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breabird.bsky.social @breabird.bsky.social · May 4

Continuing our series of reading through The Silmarillion over on substack today! We’re deep diving on how the sun and moon came to be, the geography of Beleriand and how, even in the darkness of so much tragedy, hope flickers like a star. Come join us! manymeetings.substack.com/p/when-hope-...

When Hope Flickers Like a Star

the silmarillion read-through 2025 pt. 4

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breabird.bsky.social @breabird.bsky.social · Apr 13

Happy Silmarillion Sunday! We’re wandering through the creation myths of J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium and seeing how he masterfully laid the foundation of his fictional world. Come join us on today’s post! manymeetings.substack.com/p/the-songs-...

The Songs that Began the World

the silmarillion read-through 2025 pt. 1

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breabird.bsky.social @breabird.bsky.social · Mar 31

Stories are a gift that can lift our heads to see beyond the dust we have to shuffle through here on earth. Stories give us courage we can tuck in our pockets to hold onto when life is hard. manymeetings.substack.com/p/songs-and-...

The Power of Songs and Tales

how do stories help us in real life?

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breabird.bsky.social @breabird.bsky.social · Mar 26

And he references junipers in The Lord of the Rings! 🥰

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breabird.bsky.social @breabird.bsky.social · Mar 26

More info about the read-through (and how you can join). manymeetings.substack.com/p/the-silmar...

The Silmarillion read-through, how is it going to work?

everything you need to know about the 2025 read-through of The Silmarillion

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breabird.bsky.social @breabird.bsky.social · Mar 26

More info about the read-through: manymeetings.substack.com/p/the-silmar...

The Silmarillion read-through, how is it going to work?

everything you need to know about the 2025 read-through of The Silmarillion

manymeetings.substack.com

breabird.bsky.social @breabird.bsky.social · Mar 26

Another day in the office with the Tolkien-lore cat, Juniper. We’re working on putting everything together to host my read-through of The Silmarillion. I can’t wait to read this book with you starting on April 6th!

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breabird.bsky.social @breabird.bsky.social · Mar 25

Happy #tolkienreadingday! I currently putting everything together for a read-through of The Silmarillion for my subscribers. I can’t wait to guide them through this book! If you want to join us, you can get more information about it here.
manymeetings.substack.com/p/the-silmar...

The Silmarillion read-through, how is it going to work?

everything you need to know about the 2025 read-through of The Silmarillion

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Tea with Tolkien @teawithtolkien.com · Feb 26

Frodo if he had become a Nazgûl

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breabird.bsky.social @breabird.bsky.social · Feb 25

Here for all the HDM analysis!

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breabird.bsky.social @breabird.bsky.social · Feb 25

This week’s Tolkien Deep Dive is about a significant—but easily missed!—detail in the second chapter of The Lord of the Rings and its continued relevance to us today. #frodo #tolkien #lordoftherings

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Frodo's Choice

on doing what's right even when we feel small and desperate

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breabird.bsky.social @breabird.bsky.social · Feb 19

Excited for youuuu. I really think it’s such a well done adaptation.

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breabird.bsky.social @breabird.bsky.social · Feb 17

“Tolkien wouldn’t want any of his characters black..” is a real comment I got last week when I expressed my excitement about S3 of The Rings of Power being officially confirmed.

Here’s my response: manymeetings.substack.com/p/tolkien-is...

#ringsofpower #jrrtolkien #lordoftherings

Tolkien is for Everyone

rings of power season 3 has been confirmed and what that means for the future of my tolkien spaces

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breabird.bsky.social @breabird.bsky.social · Feb 10

Hey dol! Merry dol! A new Tolkien Deep Dive over on substack today! 🪷👢👢🪷 #tolkien #tombombadil #lordoftherings

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Who is Tom Bombadil?

the origins of the merry fellow and his wife

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breabird.bsky.social @breabird.bsky.social · Feb 6

That’s the point of the original post. She was saying most people have missed what Tolkien intended and think ‘being a Hobbit’ only means staying home and being cosy and gardening.

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breabird.bsky.social @breabird.bsky.social · Feb 6

You’re so welcome here. Tolkien is for everyone. ❤️

breabird.bsky.social @breabird.bsky.social · Feb 5

SHE SAID WHAT SHE SAID

Tea with Tolkien @teawithtolkien.com · Feb 5

if I see one more post about how being a Hobbit is all about sitting around barefoot and eating potatoes I’m going to snap. it’s about toppling authoritarian regimes through self-sacrifice and love in action!!! get off your butt!!!!

(you can bring the potatoes with you though)

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breabird.bsky.social @breabird.bsky.social · Feb 3

This week's Tolkien Deep Dive is all about Frodo sailing West and the power of restorative beauty. I may or may not have cried when I found the illustration of Frodo included in this post. You may be interested in seeing it too! manymeetings.substack.com/p/under-a-sw...

#lordoftherings #jrrtolkien

Under a Swift Sunrise

What happened to Frodo after he sailed West?

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breabird.bsky.social @breabird.bsky.social · Feb 3

YOU SAW FINROD?!

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breabird.bsky.social @breabird.bsky.social · Jan 30

If you just want to view the post on my site, no. There’s a little ‘I’d like to read it first’ button you can tap to do that!

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breabird.bsky.social @breabird.bsky.social · Jan 30

Yes! I referenced that in my substack post. It’s one of my favorite scenes ❤️

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breabird.bsky.social @breabird.bsky.social · Jan 28

If you read the post I linked here, you’ll see that when I used the phrase “little known character” I was referring to neither Frodo nor Gandalf.

breabird.bsky.social @breabird.bsky.social · Jan 28

May we, like Fredegar Bolger, ‘decide what to do with the time that is given us’. May we find ‘deeds within our measure’ whenever life asks it of us and—more importantly—have the courage to act upon them. #tolkien #lordoftherings

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The Courage to Admit Fear

how a little known character from The Lord of the Rings teaches us to have both empathy and bravery to combat darkness in whatever ways we can

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breabird.bsky.social @breabird.bsky.social · Jan 27

Right?! 😭

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breabird.bsky.social @breabird.bsky.social · Jan 27

No, that was Frodo Baggins. This post is about what Bilbo did for Sam. ❤️

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