Kailua Beach
By Ronnie Smith Word Count: 66 Rating: G Summary: A relaxing visit to the beach. waves flatten, their alter-selves layer-glaze the shore, lazy white foam rope wiggles back and forth, snapped to powder beneath…
Author: Fellowship & Fairydust
Inspiring faith and creativity & exploring the arts through a spiritual lens
Ithilien: A Lord of the Rings Poem
By Vanessa Parry Word Count: 522 Rating: G Summary: Legolas helps the woods of Ithilien sing again. Legolas could feel the wrongness of the place as he entered the clearing. Something was in…
Tolkien: Maker of Middle Earth
Once-in-a-generation. Such is the epithet Bodleian Libraries in Oxford use to describe their current exhibition, running from 1 June until 28 October 2018 (after which it moves to New York to be open between 25…
A Full Moon: A Phantom of the Opera Story
It was a wild night, stormy, and the rain fell and overran the streets of Paris. Patrons of the Paris Opera House stepped outside to find their carriage drivers waiting with umbrellas to lead them…
Sailing Away
By Amanda Pizzolatto (alias Aurora Mandeville) Word Count: 169 Rating: G Summary: A sea shanty inspired by Muppet Treasure Island. Yo ho ho, yo ho hoHere we go, here we goSailing away, a sailing…
The Sound of the Sea: A Lord of the Rings Story
Water lapped around the ankles of Drogo and Primula as they walked hand-in-hand along the edge of the Brandywine River. A bit ahead of them, their seven-year-old son stooped down to pick up anything and…
The Man Who Painted Leaves: A Review of “Leaf by Niggle”
A synopsis of Leaf by Niggle, by J. R. R. Tolkien: Niggle is an unsuccessful painter whose favorite subjects are leaves. He decides one day that he will attempt to paint an entire tree. As…
Melegrist: A Lord of the Rings Story
By Vanessa Parry (alias Elwen) Word Count: 875 Rating: G Summary: Elrond shows Aragorn the shards of Narsil for the first time. Elrond gathered Estel onto his knee and, with the carelessness of…
Smeagol’s Poem
By Donna Fergusen Dudley Word Count: 292 Rating: G Summary: The Tale of Smeagol/Gollum, Bilbo, and the Ring of Power Years, nay, centuries had passed since on a fishing expedition Sme'agol's friend, De'agol,…
The Worst of the Mohicans: A Movie Review of “The Last of the Mohicans”
Year: 1992 Filming: Color Length: 114 minutes Genre: Action/Adventure/Drama/History/Romance/War Maturity: R (for graphic battle violence) Main Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis (Hawkeye), Madeleine Stow (Cora Munro), Steven Waddington (Duncan Hayward), Russell Means (Chingachgook), Wes Studi (Magua), Jodhi…