#merton — Public Fediverse posts

A reminiscence from my Oxford undergraduate days: Watching J.R.R. Tolkien summon Henry

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/writing-2/2026/03/day-i-saw-tolkien-summon-henry/

#Tolkien #Memoir #Oxford #Merton

The London local elections on May 7th, and in Merton the Liberal Democrats are hoping to take the council from Labour.

Have I seen any of the candidates, NO, and you only see the MP, at the general election, when they want your vote.
#localelection #Labourparty #liberaldemocrats #UKpolitics #London #Merton #coucilelection

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8ejjnykn12o

A reminiscence: Watching J.R.R. Tolkien summon Henry

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/writing-2/2026/03/day-i-saw-tolkien-summon-henry

#Tolkien #Memoir #Oxford #Merton

A reminiscence: Watching J. R. R. Tolkien summoning Henry.

#Tolkien #Memoir #Oxford #Merton #post

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/writing-2/2026/03/day-i-saw-tolkien-summon-henry

A reminiscence: Watching J. R. R. Tolkien summoning Henry.

#Tolkien #Memoir #Oxford #Merton

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/writing-2/2026/03/day-i-saw-tolkien-summon-henry

A reminiscence: Watching J. R. R. Tolkien summoning Henry.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/writing-2/2026/03/day-i-saw-tolkien-summon-henry

#Tolkien #Memoir #Oxford #Merton #newpost

A reminiscence: Watching J. R. R. Tolkien summoning Henry.

#Tolkien #Memoir #Oxford #Merton #newpost

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/writing-2/2026/03/day-i-saw-tolkien-summon-henry

A reminiscence: My memory of J. R. R. Tolkien summoning Henry.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/writing-2/2026/03/day-i-saw-tolkien-summon-henry

#newpost #Tolkien #Memoir #Oxford #Merton

A reminiscence: My memory of J. R. R. Tolkien summoning Henry.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/writing-2/2026/03/day-i-saw-tolkien-summon-henry

#Tolkien #Memoir #Oxford #Merton

A reminiscence: My memory of Tolkien

#newpost #Tolkien #Memoir #Oxford #Merton

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/writing-2/2026/03/day-i-saw-tolkien-summon-henry

When Housing is a commodity cities will suffer.

https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/south-london-towns-largest-development-32996501

#London #Merton #Housing

Random book from our personal library:

📖 The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton

#bookstodon #merton

#merton #ThomasMerton

Here’s a #postcard showing three aspects of #Oxford University. To the left the views show #Magdalen College (top) and #ChristChurch College (lower). The arms are those of #Merton College, and derive from the founder Walter de Merton, and Rochester, of which he was bishop

#HigherEducationPostcard
#HigherEducation

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h/t @phranuntiyo who has posted this quotation from Thomas #Merton, *Thoughts on Solitude*:

"No writing on the solitary, meditative dimensions of life can say anything that has not already been said better by the wind in the pine trees."

There is a famous #Zen story in which Zhaozhou is asked "Why did Bodhidharma come from the West?", which is like asking "What is the meaning and purpose of Zen?"

Zhaozhou replied, "The oak tree in the courtyard." ...