Frodos Dreme

Frodos Dreme

Frodos Dreme Recipe by Astrid Winegar HOPE is the theme for June, and I have an easy, summery recipe to share with you. The simple, delicious taste of a beautiful fresh strawberry and pure heavy cream—two ingredients combine in a bowl to produce an almost spiritual,...
A Star of Hope

A Star of Hope

An exceptionally lovely moment of hope returning unexpectedly is found in The Return of the King, in the chapter “The Land of Shadow.” Frodo and Sam have passed into Mordor, wearily and with great struggle, after a brief respite and replenishment in Ithilien. Sam,...
A Star of Hope

Mad Hope

Hope is manifested in many forms. One moment, hope is presented as a nagging insistence that cannot be dismissed, or perhaps a wild rush of emotion coupled with fear, or maybe a shying away from the notion that it could be too could to be true. Or it might come in its...
A Star of Hope

Despair or Folly?

Despair? ‘Despair or folly?’ said Gandalf. ‘It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.’ How can we dismiss such words from one of the Wise? We can because there was so much at stake. The rediscovery of...