Ave atque Vale, Tolkien

Here are my posts about Tolkien:

• Tolkieniana (my collection of books by and about him and his work);
  
  
• The Realm of Sauron is Ended Forever (my reflection on how Tolkien's tale of the defeat of Sauron profoundly echoes the true myth of Christ's defeat of Satan);

• Subcreation (my brief explanation of Tolkien's insight that, when we write stories, we are are in humble yet real sense reflecting the creative power of the Creator);

• Day is Ended (my eulogy of Tolkien, from his first inspiration for Middle-earth, a line from an Old English poem, to a late work, "Bilbo's Last Song" - picturing that elderly hobbit's farewell to Middle-Earth, which may be read as Tolkien's own farewell to this world ere he passed over to the Undying Lands).

I commend these to readers' attention - and particularly the last, in remembrance of his passing. Ora pro eo.