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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 05/09/2026

Super fun Friday of #Oxonmoot! A beautiful play by dear friends, lots of wonderful talks and our trivia team, “Stupid Sexy Sauron” got a very respectable score of 81! A fantastic Friday! Too many photos to fit here but I’ll post more!

The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth featuring Erik Jampa Anderson and Kit Hannah

Dennis Massmann and Mercury Natis, Director and Producer of The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth

Christian S. Trent defending Radagast the Brown

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 16/08/2026

So, I’m kicking my #Oxonmoot bracelet making efforts into high gear for these last two weeks, and not to toot my own horn, but I think I have peaked with this one. 📯 I can’t wait to give this beauty to someone at Oxonmoot! If you’re going, and have a special request, let me know! 🥰

A colorful bracelet made of plastic pony beads in hues of purple and blue, with silver lettering that says “Lobelia”, with a little silver spoon charm.

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 21/05/2026

The 150 lbs of games made it to Westmoot! Woo! Thanks to @james.athrabeth.com and Chad from Texas for moving the “boxen”! Can’t wait to set up the Bywater / Games room on Friday at #wesmtoot26 @westmoot.org! #westmoot #intothewest

James and Chad moving a hotel luggage trolley piled high with boxes.

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 17/05/2026

Just shipped 150 lbs of Tolkien-inspired board games and Games Room supplies to #Westmoot. ✨

The side of a brown shipping box with a red sticker that reads.“This Side Up. Fragile. Handle with Care.” and a tiny Westmoot gaming sticker.

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 17/05/2026

They are The Lord of the Rings playing cards by theory 11! The card art is absolutely charming! I think there is a fancy pants set that is pricey, but these packs were about $12 each. I’ll add a photo of the cover!

The front cover of The Lord of the Rings playing cards by theory 11.

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 17/05/2026

Packing up some of the games for the #Westmoot26 game library! Visit the Bywater / Games Room to play these fun Tolkien-inspired games at Westmoot! See you soon, @westmoot.org! #westmoot #intothewest

Stacks of colorful, Tolkien-spired games waiting to be packed up for Westmoot.

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 05/04/2026

I just stayed up all night to watch a four-hour KPop concert live from Korea. I have decided I am too old to stay up all night. Help meeeee. 🫠

Bang Chan of Stray Kids holding a microphone, the subtitles read, “Who’s going to work tomorrow?”

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 13/03/2026

Today is the 20 year anniversary of the Great Pretzel Trek. Hard to believe that 20 years ago, my friends Nissa, Emily and I were laying 6 pounds of pretzels end to end from our house into our school to see how far it would go. Around 0.2 miles! We had a lot more time on our hands back then! 🤣

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 07/03/2026

I finally got started on my @westmoot.org friendship bracelets! I am currently listening to the Beren and Lúthien audio book while I make them. It is heavenly! Eight down, MANY to go. If you are going to Westmoot and have a special request, let me know! 💜

A pile of brightly colored friendship bracelets made from plastic pony beads and round, white alphabet beads, spelling out the names of the Valar and “Westmoot 26”.

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 17/02/2026

I just registered for Oxonmoot 2026 in person! I’m SO happy to return again this year! Can’t wait to see you @tolkiensociety.org! I will be making more Tolkien inspired friendship bracelets this year, so hit me up if you have a special request. I’m beyond excited! Who else is going to be there?

A pile of brightly colored friendship bracelets made from plastic pony beads of many hues, with names of Tolkien characters and fun phrases from the legendarium.

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 17/02/2026

Love is complicated! 💖 Join us at the Carrock Smial meeting tonight to chat about Tolkien’s many depictions of love in the legendarium. The Carrock meets tonight on Zoom, 8-9 PM pacific! All are welcome! 💜

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 16/11/2025

I LOVE the color palette of @james.athrabeth.com’s new Gunpla! 🖤💖🖤💖🖤💖

A pile of black and hot pink plastic offcut pieces from a gunpla model, lying on a green cutting mat with white grid marks.

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 22/10/2025

Happy birthday to my dear husband, my best friend, and the greatest Lore Master and podcast producer to ever walk Middle-earth! Love you @james.athrabeth.com!

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 21/10/2025

Tonight is the next meeting of The Carrock Smial! Northern California peeps (and anyone else who would like to come) please join us for Tolkien’s unknowable horrors and groovie goolies! Our theme for tonight is Terrifying Tolkien! 👻 8-9 PM on Zoom! Come join us @thecarrocksmial.bsky.social!

