Monthly Archives: November 2017

What Hobbits Knew All Along: Walking Barefoot is Good For You

Posted on November 26, 2017 by Earthoak

I came across an interesting piece of health research this week and of course couldn’t help but make the connection with the rather peculiar behaviour unique to hobbits. We are told in The Hobbit that they:

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The Lord of the Rings Through The Eyes Of An 11 Year Old

Posted on November 19, 2017 by Earthoak

The first and original book review of The Hobbit was candidly supplied in 1936 by the ten-year old son of publisher Sir Stanley Unwin: “Bilbo Baggins was a Hobbit who lived in his Hobbit hole and never went for adventures, … Continue reading →

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On Writing Freely and ‘NaNoWriMo’

Posted on November 11, 2017 by Earthoak

I am sure many people reading this know about NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month, which is now apparently.  In honour of this month a friend shared the following page: https://www.writeinvisible.com This enables you to write up to 500 words without … Continue reading →

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