Happy Bilbo and Frodo’s Birthday, 2020!

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It’s that day again, and it has been a lovely September 22nd here in Portland, with minimal smoke in the air. Being at the beginning of an insanely busy fall term, I didn’t have much time today for hobbitish reflections, but I did take a couple short walks in the lovely fall, and we ordered dinner in so we could have a proper hobbitish feast (from Shari’s).

In the LotR-verse in my head, Frodo is 91 today. It never quite struck me before that that almost correlates with how long it’s been since I was first aware of LotR: that would have been 40 years ago, so one year off. I didn’t plan it that way. I’ve only been keeping yearly track since high school, but it’s funny how that worked out!

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Arwen Spicer
Arwen Spicer

Arwen Spicer is a science fiction writer and writing teacher raised in the San Fransciso Bay Area, and Northern California will hold her heart forever, even if it turns into a desert. She wrote her doctoral dissertation on ecology in utopian science fiction and is an educator on the concept of workable utopias. Her novel The Hour before Morning was hailed as “A carefully paced, rewarding sci-fi debut” by Kirkus Indie.

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Arwen Spicer

Arwen Spicer

Arwen Spicer is a science fiction writer and writing teacher raised in the San Fransciso Bay Area, and Northern California will hold her heart forever, even if it turns into a desert. She wrote her doctoral dissertation on ecology in utopian science fiction and is an educator on the concept of workable utopias. Her novel The Hour before Morning was hailed as “A carefully paced, rewarding sci-fi debut” by Kirkus Indie.

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