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I just finished with Ancient Greece in my theater history blog, Sandals of History, and now I'm starting on Rome. Feedback would be welcome, especially as I hope to turn it into a book.

In the Two Towers, in the Warg battle scene, Legolas is standing on the ridge firing arrows until he hears the riders coming. Then he swings himself with unreal ease onto the back of Arod. But if you look closely, he's grabbing the harness with the wrong hand and basically swinging himself backward, making the shot look even more impossible.

I made sure I had a backlog of several posts before I started publishing, but now I've gone all the way through it and have to start writing faster to keep posting on time. Any suggestions?

I like to say that I'm a Hobbit with a little bit of Took. I love good food, a warm hearth, and all the comforts of home. But I also want a little adventure in my life. What about you?

I've seen so many ads for vlogging camcorders, and blogging platforms all offer options to publish podcasts. I don't really like taking videos of myself and I communicate most clearly in writing, but is that limiting my likely audience?

I personally think Orlando Bloom could have played Prince Rillian at the time the Narnia movies came out, because there is some resemblance between him and Ben Barnes. And I would have cast Uma Thurman as the Lady of the Green Kyrtle. Any other ideas?

At the beginning of the movie when we see the "roast chicken" moment, especially with Elijah Woods' delivery. That perfect combination of surprise and disbelief, that Sam could be thinking about supper in a place like the Emyn Muil.

For the past five weeks I've been publishing a blog on Substack, and so far my only subscribers are my mom and a friend of hers. It's on the subject of theater history which as I'm learning is not exactly a hot button topic. I'm definitely not here to self promote, I just want to know I'm not the only one having this problem.

The Drottingholm Palace Theater is one of the few opera houses in Europe with its original stage machinery still in use. I strongly recommend their production of Idomeneo by Mozart.

I once amused myself by picturing what this might look like and I'd be interested to hear what other LoTR fans think. One thing I believe we can agree on is that Miss Piggy would be Lady Galadriel.

Lately I've been pursuing a passion for theater, and as part of that I'm watching a lot of operas on YouTube. I've visited Mozart and Rossini, and now I'm looking at Puccini and Verdi. Each production falls into one of three categories; the ones I turn off early, the ones that are worth watching once, and the ones that make my keeper list.