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Home alone, hobbit-style!

Here's the 2020 Yule video from the Laurelin hobbits! Merry Yule everyone, and best wishes for the Yuletide! I hope yer all have some relaxing days with friends and family, filled with as much good cheer as possible. To help yer get in the right m…

Say no to Lotho

No, nay, never About the song Lotho Sackville-Baggins is a weasely menace and he deserves to hear it. Best sung to Jethro Tull's "A song for Jeffrey", this song was written for the "Say no to Lotho" protest rehearsal by the Br…

Down the river

Shear poetry Last Saturday was the Summer Poetry Competition, hosted by Nannie. I wrote the poem below about an adventure. It is somewhat inspired by the Bolger lad you meet outside of Budgeford, who has paddled his boat from Frogmorton, run it agrou…

Me videos 2020 -

New year, new videos! I still use PowerDirector fer this work. I have looked into both Avid and Adobe Premiere Pro as possible alternatives, but it is hard to make the transition into a new editor. So PowerDirector it is! The 2023 hobbit yule video h…

The grand ice skating sabotage

Tripping the ice fantastic! Lord of the Rings Online is a tremendously fun game for anyone who likes to explore a massive virtual world. The game world is HUGE. And littered around the lands, there are numerous grand sights, fun easter eggs, lovely r…

Earworms invade The Shire

And yer can't help but sing along! Cover yer ears If yer visit The Shire on Laurelin these days, yer may hear the local hobbits talk a lot about earworms. How they infest the Shire this time of year. And that there is no escaping them. So, er, wha…

Green Dragon Friday is 12 years old!

Laurelin hobbits have met Green Dragon almost every Friday since May 23 2008. Time to celebrate the 12th anniversary! What is Green Dragon Friday? Green Dragon Friday, or GDF, is a weekly, player-run event for hobbit roleplayers on the Laurelin server…

Captain Fantastic and the Blue-eyed Poetical Sheep-badgers

It's not spring until the badgers sing! The Brandy Badgers 2020 spring musical, Sunday May 3! Date : Sunday May 3rd Time : 7:30PM UK / 2:30PM servertime Location : Bamfurlong, The Marish, The Shire. We'll be just north-east of the farm at 33.5…

A lost hobbit village? LOTRO U26 mini-preview

Happiness is having crazy hobbit cousins Edit: A few more screenshots have been added at the bottom of the article, explaining a bit more about Lyndelby and what kind of village it is. A preview of LOTRO’s Update 26 was released on the beta test serve…

Playing and making music in LOTRO: A short guide

Play "Free Bird!" Or not. LOTRO's in-game music system is popular with many players. Unlike most MMO's, in LOTRO you are able to play songs that others can listen to in the game world. You can play alone or in a band. There is a larg…

Sammy the Slug and the Breakfast Bacon

A tale for slug children everywhere! Growing up in Brockenborings, few children's tales were as popular as the ones about Sammy the Slug. Here is another one, about the time Sammy wanted something new for breakfast. I shared it at the Story Night …

Days of Winter

Winter wanderings and wonderings About the song It's not been a hard winter this year, at least not here in Brockenborings, but I still miss warmer days and sun. So here is a song I wrote a while ago, about longing for the summer when the weather …

Grand badger berry song

Toss a berry to yer badger. About the song Do real badgers eat berries? Doesn't really matter, I suppose, because The Brandy Badgers surely do. The Badgers are a kinship music collective in the Grand Order of the Lost Mathom, a hobbit RP kinship o…

Biscuits biscuits

Munchy crunchy crunch, hey! About the song I love me a good biscuit song, and here's another. Although, whether it is good or not, I'll leave up to yer. I had fun writing it, though! Although, I'll have to thank Tibba and Potty for the ins…

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