Sep 10 Almond, Citrus, and Lavender Lembas Bread

Celebrating Tolkien, Living Like a Hobbit

“Eat little at a time, and only at need. For these things are given to serve you when all else fails. The cakes will keep sweet for many many days, if they are unbroken and left in their leaf-wrappings, as we have brought them. One will keep a traveler on his feet for a day of long labour, even if he be one of the tall men of Minas Tirith.” -The Fellowship of the Ring

Apr 11

Apr 11 At Home in Middle-Earth: The Heroism of Life-Saving Hospitality

Kaitlyn Facista

Tolkien & Catholicism, Living Like a Hobbit

To the man who wrote of quaint hobbit-holes and grand kingdom halls, friendship and hospitality were valued in a heroic sense. He is often quoted, “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” And oh, how true it is.