Another edition of the Roving Ranger has just been sent to its subscribers (#1 for 2026; the Epiphany Edition!) Including: Grocery Boy in The Hobbit; accessible Hobbit; Tolkien & Austen; Hunt for Gollum facts; thermal insulation of hobbit holes; hobbit pinball; books & games and more...

I love the Tolkien Gateway and fact-check my lore against it frequently. Very honored to have a new entry on their page for the Brandywine Bridge!

🌟New Prints Now Available with a chance to actually go under the Blue Mountains and into a dwarven hall with Gandalf! More links in comments about the glittering scene from The Quest of Erebor. #Tolkien #TolkienArt www.miriamellis.com/product-page...

New Prints! "Aldarion and Erendis" based on Tolkien's tragic epic of The Mariner's Wife. I tried to include as many of the details of this story as I could into a single scene. More links in comments! www.miriamellis.com/product-page... #Tolkien #TolkienArt #Numenor #SecondAge

For my fellow #Tolkien and philology fans, how far back can you understand the English language? I was so excited to start picking our words around 500 AD with a huge jump in comprehension right after the Norse arrived. This is an amazing video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=842O...

It's been an absolute joy getting to be part of the Christmas celebrations of wonderful Tolkien readers like @asassaricando.bsky.social! Thank you, dear Goldberry. Honored this found a place under your tree!

It's a rare joy to get to be part of Christmas in the homes of devoted #Tolkien readers. Merry Christmas to you @fallingletters.ca and I hope you will enjoy the book!

Merry Christmas everyone!🎄🎁🌟 This year’s addition to my #Tolkien collection: THE ART OF MERCY IN MIDDLE-EARTH: PAINTINGS INSPIRED BY TOLKIEN’s LEGENDARIUM by @miriamellis.bsky.social

Rejoice! Merry Christmas, everybody! "Redwood Angel, 2025" Watercolor

🌟New prints now available of this breathtaking scene of hopeful possibilities from The Hobbit! Sail off with the Great Eagles into the morning light. More links in comments! www.miriamellis.com/product-page... #Tolkien #TolkienArt #Eagles #MistyMountains

If you have a few dollars for the GoFundMe account of this fellow #Tolkien fan who suffered a serious accident, I am sure it would be appreciated by his family: www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

Love seeing these photos! Heartfelt thanks for your kind patronage @brianitguy.bsky.social. Delighted to see this!

A beautiful day has been had by at day 1 of the @prancingponypod.bsky.social Moot. Memorable talks full of heart. Excellent fellowship. Plenty of merriment! Thank you to all the organizers, and to everyone who came to my presentation!

#TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday #Hospitality Hospitality is one of the highest virtues in Middle-earth, exemplified by some of the most gracious folk. Let's start with Círdan, whose Grey Havens both send and receive wanderers with compassionate service.

Hospitality for #TolkienTrewsday 2 views of 2 places I'd like to stay Beorn's Hall & The House of Tom Bombadil. A stay at Yule-Tide with Beorn & any time with Bombadil (although his songs would limit my stay) Wonderful art by #JoanWyatt @miriamellis.bsky.social & #Tolkien colourised by H E Riddett

New today! Did hobbit lasses ever have adventures? Yes, absolutely! Bilbo tells us so right in the beginning of The Hobbit, and this new piece captures so much rarely-depicted but established lore in one scene. More links in comments! www.miriamellis.com/product-page... #Tolkien #TolkienArt

Just in case you need a little Yule in the house of Beorn with all his wonderful animals: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWLn... #Tolkien

New prints now available of "Translations from the Elvish by B.B" in which you can see Bilbo actively translating under Elrond's guidance in a Rivendell library. More links in comments! www.miriamellis.com/product-page... #Rivendell #Tolkien #TolkienArt #ThreeBooksofLore #Elrond #Bilbo

If you've never attended a #Tolkien moot before, may I suggest treating yourself to this end-of-the-year @prancingponypod.bsky.social moot, put on by some of the nicest folk you'll ever meet? Online attendance available and there will be much fellowship! theprancingponypodcast.com/moot/

Thank you so much @catharina24.bsky.social for sharing this lovely unboxing picture of my book! I so appreciate your patronage and am happy the book is bigger and better than you expected. Lovely to see. 🧡

🌟New Prints Available Now of "Walking Down Into Hobbiton". Meticulously based on Tolkien's own illustration, but in reverse so that you can see past the bridge into the rest of the village. More details in comments! www.miriamellis.com/product-page... #Hobbiton #Tolkien #TolkienArt #Hobbits

For those of us who will never see this desk in person, @trotter.tolkienguide.com was allowed to quickly shoot this short clip when he visited the auction house, and share it with us!

@brianitguy.bsky.social so excited to see this first one of these arriving and thank you for the kind words. Happy holidays to you. Such an honor to have this painting chosen for this year's @tolkiensociety.org Christmas card! It's a bit like getting to be part of the Shire postal-service! 🧡

New Prints Now Available of Professor at Mrs. Tolkien at their home on 76 Sandfield Road. I made a special personal discovery while researching this. Read on in comments! www.miriamellis.com/product-page... #Tolkien #TolkienArt #LOTR #EditBrattTolkien

So proud of my sister, Jessica! Her first novel submission just won an amazing award and a grant. This is the result of filling childhood homes with lots of great books. Hurrah!!!

