I am back after a long continuous voyage through the Histories of Middle Earth and a couple of writing courses.  I've had some insights I would love to share with all of you over the next few months including a very lengthy analysis of Feanor (let's pretend the accent's there) and a short essay on whether Elves are funny. But before we begin, here's some words of wisdom I copied up a couple of months back from the Tale of the Fall of Gondolin (let's also pretend the spoiler in the title doesn't exist here).    “Love not too well the work of thy hands and the devices of thy heart."          This quote comes from Ulmo the Ainu (god) of all water. Don't worry, you're not the only one thinking of Poseidon: more on that in a post to come. He is warning of impending doom—the fall of Gondolin—that is inevitable if the city isn't abandoned.         Yet, despite this excellent piece of advice from a very reliable source he probably s