Long ago and still to come
This sweetly evocative opening refers to a quieter world 'long ago'. Â But it also evokes, for me at least, a...
Foresight meets hindsight
Being a wizard, of course, would mean that Gandalf would know exactly when to look ahead and when to look...
Key questions for job interviews
Next time you are interviewing a candidate for a job, be aware of what they are really asking you: what...
As kind as…
I found this a beautiful, simple metaphor for kindness: ’As kind as summer…’
Writing this on a kind summer's day,...
As quick as …
This deserves to enter daily usage: 'As quick as thinking'.
Source: JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit (London: HarperCollins, 1995), p. 67
...Revisiting The Hobbit
The Hobbit is the first major book of which I have a conscious memory. Â Probably four or five years...
Breakfast before a journey
Thorin the chief dwarf places his breakfast order having invited himself to stay at Bilbo Baggins’ house.
See also the...
Write me some moon-letters
The love of letters, maps and handwriting all bundled into one exuberant quotation. Â I now need to figure out the...
For use in a mouthwash advert
How did they miss this, those toothpaste and mouthwash marketing executives? Smaug the Dragon’s own glorious description of himself (my...
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