Parish's Garden

Occasional newsletter of Middle-earth Reunion Smial

January 2000

Introduction

Let me take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy New Year and welcome you to the first smial newsletter of the year 2000. We begin with what I hope will be the first in a series of reviews, move onto readers' letters, and conclude with ...

Cassette review

[This review can be found online here]

Letters

Not necessarily

Isilion Nolendil Eldafuin Laiorë has argued [Reunion 15]that Middle-earth could not have been flat. His arguments are based on Newton's Theory of Gravity which [was] based on observations of the bent earth. It is possible that the original force of gravity was placed at infinity (or sufficiently far away for this to be assumed) which would have the effect of a perpendicular force acting on a flat earth. That this is no longer so after the bending of the earth is not evidence that is was not so earlier.
Ian Nicholson

Tolkien graves

I wonder if anyone knows anything about these Tolkien graves which I came across in a Churchyard at Lower Basildon on Thames, Berkshire? I suppose Tolkien is not that rare a surname but it's the first time I encountered it around these parts. Can it be just a coincidence that a nearby newly-created Community woodland bears the name of "Tookie Wood"?
Ade Tucker

Competitions

Star competition

The irrepresible Donna Hutchings has submitted not one but THREE entries for the Reunion 15 star map competition, so get your pencils out and give the girl some opposition!

Spot the owl

No one has yet written in to claim the Reunion 15 Spot prize. If your number is — 3 — return your slip to me for an excellent prize. It's that simple!

e-Fellowship

Those of you with email and/or Internet access may be interested in two new services on offer at the Arda Online website.

The first is an email discussion group, for any Tolkien-related topics members may feel like discussing.

The second is an email mailing list. Join the list and you will receive an email notification each time the AO site is updated, together with other bits and pieces of info as and when I have something to impart.

To join, visit the Arda Online website at:
http://www.seventhage.freeserve.co.uk/fellowship.html

Or, send an email to one or both of the following addresses, as appropriate (don't forget to add your name to the body of the email).

Join the discussion group:
aoliston@seventhage.freeserve.co.uk

Join the mailing list:
mliston@seventhage.freeserve.co.uk