Lady of Andúnië 🛡️ ⚓️ 📍 Númenor
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The wandering minstrel and founder of Lonely Mountain Band, John Di Bartolo @lonelymountainband.bsky.social graced us at #westmoot25 with his famed musical storytelling. The beautiful song “Ballad of Aiglos” is written from the perspective of Gil-galad's spear!
#westmoot #intothewest
#westmoot #intothewest
July 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The wandering minstrel and founder of Lonely Mountain Band, John Di Bartolo @lonelymountainband.bsky.social graced us at #westmoot25 with his famed musical storytelling. The beautiful song “Ballad of Aiglos” is written from the perspective of Gil-galad's spear!
#westmoot #intothewest
#westmoot #intothewest
Can’t thank enough to @knewbettadobetta.bsky.social for supporting me and Westmoot on our big and meaningful journey 🙏🏻
Let’s give it up again for our amazing #westmoot25 special guest and opening night MC, @knewbettadobetta.bsky.social! A Tolkien scholar, educator, and content creator, KnewBettaDoBetta’s passion for the Professor's works is electric. It was a pleasure to work with him.
#westmoot #intothewest
#westmoot #intothewest
July 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Can’t thank enough to @knewbettadobetta.bsky.social for supporting me and Westmoot on our big and meaningful journey 🙏🏻
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Spotted in the wild: Subcommittee member Clare Moore repping her #Westmoot25 tee!
We love seeing Tolkien's legacy carried into everyday life. Got your #westmoot tee? Tag us and show us where Middle-earth meets your world!
#intothewest
We love seeing Tolkien's legacy carried into everyday life. Got your #westmoot tee? Tag us and show us where Middle-earth meets your world!
#intothewest
June 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Spotted in the wild: Subcommittee member Clare Moore repping her #Westmoot25 tee!
We love seeing Tolkien's legacy carried into everyday life. Got your #westmoot tee? Tag us and show us where Middle-earth meets your world!
#intothewest
We love seeing Tolkien's legacy carried into everyday life. Got your #westmoot tee? Tag us and show us where Middle-earth meets your world!
#intothewest
And we were blessed to have his parents’ permission to share this wonderful moment 🥰
Meet the youngest #westmoot25 attendee!
Seeing Tolkien’s world through the eyes of a child reminds us why we gather- to celebrate wonder, courage, and imagination across all ages.
May #westmoot be the first step in this little one’s Tolkien journey.
#intothewest
Seeing Tolkien’s world through the eyes of a child reminds us why we gather- to celebrate wonder, courage, and imagination across all ages.
May #westmoot be the first step in this little one’s Tolkien journey.
#intothewest
June 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
And we were blessed to have his parents’ permission to share this wonderful moment 🥰
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Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake baker's man
Bake me a cake as fast as you can
Roll it, and pat it, and mark it with "B"
CAST IT INTO THE FIRE!!!ISILDURRRRR!!!!!
Bake me a cake as fast as you can
Roll it, and pat it, and mark it with "B"
CAST IT INTO THE FIRE!!!ISILDURRRRR!!!!!
June 3, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake baker's man
Bake me a cake as fast as you can
Roll it, and pat it, and mark it with "B"
CAST IT INTO THE FIRE!!!ISILDURRRRR!!!!!
Bake me a cake as fast as you can
Roll it, and pat it, and mark it with "B"
CAST IT INTO THE FIRE!!!ISILDURRRRR!!!!!
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May 14, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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This weekend I presented a paper on Turin at #Westmoot. Here's the link to the text (not the video!) at The Journal of Tolkien Research.
#tolkien
#tolkien
Túrin Was Dead: To Begin With. Death, Fate, And A Happy Ending In <i>The Book of Lost Tales</i>
The final weight of the Tale of the Children of Húrin is crushing. Only the prophecy that Túrin will slay Melkor in the Last Battle offers any relief. Yet its first version, “Turambar and the Foalókë,...
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May 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Another fun thing I learned at Westmoot was that JRRT apparently rescued spiders he found in the house rather than smushed them.
May 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Another fun thing I learned at Westmoot was that JRRT apparently rescued spiders he found in the house rather than smushed them.
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It was such a pleasure hanging out with the truly wonderful Jeremy from @tolkienguide.com at #westmoot25! I loved his presentation, and it was so fun to look through the treasures at his table.
