These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Tinuviel's Readings
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
Nimrodel's Quizzes
Which Valar are you?
You are Yavanna, the Giver of Fruits. You are the lover of all things that grow in the earth, and all their countless forms you hold in your mind.
Kementari, Queen of the Earth, you are surnamed in the Sindarin tongue. Your spouse is AοΏ½le, Lord over all substances of which Arda is made.
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What kind of Elf are you?
Serene, wise and pride, High Elves are the cream of their kind, with answers to many questions and a will to do good. You are tolerant of all ~ just not of evil.
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Which Jane Austen Heroine are you?
You are Marianne Dashwood of Sense & Sensibility! You are impulsive, romantic, impatient, and perhaps a little to vocal in your honesty. You enjoy romantic poetry and novels, and play the pianoforte beautifully. To boot, your singing voice is captivating. You feel deeply, and love passionately. Take the quiz!
What Lord of the Rings character you?
You are Aragorn. You have strong convictions and you stick to them. Although you are more of a recluse, you are extremely loyal to the few friends that you have. You are very serious about things, but you like having fun. Fame and fortune mean little to you, and you aren't concerned with being popular. Good for you!
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What Redwall creature are you?
You're a Redwall Mouse. You are a peaceful creature who lives in harmony with the other animals at Redwall. As a rule, you do not fight nor do you harm another creature, until your home is threatened. Then you will stand up and fight to the death to protect your way of life. You have strong morals and you are looked up to by the rest of Mossflower, for no one save vermin would harm a Redwaller. Take this quiz!
Tinuviel's Quizzes
What kind of Elf are you?
You are a star-gazing Wood Elf; adventurous and fun-loving, yet with a serious side. You fight for what you believe is right and would never hurt anyone just for the fun of it. You are fond of nature and like to do things your own way.
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What kind of web designer are you?
You are a Trendy Homepage Designer. You inhabit a world of personal domains with New Age names, blogs, collectives and celebrity layouts.
You're one of the kindest and most generous people on the Net, always willing to help out your online friends, but it wouldn't kill you to pick up a HTML manual now and again and find out that some of your most cherished effects only work in MSIE.
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What kind of a writer should you be?
You should be a poet. You craft words well, in creative and unexpected ways, and you have a great talent for evoking beautiful imagery,
or describing the most intense heartbreak ever. You're already naturally a poet, even if you've never written a poem.
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Which type of blogger are you?
You scored as the Writer. You have linguistic intelligence, no doubt. Using flowery or
catchy language, you write about you experience almost as if it is a fictional story.
You also enjoy reading, and writing your own reviews on them. Some writers even create
their own stories for real in their blog. Someday you may become a great author, who
knows! But of course, you will practice with your blog first.
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13 March 2008
Phew!
After an embarrassing amount of procrastination, I've finally finished my poem! (Many thanks to my dad, who taught me that you can't have inspiration without perspiration. Or something like that.) I'm posting it here for you guys to read, and tomorrow I'll hand-deliver it to the library and hope for the best. Enjoy!
When Shadow Fled By Tinuviel
Long ago, when Earth was young,
And Death was but a name,
A fair folk dwelt beneath the stars
Their raiment silver-gray.
Withheld were they from mortal woes,
Their hearts were glad and free;
Until the day that Shadow came
Ensnaring every tree.
Its icy grip---so cruel and cold---
Laid siege to every heart,
'Til fair from fell, and fell from fair
Not one could tell apart.
Then days grew dark, and ‘neath the stars
Strife ran thick as blood.
Where now abode the Light of old
To quench this evil flood?
Yet e’en as Shadow preened and claimed
Its aim of darkness won,
Hope remained in hearts unbowed;
The light was yet to dawn!
For out of the east, a faint glow emerged
Piercing Night’s thick veil–
Soft fingers of light grew steadily bright
While Shadow’s forces quailed.
With bated breath the faithful watched
As evil’s bane drew nigh
Until, at last, the burning sphere
Rose to fill the sky!
Shadow’s ranks were seized with fear
And fled the piercing light--
Smote was the shroud from o’er the land;
New blooms came into sight.
Now hearts are warm, and fair is fair
And Shadow but a name;
Free folk still dwell beneath the stars
Their raiment silver-gray.
Wow! That's great! I hope you win. It must of been hard to try not to make it like a LOTR thing, or something like that.
You did a good job!
~Daydreamer.
Absolutely beautiful!!! Amazing! I thoroughly enjoyed reading it! I am sure that you will win.
Could I link to this poem? Since my blog is mostly about poetry, I want to link to the good poetry I see here on HSB and give my readers a break from always reading my stuff! :)
Oh that's just beautiful...I love reading poetry like that. It seems that I'll only be able to write novels. Well that's not altogether true, I do write a little poetry, but not very well.You write poetry very well. Keep up the fantastic work!
farewell for now,
~Queen Flora
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It's beautiful, Tinuviel. Very Silm, I wonder if the judges will recognise it? ;) The rhymes are done well, and the whole poem has a nice flow to it. You must have put an enourmous amount of work into it, and it really shows. Well done.
So you have your learners? Congratulations! I got mine about nine months ago, and I only got one question wrong, which was how close you are allowed to park to a pedestrian crossing where no parking spaces are marked. The lady testing me got the answer wrong too, so I didn't really mind that! We have really hard questions here too, like how much weight you are allowed on each wheel and how far loads are allowed to stick out behind your vehicle and all that.
So have you had any adventures yet? I have almost driven in front of a truck, backed into our gate and rolled backward halfway down a hill. I've been driving for almost nine months now though, so I'm getting better. I managed to do a hillstart on an incredibly steep dirt hillside the other day without any wheel spins! I've been struggling with that for ages. There's a big park behind my house where I practice sometimes, and my Dad's been getting me to zoom backwards in and out of the trees as fast as I can. It's good fun...
In some ways I agree with your 'Menfolk are so infuriating!' rant. However I would have to say that they aren't the only ones who can snap and yell and be unreasonable. Not that I'm speaking from personal experience, of course! *looks innocent* Well, maybe I am. Ok, what I'm trying to say is that I have been known to do that myself, and I am 100% female.
In reply to your comment; There's a link to my fanfiction profile on my sidebar. My stories are right down the bottom.
It's been so nice to read your blog again! It rocks! You rock! HSB rocks! And I'm so happy to be back!!!
Very nice!
It does sound slightly Silm at the begining, but other than that its great!
It reminds me of The Song of Durins Awakening,
The World was young, the mountains green
No stain yet on the moon was seen ect.
You write beautifuly!!!
Keep it up!
Kate
We go by Nimrodel and Tinuviel, two bosom friends writing a blog together. As you may have already noticed, we both possess a deep love for all things
Elven, and are convinced that we're really elves in disguise. (Hey, girls can dream, can't they?) We're Christians, and do our best to honor God in all
things.
We go by Nimrodel and Tinuviel, two bosom friends writing a blog together. As you may have already noticed, we both possess a deep love for all things
Elven, and are convinced that we're really elves in disguise. (Hey, girls can dream, can't they?) We're Christians, and do our best to honor God in all
things. 