New Prints Today for everyone who has longed to see Farmer Maggot and Bamfurlong faithfully depicted! One of the the best "more than chance meetings" in The Fellowship of the Ring. More links in comments! www.miriamellis.com/product-page... #Tolkien #TolkienArt #Bamfurlong #Hobbits #LOTR

Holiday sale ads making you frantic? Retreat with me to the leisurely Southfarthing with new prints today of this rarely-glimpsed and very special region of the Shire. More links in comments! #Tolkien #TolkienArt #OldWinyards #OldToby #Hobbits www.miriamellis.com/product-page...

🧡On this day for giving thanks, I am so grateful to everyone who has followed me here, liked and shared my work, purchased my book and art prints and encouraged my #Tolkien adventure. I made this diorama of Father Christmas and the NPB to say THANK YOU and to wish you all very happy holidays!

New prints today that will let you be the guest of Brandy Hall! Come join Master Merry and his family for first breakfast overlooking the Brandywine River in this new scene. More links in comments. #Tolkien #TolkienArt #BrandyHall #TheMasterofBuckland www.miriamellis.com/product-page...

New Prints Today! If you love #hobbithistory as much as I do, I hope this rare glimpse of Hobbits of the Elder Days is exciting. More links in comments. www.miriamellis.com/product-page... #Tolkien #TolkienArt #Hobbits #ElderDays #EastSea

New prints now available of "You have left the Shire"! One of the most surprising and revealing scenes about hobbit complexity takes place here. More details in comments! www.miriamellis.com/product-page... #Tolkien #TolkienArt #TheOldForest #LOTR #TheBrandybucks

Tolkien bluesky! 🧝🏼‍♀️✨ With the holiday shopping season coming up, let’s get a thread of community/fan merch suggestions going! Could you share some of your favorites? And if you’re an artist in the fandom, please feel free to share your store or commissions info!

🌟Brand new prints today, celebrating Sam, Rose and ALL 13 of their children! Perhaps the coziest scene of #hobbitlife I've ever painted. More links in comments. #Tolkien #Tolkienart #Hobbitcore #Hobbithole #BagEnd www.miriamellis.com/product-page...

1.Thread for the evening. Given that #Tolkien was a brilliant professor, it should be no surprise that there is almost no end to what what can learn from him. He was a man who thought more deeply on many subjects than is, perhaps, common and he brought a high heart and mind to this. For example...

New Prints Today! Offering a very rare glimpse of "The Battle of Bywater Stone, S.R. 1460." More links in comments. www.miriamellis.com/product-page... #Tolkien #TolkienArt #RememberanceDay #BattleofBywater #TheShire #LOTR

Did #Tolkien hide an Easter egg in Sam's family tree? Please, come join me in this "On fairy-stories" supposal I've been waiting to share for several years! #Tolkienart #Fairytales #Goldilocks #Numenor More links in comments www.miriamellis.com/post/tolkien...

Now through 12/31/25, Kent State University Press is having a 60th anniversary sale. Enter the code KSUP60 at checkout and receive 40% off plus free shipping. They have books on Tolkien, C.S Lewis, and the Inklings. Obviously, my book is there, but there's also FIVE by Verlyn Flieger. #tolkien

🌟Brand new prints available today of "The Arkenstone." One of Bilbo's most important choices in The Hobbit! More links in comments. www.miriamellis.com/product-page... #Tolkien #TolkienArt #TheArkenstone #TheHobbit #BardtheBowman #TheElvenKing #Thranduil

When Faramir, Éowyn, & Merry need help from the Houses of Healing, there is no charge for the service. Aragorn and the healers healed because it's the right thing to do when anyone is sick or hurt, and because the place of healers in Gondor was respected & supported. This is how this should work.

Brand new prints available today of "Goldberry's Washing Day"! A marvelous fairy-tale scene. More links in comments! www.miriamellis.com/product-page... #Tolkien #TolkienArt #Goldberry #TomBombadil #TheLordoftheRings #Hobbits

🌟New prints available today for your holiday gift-giving lists! Escape into safety and beauty with the fellowship in this sparkling scene amid the golden Mallorn boughs of Lothlórien. More links in comments. www.miriamellis.com/product-page... #Tolkien #TolkienArt

The reality of nature is abundance. Depriving anyone of this bounty is a derangement. The earth would give every little person plenty to eat if a few confused and hurtful people stepped aside and sought help for their tragic misunderstanding of life.

Today at the North Pole... #Tolkien #FatherChristmas #NorthPolarBear www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRi5...

Our Call for Papers for the 2025 PPP Moot happening December 18-21 is here, as well as one for activities and entertainments! And if you’re wondering more about this event, check out our website for details, registration and more: theprancingponypodcast.com/moot/

Observing All Saints' Day today with a study of Tolkien's Confirmation saint, St. Philip Neri who was filled with hobbit-like humor, inspired elf-like music, and cared for Rome's most exploited folk with great mercy. His founding of the Oratorians gave #Tolkien a second home in his orphaned youth.

Farmer and Mrs. Cotton are some of my favorite hobbits because of the way they feed the Gaffer during colonization of the Shire by ruffians. They take care of the poor and the elders. Choices!

New prints today! "A Liking for Mushrooms" gives a rare glimpse of #hobbits at their most faerian, out hunting mushrooms in the eaves of Bindbole Wood! More links in comments about this lovely, autumnal scene. #Tolkien #TolkienArt www.miriamellis.com/product-page...

October the 24th! Frodo awakens safe at Rivendell and then is lead by Sam through the high garden to the East Porch where Gandalf, Merry, and Pippin await him. Faithfully based on Professor Tolkien's own paintings and drawings of Imladris, but in reverse view. #Tolkien #TolkienArt