Hopefully we’ll see each other at #westmoot again next year!
Hopefully we’ll see each other at #westmoot again next year!
May 14, 2025 at 11:42 PM
It was such a pleasure hanging out with the truly wonderful Jeremy from @tolkienguide.com at #westmoot25! I loved his presentation, and it was so fun to look through the treasures at his table.
Hopefully we’ll see each other at #westmoot again next year!
Hopefully we’ll see each other at #westmoot again next year!
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What a pleasure to was to meet Bonnie, Ed, and Ty in person at #westmoot25! After meeting folks online, seeing them in the real world feels like a gift! I’m missing #westmoot so much today!
#intothewest
#intothewest
May 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
What a pleasure to was to meet Bonnie, Ed, and Ty in person at #westmoot25! After meeting folks online, seeing them in the real world feels like a gift! I’m missing #westmoot so much today!
#intothewest
#intothewest
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Calling all #Westmoot25 attendees! You have received an email from Shaun Gunner with a link to the #Westmoot 2025 feedback form. We want to hear from you!
To help make our next moot even better, please fill out the feedback form. Your comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated!
#intothewest
To help make our next moot even better, please fill out the feedback form. Your comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated!
#intothewest
May 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Calling all #Westmoot25 attendees! You have received an email from Shaun Gunner with a link to the #Westmoot 2025 feedback form. We want to hear from you!
To help make our next moot even better, please fill out the feedback form. Your comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated!
#intothewest
To help make our next moot even better, please fill out the feedback form. Your comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated!
#intothewest
@teawithtolkien.bsky.social is inviting you to a Hobbity phase - slow down - take a moment to breathe and join this wonderful community where everyone supports one another 🫶🏻
Our community is hosting another ‘30 Days in the Shire’ this June and we’d love for you to join us! Here are all of the details.
www.teawithtolkien.com/blog/30-days...
www.teawithtolkien.com/blog/30-days...
Thirty Days in the Shire: June 2025 — Tea with Tolkien
Our community is hosting another ‘30 Days in the Shire’ this June and we’d love for you to join us! Here are all of the details. 30 Days in the Shire is a free month-long challenge that I created in...
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May 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
@teawithtolkien.bsky.social is inviting you to a Hobbity phase - slow down - take a moment to breathe and join this wonderful community where everyone supports one another 🫶🏻
On another note; the backdrop they stood in front for this photo was created by Cheryl 🫶🏻 Many thanks to our photographers, who relentlessly worked throughout the event. 🙏🏻
Many thanks to our mighty #westmoot photographers, Cheryl Johnson, Jim Vaiknoras, and Elizabeth Wong Barnstead! They worked hard all weekend to document #westmoot25, and their photographs and videos are a beautiful reminder of this fantastic Moot!
#intothewest #tolkien
#intothewest #tolkien
May 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
On another note; the backdrop they stood in front for this photo was created by Cheryl 🫶🏻 Many thanks to our photographers, who relentlessly worked throughout the event. 🙏🏻
@donatoarts.bsky.social ‘s keynote was so moving, I asked to myself; why we scheduled two keynotes in one day, overwhelmed with emotions, only to mark the ending of the event yet with another splendid keynote! I know the answer, question is only rhetorical. Thank you Anna, Thank you Janet&Donato 🙏🏻
Do you have a favorite memory from #westmoot25? A presentation that taught you something new; a piece of art that touched your heart; a new friend made? We hope you had a wonderful time at #westmoot!
