Meanwhile, in Rivendell . . .

I apologize for the language…just ignore that... You're welcome.

M'dear  Reyna  has included me in the Blogger Recognition Award.  Thank you so much, 't'is so sweet of you;) Rules and Regulations: ~ Attach the award. ~ Thank the person who nominated you.   ~ Provide a link to the original post  on Edge of Night. ~ Give a brief story of how your blog got started and a piece or two of advice for new bloggers. ~ Select 15 blogs to nominate. ~ Comment on each nominee's blog and let them know that you've nominated them. Let's get started, shall we?   So.  How my blog got started.  Basically, it's the result of months of stalking *ahem*.  I'd been reading and enjoying (but not following for security reasons) several blogs for several months, and I kept thinking, I'd really like to have my own blog .  However, I didn't start one for a long time for two reasons:  1)  Security (again)  and 2)  I think that I honestly didn't think I could  "do" a blog. ...

Ah, the miniseries adaptation of Bleak House .  I determined to watch it after I finished the book, so I got it from the library and watched it with my parents.  That is, we watched what we could of it.  Unfortunately, the DVDs from the library were not, um, fully functional, so we actually missed about seven or eight of the fifteen episodes.  I know.  'T'was terrible.  But I was able to fill in the gaps for my parents to the best of my ability, so they at least got the general idea.  (Rest assured that I fully intend to find a way for my parents to see the whole thing.) My overall impression?  Basically that of Huckleberry Finn:  "They told the truth, mainly.  There was things what they stretched, but mainly they told the truth."   So here goes.  I'll start with what I didn't like, go to those matters on which I'm undecided, and end with what I liked immensely (by far the most substantial category!) :) And spoiler...

For this list, I'm not even going to try to organize them by preference.  They'll be entirely random;) So!  These are the soundtracks that I particularly admire.  I'll include those which I enjoy the most as a whole, so there won't be as many musicals as you might expect:D  And I'll try to be as accurate as I can, but as we all know, my "favorites" change rather often, so I might not be including all  of them. ~ The Prince of Egypt This album is incredible .  (Though, let's be honest.  It's a collaboration between Stephen Schwartz and Hans Zimmer.  How could it not  be epic?) ~ Pocahontas "Colors of the Wind" is, of course, wonderful, but the spotlight track for me is "Farewell."  It's instrumental with background vocals and it's just…*dreamy sigh* ~ The Parent Trap (1998) This soundtrack is such a feel-good one;)  "Do You Believe in Magic?" and "Here Comes the Sun" are...

We're gonna get deep in this post, guys.  (Never fear, my next post will be full of my usual nonsense!) Today I want to talk about fear, about what I fear, and about how I'm able to conquer fear through Him Who strengthens me.  That is, I don't particularly want  to, but I think I should.  Because it's been on my heart and mind a lot lately for different reasons.  (This post will be chock- full  of quotes but pretty hard up for pictures.  It'll be sprawling and rambling and probably won't make any sense to anyone but me. And my goal here is to encourage you, not to bring new fears to mind, so please read all the way to the end if you do read it.) With all the uncertainty of life, especially regarding the terrorist threats leveled at America, I'm easy prey to fear.  I wish I had a stronger mind, or willpower, or whatever.  I wish I could say, along with Éowyn, "I fear neither death nor pain," but I can't, truthfully.  Obviously, my Sa...

Reyna Nicole of  A Peace of the Past  has tagged me in an epic The Hobbit tag.  Thanks, Reyna!:D Tag rules:                                                                                               ~ You must be tagged in order to take the Q&A ~ You must tag (notify) at least three other bloggers (or whatever they are on) for this Q&A ~ You must answer the following questions to the best of your ability ~ You must have seen The Battle of the Five Armies to be tagged/take the quiz Oh…and you guys know this will be a spoiler-ridden post, right?  And as always, these pictures are not mine.  And one of them I had to get via its URL which was very strange, and as I haven't done that before I wanted to make sure t...

Guys, it has been a whopping six posts since I wrote about anything Tolkien-related! This simply will not do, so I have decided to start a Tookish tag ("Except it won't be unusually Tookish, just LotR/TH." "Shut up, LP.").  There have been a few different LotR-related questions swimming around my mind for a while, suggesting to me how fun it would be if they were made part of a tag (likely brought on by reminiscing about  Kiri Liz's Middle-earth challenge  and lamenting how I wasn't able to participate).  So last night I decided, enough was enough, I was jolly well going to instigate this tag!    So here goes!  (Oh, and I'm totally going to answer these questions, because it's just too much to resist.) Tag rules: ~ Link back to the blogger who nominated you ~ Answer questions ~ Tag some of your own fellow Tolkienknights! My questions: 1.   How were you first introduced to LotR/TH and was it love at first si...