Hail friends!  This entry comes a wee late, as after I arrived at Return of the Ring 2012, there was no time between ales and tales with luminaries of Tolkiendom and trying to score a few hours of sleep to even think about getting a journal entry in!  My flight to Amsterdam, a short layover, [...]

Hail friends! As I sit at gate B24 about to depart for Amsterdam, and I am chatting with Founder Mark Ostley on Gmail chat – I can barely contain my halfling excitement. If only all the big folk around me in JFK airport could understand that I am about to embark on a journey of [...]

As we had announced on a previous Founder’s Inkling episode, I was preparing a new “edgy” site for the network together with Dave Dellagardelle.  I am proud to announce the site is now public for viewing and we will be having more news coming soon! “Arctic Fire is an invitational gathering of some of the [...]

“You and me – we know that land And often have been there In long old days…” – J.R.R. Tolkien      And in bright new days we can glimpse those shores again, despite the din and storms around us.      Welcome friends to the new MyMiddle-earth and the greater Middle-earth Network! Now more [...]

   Hwæt! wē Gār-Dena      in geār-dagum þēod-cyninga      þrym gefrūnon, hū þā æðelingas      ellen fremedon.       I awoke this morning in the wake of Hurricane Irene with the resolve that I would be accomplishing two very important tasks.  First I would be felling, hacking and hauling the fallen pitch pine trees that littered my back yard and [...]