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A Burden Shared
“Come, Mr. Frodo!' he cried. 'I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you.”― J.R.R. Tolkien
Dyan Vorster
Jun 10, 20224 min read


Unbroken
“He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.” – Lord of the Rings
Dyan Vorster
May 31, 20223 min read


Off The Track Thoroughbreds
“Short cuts make long delays.” – Lord of the Rings
Dyan Vorster
May 30, 20224 min read


School of Hard Knocks
“All’s well that ends better.” - Lord of the Rings
Dyan Vorster
May 30, 20223 min read


Finding Your Courage
“Courage is found in unlikely places.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien
Cour·age /ˈkərij/ noun / the ability to do something that frightens one:
Dyan Vorster
May 30, 20223 min read


School Masters
"And then faint and far off it seemed to them that they heard the whinny of a horse borne up from the plains upon the eastern wind.
Dyan Vorster
May 30, 20223 min read


To All the Boys I've Loved Before (Part 2)
“Memory is not what the heart desires. That is only a mirror.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
Dyan Vorster
May 24, 20223 min read


To All the Boys I've Loved Before
“Memory is not what the heart desires. That is only a mirror.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
Dyan Vorster
May 21, 20223 min read


An Enduring Legacy
“Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on the story.” – J.R.R Tolkien
Dyan Vorster
May 20, 20222 min read


Wear a Sword Instead of a Walking-stick
“Then something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls
Dyan Vorster
Apr 23, 20222 min read


Be Bold
“Be bold, but wary! Keep up your merry hearts, and ride to meet your fortune!”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
Dyan Vorster
Apr 22, 20222 min read


Real Names
“Real names tell you the story of the things they belong to”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
Dyan Vorster
Mar 26, 20223 min read


Celebrating a Simple Life
“It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life.”― J.R.R Tolkien
Dyan Vorster
Mar 25, 20222 min read


Winter Passed
“And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her.”
Dyan Vorster
Mar 23, 20222 min read


Cabbages and Potatoes
"The one small garden of a free gardener was all his need and due, not a garden swollen to a realm"
Dyan Vorster
Mar 12, 20223 min read


Party Business
“NO ADMITTANCE EXCEPT ON PARTY BUSINESS.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
Dyan Vorster
Mar 11, 20222 min read


A Perfect House
“...whether you like food or sleep or story-telling or singing, or just sitting and thinking best, or a pleasant mixture of them all."
Dyan Vorster
Mar 8, 20222 min read


Things Friendly and Things Unfriendly
He told them tales of bees and flowers, the ways of trees, and the strange creatures of the Forest, about evil things and good things
Dyan Vorster
Feb 22, 20223 min read


Black Gold
“Yet it is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succor of those years wherein we are set,
Dyan Vorster
Feb 10, 20223 min read


Of Hedgehogs and Hedgerows
"Curse him, root and branch! Many of those trees were my friends, creatures I had known from nut and acorn; many had voices of their own...
Dyan Vorster
Feb 5, 20222 min read
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