Grüß Gott! (Hi!)

I am Catholic and Yankee and quite proud of both. For some years I have spent my free time dodging the maws of hungry goats and chickens. And, given some thought, I would like to marry Spock. (Maybe that's not logical... oh well.)

Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, Silmarillion, and The Hobbit are my favorite fandoms. I am also a fan of Digimon, Star Wars, Star Trek, Gargoyles, Narnia, and Harry Potter. In addition, I'm something of an American Civil War buff. (If anyone else out there thinks General J. Chamberlain is wicked awesome, give me a PM). But my greatest interest is astronomy - neutron stars, red giants, comets, and all that good stuff. I hope to make the study of it my career.

Right, so I do not write slash, heavy-romance, ultra-gore, or anything Adult, to put it that way. I do humor – I try not to so much but can’t help it. I also do adventure, though I attempt to avoid explosions, and I try to write some drama and contemplative things. I don't bother with something that does not make me think. (Well, usually, harrharr).

Many, many 'paper' authors have influenced me, and I urge you to give them a look too:

-Jules Verne (his Journey to the Center of the Earth never fails to give me eager goosebumps)

-Victor Hugo

-C.S. Lewis (Narnia and beyond… his essays are powerful)

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, especially his Brothers Karamazov

-Leo Tolstoy (he can put into words that which you always knew but never knew you did)

-John Steinbeck (LOVE his style)

-Agatha Christie’s many mysteries

-William Goldman’s The Princess Bride

-Michael Shaara's Killer Angels

-Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind

-Ben Ames Williams’ House Divided

-James Harriet’s All Creatures Great and Small

-A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh (witty and whimsical –try it)

-and, yeah, J.R.R. Tolkien’s anything and everything

And please do check out the authors under Favorites!

Feel free to contact me for, umm, whatever. If my writing is bad, I'd rather not be left in the dark... or if ya just want to say hi, that's great too. (Hey, I enjoy getting mail).

Eru bless!

BTW ~ Storiesofarda.com is an amazing LotR fanfiction archive: quality stories, friendly people, and non-slash. I also recomend lotrfanfiction.com - everyone's very nice, laidback over there. For info on the upcoming Hobbit movie, you can go to councilofelrond.com. Happily for those who have acquired rashes in Hobbit anticipation, some fans have created a mini-film The Hunt For Gollum. More info can be found at http://www.thehuntforgollum.com/

“I have exposed my heart to be shot at.” - J.R.R. Tolkien

“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” - Abraham Lincoln

“When I behold your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars which you set in place – What is man that you should be mindful of him, or the son of man that you should care for him.” - King David, Psalm 8

“The unexamined life is not worth living.” - Socrates

“Let us weigh the gain and loss, in wagering that God is. Consider the alternatives: If you win, you win all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Do not hesitate, then, to wager that He is.” - Blaise Pascal

“If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.” (Don’t let this be YOU.) - John 15:6

“It is easy to be a madman: It is easy to be a heretic. It is always easy to let the age have its head; the difficult thing is to keep one’s own.” - G.K. Chesterson

"Eh, I'm cuter in person." - (on seeing a card of himself) Gomamon, Digimon S1

"I don't want to kiss him! I just want to marry him!" - Yolei, Digimon S2

"Won't the 'sploding hurt?" - GIR, Invader Zim ("I love this show" - also GIR)

"The richer you are, the more enemies you have. And I'm very rich." - David Xanatos, Gargoyles

“Follow what may, great deeds are not lessened in worth.” - Legolas, Return of the King

"... never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy." - Winston Churchill