"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

22 September 2017

Happy birthday, Baggins.


Readers of JRR Tolkien’s Middle-earth novels may recall that both Bilbo and Frodo Baggins were born on the 22nd day of the ninth month, albeit in different years of the The Third Age: Bilbo in the year 2890 and Frodo the year 2968.

It’s because of this that Hobbit Day is celebrated internationally on 22 September. Happy Hobbit Day! Though today isn’t actually Bilbo and Frodo’s birthday…

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