the UK on my last trip home: The Silmarillion. I am pretty […]
Tolkien Reading Day
March 25th marks the annual Tolkien Reading Day, which is criminally not a bank holiday in the UK (it is, however, noted on the official Tolkien calendar at least!). It […]
Stephen King’s On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
I have three Stephen King books as far I can remember. Many years ago I was gifted IT, which at the time looked and felt like a mammoth of a […]
Galadriel, Warrior Princess
I’m back to The Lord of the Rings again. I’ve already unloaded most of my frustration and concern over Jeff Bezo’s new pet project, but after having let things cool […]
Wrandom Writing 