Tolkien Project

He was Founder and Faculty Advisor of the Carthage College Tolkien Society. Information on classes is available at http://www.norsemyth.org/p/norse-myth-classes.html

09/22/2023

Happy birthday to Bilbo and Frodo!

11/20/2022

An Unexpected Party, the first chapter of The Hobbit, inspired probably my favorite Tolkien illustration of all. My enduring fascination with wizards, dwarves, runes, beards, pipes, and steins may all trace back to this painting from the 1977 Tolkien calendar. Raise your hand if you had Tolkien calendars on your wall in the 1970s!

11/20/2022

The nights are getting longer and darker, and the snow has started falling, so tonight we began reading J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, as you do. It has probably my favorite first chapter of all.