The Way of the Wombat

Starting with the second part of my subject line, gillo posted a link to þā Engliscan Wikipǣdie!

This is not a Wiki page about Old English - it is Wikipedia written in Old English/Anglo Saxon. Anyone interested in languages will love it - as will any of my Tolkienrim friends with an interest in the Rohirrim.

Secondly - I have continued with the 'new recipe a month' project. This is another one from all those Good Food magazines D-d treated me to last year. Nothing very complicated, but certainly tasty and worth repeating, this month I made bacon & ricotta oven-baked frittata.

Very easy to make, clear instructions, and it came out just as it should. ( Look.... )

My back is a lot better now, too. I am still treating it with a lot of care though.

I thought some of my friends might find this article in The Guardian interesting.

A Bristol University expert on past climate change has traced some of Tolkien's detailed maps, and then effectively "scanned" that into the university's computer to determine the weather patterns of Middle Earth.

He has come up with a number of interesting observations - for example

• Much of Middle Earth would have been covered in dense forest if the landscape had not been altered by dragons, orcs, wizards etc.

And that the climate around Mount Doom is very like that of Los Angeles...

These are a short set of drabbles, written for the Petrology challenges at tolkien_weekly. They feature the Fellowship of The Ring, some a little more than others.

The Lay of the Land
5 true Drabbles
Rated 13.

Disclaimer: The characters in this story do not belong to me, but are being used for amusement only, and all rights remain with the estate of JRR Tolkien.

( The Lay of the Land )

kortirion suggested I might want to add a couple more - but I think these will be it.

These were written for challenges at tolkien_weekly and look at the journey Lothíriel makes to her wedding to Éomer from four different points of view.

Here Comes The Bride
800 words
Rated PG
Features Lothíriel, Éomer, Éothain and Imrahil.

Disclaimer: The characters in this story do not belong to me, but are being used for amusement only, and all rights remain with the estate of JRR Tolkien.

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I like to think she was happy there.

The challenges at tolkien_weekly recently have been a set of ailments.

I wrote the whole challenge with Gandalf as my central character...

( Learning Process )

Sorry it's been a few days longer than I had planned - but it is also a little longer... :)

So - this is the chapter in which our heroine finally gets to put her request to the Valar.

The Valinor Trail, Chapter Seven
2,840 words
Story rated 15 - this chapter PG.
Characters - Elves - quite a lot of Elves, really... oh - and Valar.
Beta -Speaker -to-Customers
Disclaimer as chapter one.


Previous chapters are here.


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This is a short set of drabbles written over the past few weeks for tolkien_weekly.

They could be set in the future of the Retunverse - but they don't have to be. They are certainly set after Legolas and Gimli sailed West.

Author: Curiouswombat
Characters: Legolas
Rating: G
Source: LotR

Disclaimer: The characters in this story do not belong to me, but are being used for amusement only, and all rights remain with the estate of JRR Tolkien.

( To Make an Heirloom )

Thing The First - almost all my friends in the UK are more or less under snow. All day Friday, and all day today, it has snowed here. And this is all we have to show for it....



A dusting on the higher ground. Otherwise it simply disappeared as it landed. I am quite envious of everyone who has 6 inches and more!



Thing The Second - new friend gatty mentioned something I had not read - probably because it was written a while before I migrated from the Buffyverse over to the Tolkien fandom. It is Bagenders - a series in which "The Fellowship have been made immortal and are living together in the house-share from Hell." The writers happily acknowledge that it owes quite a bit to Father Ted & The Young Ones, with the odd shout out to Terry Pratchett, Julian and Sandy from 'Round the Horne', 'Blackadder Goes Forth', Blue Peter - and lots of other things. So British friends who enjoyed Father Ted and/or The Young Ones you really should go and read!

Having read LotR, or seen the films, is really all the Tolkien knowledge you really need.

And as for me - I am going to dive back in... I may be some time.



Thing The Third - Tolkien Friends - do you remember stormwreath's Royal Houses of the Noldor made simple with chibi figures? Well he has begun to tell us The History of Middle Earth - starting In The Beginning - and has also, now, helped us figure out The Valaquenta - go, go and look - the history of Middle Earth has never looked cuter. And if you look in the comments to that post you will see that he and I have our own thoughts on why Nienna lives where she does, and cries so much...

Firstly an observation - it is clear, when you look at my journal, that I was off work for the first week of this year - I posted every day. And then I went back to work...

It occurred to me that I posted a single drabble here at Halloween, as it was most certainly seasonal - Adding Insult to Injury - but it was actually the first one of a set.

So now I have got around to posting the whole set. They feature Tindómë in conversation with the sons of Elrond...

I have included that first one as well - ( Here they are... )

S2C always says Saturday is a bad day to post fic - but I'm posting chapter two anyway!



The Valinor Trail, Chapter Two; Light Through The Window.


Word count; 1,840
Rating; 15
Disclaimer: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot are the property of the author. No money is being made from this work. No copyright infringement is intended.

The prologue and Chapter One are here.
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As always feedback is greatly appreciated.