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Post by Stormrider on Jan 1, 2007 0:05:43 GMT -6
Happy New Year!
What a great calendar to start the new year! I love JRRT's own art!
I really loved the March picture of the Misty Mountains. The colors are so pretty. I have never seen this picture before so it was a wonderful surprise for me.
I also like May-Rivendell, July-Elven King's gate, Aug-LakeTown, and Dec-Smaug. The colors in these also grab your attention.
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Post by Parmastahir on Jan 14, 2007 19:32:32 GMT -6
Hi Stormrider -
Thanks for your post. The Calendar of the Month for February will be an almost unknown issue from the Middle-Earth Fellowship. It is a Tolkien society in California that will celebrate its 30th anniversary next year. They plan to issue a calendar then, and I have already reserved one! Any hope for a 2007 TR issue?
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
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Post by Desi Baggins on Jan 16, 2007 9:13:07 GMT -6
We are having problems getting images large enough and clear enough to fit the calendar. I might be getting more time soon to work on this again. If I do get one up I will let you know right away!
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Post by Parmastahir on Jan 20, 2007 9:03:25 GMT -6
Hi Stormrider -
Thinking that I may not thank you too many times, I will post a "Thag you very buch" here, also. I did order the 07 TR calendar last night. I informed other calendar collectors of it and also sent them a $5 off coupon from Cafe Press (which should encourage more orders as if I have to encourage them to do so).
As I noted elsewhere, I will add a list of the TR calendars to the "Country/Society" section of my website. Could you provide a short paragraph on the Tolkien's Ring group? Could you tell me when it started? Is it located anyplace in particular (other than cyberspace)? How many members? Activities? Meetings? I would like to include a short paragraph about the group in that section. As an example, see the "Middle-Earth Fellowship" list in that section.
Thanks again for your support of my quest!
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
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Post by Stormrider on Jan 20, 2007 10:12:28 GMT -6
Thag you very buch, too! We really appreciate you making a purchase of our calendar and listing us on your website so other calendar collectors can have a shot at one, too. We already have two others besides you! And it is a great honor to have a spot in your Country/Society section. Thag you, thag you, thag you! lol!
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Post by Parmastahir on Jan 20, 2007 20:23:16 GMT -6
You are more than welcome. Thing are quiet around the house now. Perhaps I'll make good on my promise and the calendar and link tonight. I can copy the photo from the CafePress site. The sooner we get the word out, the better!
Riding with a wizard gives me a chance to ask my question a second time (if I may be so bold - and it's not "How far are we riding tonight?"). Could I impose upon you or another member to write up a "blurb" for the TR section (see details in my post above)? THANKS!
I had confirmation from one collector that he had ordered it. Another collector almost never checks her email at home. So I expect she'll find my notification when she goes to work on Tuesday (works four day weeks). I had an email from CafePress stating that my copy was shipped today. So I should get a calendar "fix" next week! I very much look forward to receiving it. So much fun, non-fattening, and completely legal!
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
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Post by Stormrider on Jan 21, 2007 10:29:21 GMT -6
Parmastihir, After looking over all the records from both of our forums, I have gathered as much information from those records and from my memory as I could and put it all together. Here is the tale of Tolkien's Ring: --- Tolkiens Ring was established on Jan. 31, 2002, with 24 members who came from a Barnes & Nobel Lord of the Rings online class. We had enjoyed the discussion at B&N immensely and decided to keep the discussion going after the class ended. Former manager, Algamesh, along with Glorfindel, started up a forum at MNS Groups. groups.msn.com/tolkiensringDuring the height of the Peter Jackson produced Lord of the Rings movies, Tolkien’s Ring flourished and thrived at MSN gaining a whopping 439 members. There are many interesting and entertaining discussions at the forums on the old site: groups.msn.com/tolkiensring/messageboard.msnw On April 18, 2004, we moved our forums to Proboards tolkiensring.proboards30.com because our members wanted a more user-friendly forum to post their messages. However, after the hubbub from the movies faded and we had discussed many topics at the MSN forum, fewer members switched over to the new forum. Currently we have 83 members. We have had Tolkien poetry and art contests throughout the years and put together our members’ talents in calendars which we added to our Tolkien’s Ring Store at CafePress www.cafepress.com/tolkiensring which was established in 2002. Over the years, members have gotten together to actually meet! The East Coasters had several picnic gatherings. Several members from Texas, Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, and the East Coast have gone to Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI, to attend the Tolkien Conference and viewed the Tolkien manuscripts archived at Marquette. The European group has gotten together at several gatherings from time to time. A couple of the East Coasters went to the Tolkien conference in Europe as well. Several members from Illinois and Georgia went to Indianapolis to see the movie prop exhibit. --- I realize this is a lot more than just a simple paragraph! I don't know how much space you can allow for our history, so if you need to condense anything, feel free to do so. As far as calendars out there, our first calendar was created in 2003 with 3 purchases. This calendar consisted of member's art and poetry. 2004 (also member art and poetry) and 2005 (the first Hobbit calendar which also became the 2006 calendar) show no purchases and that was why you were not able to get these from any of our kindly members willing to give one up! 2006 The Hobbit Calendar sold 3 copies. 2007 The Valar Calendar has (so far) 3 purchases with 2 pending (these are in the works).
