4/18 farm day

Sunday, June 19, 2011

4/18 farm day

When writing The Hobbit in the early 1930s Tolkien gave the name Gandalf to the leader of the Dwarves, the character later called Thorin Oakenshield. The name is taken from the same source as all the other Dwarf names (save Balin) in The Hobbit: the "Catalogue of Dwarves" in the Völuspá.[4] The Old Norse name Gandalfr incorporates the words gandr meaning "wand", "staff" or (especially in compounds) "magic" and álfr "elf".

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if aslan gives such attention to the appearance of wildflowers—most of which are never even seen—don't you think he'll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you? what i'm trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to aslan's giving. people who don't know aslan and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both aslan and how he works. steep your life in aslan-reality, aslan-initiative, aslan-provisions. don't worry about missing out. you'll find all your everyday human concerns will be met.