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WIP batcave by Peter
November 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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I made this 8 yrs ago as part of a series, after serving as artist-in-residence at Glacier NP. I watched again today, reminded of what a priceless treasure our national parks and public lands are. What a loss if they get sold & exploited. #glaciernationalpark #nationalparks

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Glacier National Park (and its Native Trout): An Introduction
YouTube video by Trout Downstream and Heart Streams
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November 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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For those folks who appreciate the wisdom of #jrrtolkien and #middle-earth here is a new piece I had published just this morning on Tolkien’s insights gleaned in the 20th century and how he portrayed fascism and tyranny and capitalism in his writings: washingtoninst.org/capitalism-f...
Capitalism, Fascism, and the Wisdom of J.R.R. Tolkien | The Washington Institute
As last century wound to a close, author and scholar Tom Shippey published J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century, one of the most important works in the field of Tolkien studies. In the book, Shippey ...
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October 9, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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I've got a Tolkien question:

Just reading Matthew Dickerson's Following Gandalf, and in the intro he says,

"...Shippey wrote, 'Tolkien was the holder of...personal if not heretical views about language.'"

What were those views?

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May 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM