Tolkien

Quenya, a constructed language, was created by Tolkien.

Tolkien, the famous linguist and writer, once described the Finnish language as a wine cellar filled with bottles of amazing wine, of a kind and flavour never tasted before.

The publication of the first book of "The Lord of the Rings" by the British author Tolkien in Asturian is great news for Asturian literature and for the language itself.

Maybe, if J.R.R. Tolkien were born years later, he would have written more sci-fi instead of fantasy.

In London, my hotel was near the Barbican Centre. A memorable event was eating delicious fish and chips wrapped in newspaper, which back home, North Americans could not replicate. My favourite Brits are Olaf Stapledon and J.R.R. Tolkien, respectively a sci-fi writer and a fantasy writer. I have surveyed the British Isles via satellite imagery, and a really interesting area is southwestern England, where there are quaint towns and hamlets.

In the sunny afternoon, today the 21st of August of 2022, my family sipped some King Arthur's Dry Mead from Chinook Arch Meadery. For many years, I've wondered what mead or honey wine would taste like, as I know that our surname in would-be Esperanto means "mead frog"—"medo" plus "rano"—"Medrano." It's like a drunken amphibian. Ancient Egyptians consumed mead, and ancient Beowulf and Tolkien writings mention it.

In the sunny blue-sky morning of the 13th of April of 2023, I was sitting in the teahouse drinking my iced black tea. Lizbeth the Mexican came through the door, and we greeted each other, she still teaching Dance Fitness and Zumba at several schools here on Lulu Island. I suppose some people at the teahouse miss the noisy patois of Taglish of Greg and me. I was just reading my Japanese-language fantasy book Tabi no Nakama, or The Fellowship of the Ring, of the famous J.R.R. Tolkien. Walking back to my house, I saw Nikki the Cypriot Greek and her Korean neighbour, as they continued their six rounds around the neighbourhood block.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring cast its spell on Oscar voters. The adaptation of the J.R. Tolkien mythic fantasy has 13 nominations — the most of any film this year — including Best Director for New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson and Best Picture.

J. R. R. Tolkien created orcs.

After 9 in the sunny, blue-sky morning, I walked to Starbucks café, there to drink Passion Tango iced tea, which contained hibiscus, lemongrass, cinnamon, passion fruit, pineapple, and so forth. Mark, Pepe, and Jason dropped by, and I greeted them. Mark is a second-generation Japanese-Canadian. Pepe is from Chile. And Jason is an Anglo whom I call "Mr. Sci-fi." In fact, we call each other "Mr. Sci-fi," despite that he claims that I am more "sci-fi" than he is. I mentioned today the book, The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien, but it is really more of a fantasy-genre book. Homebound, I wandered through Dunoon Drive to view the big pink magnolia blossoms. Later in the day, I will venture again to St. Albans Road to wander through the bloom-fall of sakura, the pink cherry-blossom trees.