An invitation to the Carrock Smial meeting on Zoom on Tuesday October 21 from 8-9 PM pacific. There are etching-type graphics of an animal skull, two months, and a candlestick with lit candle. The theme is “Terrifying Tolkien”!

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 12/10/2025

Happy birthday to @athraplay.athrabeth.com’s favorite emo Ranger! Love you @tenetke.bsky.social! 💚

Nik dressed as their AthraPlay character Cael at Westmoot 2025, wearing a dark green tunic, tight black trousers, tall black books, smiling coyly at the camera, in a crowded room.

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 11/10/2025

Ten years with the handsome and talented @james.athrabeth.com! How lucky am I!?! The luckiest!!! Love you, dearest! 💜

James and me on our wedding day, holding hands in front of a wooden ornate door. I am wearing a white wedding gown and holding a bouquet of flowers. James is wearing a gray suit with a dark green tie. We are smiling at each other.

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 20/09/2025

Happy birthday to my lovely pal, @itstoriello.bsky.social! Creating stories with you on @athraplay.athrabeth.com is a privilege and a joy! Wishing you a wonderful year! 💖

A photo of Tori at Oxonmoot wearing her elf ears and sunglasses, with a big smile.

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 04/09/2025

There is also a gentleman there who will show you how to press your own “Treasured” bookmark!

A man rolls paint onto a metal plate to print the word “Treasured”.

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 04/09/2025

Folks at #oxonmoot! There is a Tolkien Father Christmas letter in the free “Treasured” exhibition in the Weston Library!

An image from the Treasured exhibition showing an illustrated page by JRR Tolkien (Polar Bear felling down the stairs) and the Father Christmas letter that goes with it.

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 04/09/2025

Okay total #oxonmoot friendship bracelet count is 73! Now I just need the courage to give them out!

73 friendship brackets made from brightly colored pony beads laying in piles on a brown desk.

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 04/09/2025

What better way to start #oxonmoot than with dinner and hangs with these lovely folks! I feel so fortunate to have spent tonight with them. Thank you @jude.athrabeth.com, @itstoriello.bsky.social, @mercuryreads.bsky.social, and @julialindenlaub.bsky.social!

A happy selfie outside the Red Lion Pub in Oxford with Tori, Stef, Jude, Mercury and Julia.

The beautiful moon over a darkened Oxford street on my walk home. A stone wall, an octagonal stone building, and some trees are lit by silver moonlight.

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 03/09/2025

Who is going to SpeedMoot tomorrow night at #Oxonmoot? I loved this event in 2023, and am definitely going again this year. I made some special bracelets for my new SpeedMoot pals! Be my partner, please! See you tomorrow @tolkiensociety.org!

Four friendship bracelets made in multi-colored pony beads, with text that reads “Mellon” (“friend” in Sindarin).

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 02/09/2025

Got to see the glorious Bergen girls in Kentish Town last night! They took me to the Parakeet Pub for a wonderful dinner. I love them with my whole heart. We have decided that we are a coven.

Three ladies, Katie Bergen, me, and Molly Bergen, taking a selfie outside The Parakeet Pub in Kentish Town, London.

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 02/09/2025

I had a wonderful time at the London Museum Docklands the other day. The museum is huge and full of interesting stories. Secrets of the Thames was a fantastic exhibition! Well worth a visit!

Me posing outside of the Museum of London Docklands on a sunny day. There is a tall brick building behind me and a conical black and white river buoy to the side.

A photo from from inside the Secrets of the Thames exhibition, a didactic panel reads “River of Migration” and a number of artifacts including a Viking axe and part of a drinking horn are nearby.

A large wood and iron capstan at the Museum of London Docklands, with a glowing screen in the background.

A blacksmith forge and tools that are part of an exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands.

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 31/08/2025

The Sunday Roast today was excellent! Wayyyy too much food for one person, next time I need someone to come with me. Any takers? 🥰

Sunday Roast with all the fixings- a roasted chicken on a bed of mashed potatoes on a main plate, with smaller silver dishes all around containing vegetables, Yorker Pudding, cauliflower cheese, roasted potatoes and green beans.

Eton Mess- a mound of meringue and whipped cream, with raspberry sorbet in the middle, topped with berry sauce and shaved pink and white chocolate.

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 31/08/2025

Beautiful restaurant, Berners Tavern!

The interior of Berners Tavern in London, with high and heavily plastered ceilings, round chandeliers, and countless paintings framed in gold leaf.

