In the bleak mid-winter…

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It’s a cold day down by the river.  Not many people out for a walk.  But, hang on.  Spring is coming.

Happy Birthday, J.R.R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, January 3, 1892 - September 2, 1973

Born on this day in 1892.

“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”

~ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring