30 Days of Natural History – Day 21: The Brorvonberg

Dominating the landscape just outside of Middlesbrooke, the small mountain known as the Brorvonberg is a popular subject for art and poetry in Middlesbrooke.

Recommendation: A Video Essay About Tolkien

Now, whereas the 2019 feature film Tolkien is a pretty good movie but not-great depiction of the actual Tolkien's actual life or works, what I'm posting about today is a very good insight into the actual Tolkien's actual worldview and how the worldview of his works reflects it.

30 Days of Natural History – Day 20: The Lizard-Birds of Mors Dira

Sharing similarities with both lizards and birds while not really resembling one more than the other and thus defying any other neat categorisation, the creatures have been given what it is agreed to be the least bad name for scientific purposes.

30 Days of Natural History – Day 18: Orcs

Generally held to be related to terrestrial Dragons, the great sea serpents known as Orcs as also commonly called Sea Dragons. However, the exact degree to which terrestrial Dragons and Orcs are related remains a subject of some debate.