The fictitious setting of a very REAL life.
Happy Wednesday ya’ll!! As it turns out, my consistency here will start with the once a week mindfulness post I mentioned last week. Straight off the heels of cultivating MORE mindfulness in my life, today, I am going to talk about how I… Continue Reading “Environment”
On today’s edition of Tookish Travels, Brandon and I take our first Roadkill inspired road trip to the mountains of North Carolina and SPOILER ALERT…it’s a complete success. Take a look!! ***** Now we’ve been talking cars since we met because a)… Continue Reading “West bound and into a ghost town.”
When I started this challenge, I had NO idea (because I didn’t read ahead), that two of my favorite tracks would be back to back and I am thrilled to be taking on this one today! Hobbits are my very, very, very favorite race… Continue Reading “Concerning Hobbits”
This is easily one of my favorite songs in all of Middle Earth. Not only am I am MASSIVE Ed Sheeran fan, He is a MASSIVE Tolkien fan…which in my opinion is very evident in I See Fire…a song he wrote, if I am remembering… Continue Reading “I See Fire”
It, perhaps, shouldn’t be surprising as I complete the posts that I am, in fact, a HUGE Tolkien fan…please notice that I said fan and not scholar. I was introduced to Tolkien via the movies and while I have gone on to read a… Continue Reading “Song of the Lonely Mountain”
Imagine being asleep after an already weary journey only to be woken by the sound of the earth cracking and a horde of goblins coming down on you. As brave as I’d like to dream to be, I’d have likely passed out then and… Continue Reading “Down in Goblin Town”
Hearing the dwarves sing Misty Mountains in the movie, gave me chills. I think the arrangement really set the tone simultaneously for what they lost and what they were about to dare achieve. The imagery in this song is amazing! As good as the… Continue Reading “Misty Mountains”
AHHHHH the unexpected party… For someone who just wanted to eat his dinner in peace, Bilbo sure got more than he could ever bargain for when he opened the door at the first bell ring. C-C-Can you not do that? You’ll blunt them! Oooh,… Continue Reading “Blunt The Knives”
Depending on when you are reading this, I am either on the edge of 37 or, in fact, 37 years old. Blogs aren’t the place for writing books so I can’t fully describe here, all that 36 was filled with, however, I can tell… Continue Reading “Edge of Thirty-Seven”
I was at a semi-local convention recently and was going to sing the above mentioned song…but I didn’t have to because someone else did…ok, I was singing too, from the crowd. I had to sing to ease the urge to cry…not tears of a… Continue Reading “Bring Me to Life”