#intothewest #tolkien
#intothewest #tolkien
May 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
@donatoarts.bsky.social ‘s keynote was so moving, I asked to myself; why we scheduled two keynotes in one day, overwhelmed with emotions, only to mark the ending of the event yet with another splendid keynote! I know the answer, question is only rhetorical. Thank you Anna, Thank you Janet&Donato 🙏🏻
It feels like it’s been months since we said goodbye until the next meeting, feeling like Gandalf falling into the abyss, fighting Balrog, only to come back again 🧙🏻♂️ Meet me at Fangorn Forest 🫶🏻
May 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
It feels like it’s been months since we said goodbye until the next meeting, feeling like Gandalf falling into the abyss, fighting Balrog, only to come back again 🧙🏻♂️ Meet me at Fangorn Forest 🫶🏻
And the triumphant Publicity Officer of #westmoot25 ! Stef joined us late, and never we had a dull moment after her arrival! Her energy, her work discipline put her on top of the re-hire list. There is no way out ! ::laughs in evil:: 🤭
May 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
And the triumphant Publicity Officer of #westmoot25 ! Stef joined us late, and never we had a dull moment after her arrival! Her energy, her work discipline put her on top of the re-hire list. There is no way out ! ::laughs in evil:: 🤭
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John @lonelymountainband.bsky.social wasn’t only our opening act for the big night of #westmoot history, but also the creater of the exclusive gifts that the Westmoot Attendees received at the registration. Every single one of them #handmade More on that after the event 🫶🏻
The evening opened with the beautiful and haunting song about Aiglos, the spear of Gil-galad by John Di Bartolo of The Lonely Mountain Band. #Westmoot25
May 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
John @lonelymountainband.bsky.social wasn’t only our opening act for the big night of #westmoot history, but also the creater of the exclusive gifts that the Westmoot Attendees received at the registration. Every single one of them #handmade More on that after the event 🫶🏻
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Really excited for the first day of panels at Westmoot! Looking forward to learning a lot and being around Tolkien folks.
#westmoot #westmoot25 #intothewest
#westmoot #westmoot25 #intothewest
May 10, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Really excited for the first day of panels at Westmoot! Looking forward to learning a lot and being around Tolkien folks.
#westmoot #westmoot25 #intothewest
#westmoot #westmoot25 #intothewest
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Ready for Day 2 of #westmoot25! I'll be giving my first (public) Tolkien-related talk, and I'm very excited to share it. Come check it out at 2 p.m. today!
#westmoot #tolkien
#westmoot #tolkien
May 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Ready for Day 2 of #westmoot25! I'll be giving my first (public) Tolkien-related talk, and I'm very excited to share it. Come check it out at 2 p.m. today!
#westmoot #tolkien
#westmoot #tolkien
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Highlight of the Westmoot masquerade for me last night was the Leeds era purple typewriter ribbon cosplay. That just about killed me. #iykyk
#westmoot #westmoot25 #intothewest
#westmoot #westmoot25 #intothewest
May 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Highlight of the Westmoot masquerade for me last night was the Leeds era purple typewriter ribbon cosplay. That just about killed me. #iykyk
#westmoot #westmoot25 #intothewest
#westmoot #westmoot25 #intothewest
Ahahah that started hot ! 😁 am so concerned for 2026, higher expectations! No pressure 😄
Honestly, I chose these scholars because I knew they would give us a relaxed, yet brilliant start to the moot. Boy did they deliver! I even got to put them on the spot and they gave exceptionally thoughtful answers! #westmoot #westmoot25 #intothewest
What a fantastic #westmoot panel! Luke Shelton led a discussion with authors of three recent #tolkien books, Thomas P. Hillman, Cami D. Agan, and Nicholas Birns, exploring their writing processes and what they have coming next!
#Westmoot25 #intothewest
#Westmoot25 #intothewest
May 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Ahahah that started hot ! 😁 am so concerned for 2026, higher expectations! No pressure 😄
Wish you will be able to join us next year my friend 🫶🏻
Wishing all of my wonderful Tolkien friends attending #Westmoot this weekend a glorious, Hobbit-y time! I'm sorry I couldn't be there, but there's always next year!
May 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Wish you will be able to join us next year my friend 🫶🏻
We were so spoiled over keynotes this past weekend @annasmol.bsky.social being one of them, I did not leave her side for a single moment 😍
Anna Smol's presentation about Earendil as a through-line in Tolkien's myth-making that invokes Faery itself was absolutely amazing. A really beautiful and interesting concept.
#westmoot #westmoot25 #intothewest
#westmoot #westmoot25 #intothewest
May 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
We were so spoiled over keynotes this past weekend @annasmol.bsky.social being one of them, I did not leave her side for a single moment 😍
We will be reminding you 😅
i have decided for next westmoot i am going to submit a talk called “hear me out: the appeal of the balrog” and it’s just me talking abt mythological influences + an excuse to talk about how much i love them
May 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
We will be reminding you 😅