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June 27 Week 122 - Silmarillion Saturday: All Song Ceased
Join The Man of the West as Melkor and Ungoliant reach the Trees — and Valinor, which was sung into being, discovers silence alongside darkness.

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11 min
June 26 Week 122 - Friendship Friday: You Move Me, Gimli
Join The Man of the West as Gimli describes the caverns of Helm’s Deep with great detail and glorious prose, like… well, like Tolkien.

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12 min
June 25 Week 122 - Third Age Thursday: The Shieldwall Held
Midnight, a river of fire, and no sign of Elfhelm. Join The Man of the West as Grimbold makes his stand at the Fords of Isen — and faces a choice between glory and purpose.

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10 min
June 24 Week 122 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Horse-Joy
Join The Man of the West for one Old English root, four Rohirric names, and a word that has been galloping through the language since the Eurasian steppe.

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10 min
June 23 Week 122 - Tolkien Tuesday: And Good Detestable
The Ringwraiths would have said “my lord”, but not to The Man of the West. We close out letter 246 today — including some hard truths about Gandalf.

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13 min
June 22 Week 122 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Pieces on a Board
Join The Man of the West as Frodo and Sam crest the Morgai — and discover the plain of Gorgoroth is crawling with orcs.

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12 min
June 20 Week 121 - Silmarillion Saturday: Reconciled, In Word
Join The Man of the West as Melkor and Ungoliant come down from Hyarmentir, and Valinor holds a party. Moral of the story: hire private security.

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11 min
June 19 Week 121 - Friendship Friday: You Comfort Me
Join The Man of the West as Legolas and Gimli become two-thirds of the Three Hunters — from the breaking of the Fellowship, across Rohan, and into Helm's Deep, where two friends find the same word for what the other gives them.

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12 min
June 18 Week 121 - Third Age Thursday: Let Isen Be Their Snare
Join The Man of the West as two loyal commanders disagree about how to fight a battle Tolkien has already told us was lost.

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12 min
June 17 Week 121 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Brightest of Stars
Join The Man of the West for six words drawn from the cry that broke the Watchers — and from an older cry, in the dark of Shelob's lair.

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11 min

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