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Post by Parmastahir on Jan 21, 2007 18:11:45 GMT -6
Hi Stormrider -
I have said it before but it bears repeating: "THAG YOU VERY BUCH!" I very much appreciate your past and continuing support of my quest. I added a brief summary (one which does no justice to your history) of the TR to its listing in the "Country/Society Listings" section of my website. I post in a lot of forums. TR is rather unique in its accomplishments compared to the others, and it is certainly an active one. Congratulations on that.
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
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Post by Stormrider on Jan 21, 2007 20:55:35 GMT -6
Hello once again, Parmastahir,
I visited your website and looked at what you wrote for us. I want to let you know that we have members all over the United States including Hawaii. (Not just the East Coast!) When I mentioned the East Coasters above, that was only a few members who gathered for picnics.
Those members who went to the Tolkien Conference at Marquette University in Wisconsin came from the East Coast, Texas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois. We even have a member in Greece.
At one point we had a few members from New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Africa, and Greenland. (I am not sure if they are still with us though.) I was surprised at how world-wide we had become!
Majah got back to me and the Entmoot single page calendar was only sold to one person--YOU! So that calendar is very rare!
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Post by Desi Baggins on Jan 22, 2007 6:53:07 GMT -6
We also have members in Belgium!
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Post by Stormrider on Jan 22, 2007 7:12:35 GMT -6
Yes, Desi, they are among those considered European! We have many members in the European countries but our Belgium friends have been more active than most of the other Europeans!
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Post by Androga Erindalant on Jan 27, 2007 5:29:31 GMT -6
I'm being one of the Belgians! ;D Now you can already pinpoint my location on the world map! Nah, the needle tip will be too big! Actually, thanks to TR I made my first steps on the Internet. It's still a joy to linger here! Hmm... Is that world map on the MSN site is still up somewhere? It was fun to see that crowd spread all over it! ;D
For now I'm avoiding buying stuff over Internet, so that's why I haven't got any of the calanders yet. I still keep some distrust regarding that whole big, lawless net. But maybe in a future, I will once.
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Post by Stormrider on Jan 27, 2007 8:14:00 GMT -6
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Post by Parmastahir on Jan 31, 2007 19:09:14 GMT -6
Just a quick note before I get to the website update: I am very pleased that Stormrider took the time to post the TR history here. It is one of those things that would get lost with time if not permanently recorded here 9and in an email that she sent to me that I printed out and placed into a folder in my calendar collection). It's important that people know such things.
Added some new calendars in January (including the 2007 TR Member Art calendar - GET YOURS TODAY!) and put up the Calendar of the Month for February. Hope you enjoy. As always, would love to hear from you about undiscovered calendars. Hope your winter is going well!
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
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Post by Parmastahir on Feb 15, 2007 20:08:04 GMT -6
Added a rarity to my collection this week: the 1983 Antioch Publishing Not-Too-Big "Fantasy Calendar". I have been searching for one for years. It was the only calendar that year to have any Tolkien-related illustration. Not Ballantine Books nor Allen&Unwin nor any of the various Tolkien societies did so. Even then, only the July illustration ("Gandalf's Visit" by Sylvia Thomas) is so. The name is very much self-descriptive: it is only 5.75 inches square. Have created an entry and will add a picture at my website: www.angelfire.com/tn3/tolkiencalendarsThanks for looking in and your interest! Away from The Green Hill Country, Parmastahir
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