The interior of Berners Tavern in London, with high and heavily plastered ceilings, tables and chairs, and countless paintings framed in gold leaf.

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 30/08/2025

I’m officially on my way to #oxonmoot! Woooot! I forgot so many things, this was an extremely disorganized lead-up, but at least I made it to the airport! 🤣 I’m now enjoying some airport tennis, I know @clarelmoore.bsky.social will be proud of me. 🎾

An image of a TV, showing a tennis player holding a racket, about to do something tennis!

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 23/08/2025

DONE, dearest! 💜🍇☂️🪻🪁

A friendship bracelet made of pony beads in various purple hues, with lettering that reads “Andreth”.

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 22/08/2025

Okay I love this one. It is VERY wordy, so the bracelet is huge, but I love it. I’m keeping it, but i can make more if anyone likes this one! 🐦‍⬛🖤 #jailcrowofmandos

A friendship bracelet with black pony beads and white lettering that reads, “Thou jailcrow of Mandos” (JRR Tolkien).

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 21/08/2025

I ✨finally✨started my #oxonmoot friendship bracelet prep this evening! I need to make way more. If anyone going to Oxonmoot has a request, please let me know! 💜

Colorful friendship bracelets made of plastic pony beads piled on a wooden table.

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 14/07/2025

These G.U.Y.S. look great! 💜

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 27/06/2025

I love the shadows coming from this gorgeous sculpture by Ruth Asawa called, “Untitled (S.154, Hanging Nine-Lobed, Single-Layered Continuous Form)” c. 1958. Come see it at the Cantor Arts Center! Museum work is so cool! #ruthasawa #museumwork #museumloan

Intricate shadows appear on a wooden wall behind a piece or art that looks like lobed basketry but is actually woven monel wire.

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 26/06/2025

The fantastic @mgcoco.bsky.social drew a beautiful portrait of my beloved dog Levi! Thank you so much! @james.athrabeth.com and I love it! 💜

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 28/05/2025

I got this super cool zine from @tolkienguide.com! It is from the Finnish Tolkien Society, published in 1994, and is in English. The illustrations are fantastic and the whole thing is utterly charming! Thanks, Jeremy!

The front cover of a 1994 issue of “Greenleaf” the publication of the Finnish Tolkien Society. It is green in color and has an illustration of a dragon sitting atop a stone.

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 26/05/2025

Tomorrow is the next meeting of the Carrock Smial @thecarrocksmial.bsky.social! It is on Zoom from 8-9 PM pacific, all are welcome to join! Please sign up using our Google form so we can send you all the deets. tinyurl.com/TheCarrockSi... We also have a fun Discord! discord.gg/8DxzAhvPVn

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 16/05/2025

What a pleasure to was to meet Bonnie, Ed, and Ty in person at #westmoot25! After meeting folks online, seeing them in the real world feels like a gift! I’m missing #westmoot so much today! #intothewest

A selfie of Stef, Bonnie, Ed, and Ty, on Sunday, as we are leaving Westmoot 2025. Will is in the background.

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 15/05/2025

It was such a pleasure hanging out with the truly wonderful Jeremy from @tolkienguide.com at #westmoot25! I loved his presentation, and it was so fun to look through the treasures at his table. Hopefully we’ll see each other at #westmoot again next year!

Jeremy holds us two stuffies, Gandalf and Frodo.

Jeremy begins his presentation at Westmoot.

Jeremy poses with his incredible table in the Dealer’s Room at Westmoot, covered in colorful Tolkien books and ephemera.

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 14/05/2025

Where would I have been this #westmoot weekend without these incredible women? Our fearless leader for #westmoot25, @lady-of-andunie.bsky.social, and Elizabeth Perico, the Head of Programming and Operations. They welcomed me to the subcommittee with open arms and made me feel at home. Love you!

Stef, Elizabeth, and Asli posing for a selfie in the Westin at Westmoot on Sunday night.

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 14/05/2025

I took so few! We were busy, I guess. It was a beautiful setting for sure! These sculptural pieces were giving me Minas Tirith vibes. 💜

Sculptures at the top of the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City.

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 14/05/2025

First up in my #westmoot25 memories are the @athraplay.athrabeth.com babies, @jude.athrabeth.com, @velvetthedragon.bsky.social, and @tenetke.bsky.social! Thank you all for coming to Westmoot! It was wonderful to be together in person! 💜

Jude, Velvet, Nik and Stef from AthraPlay pose in front of the Westmoot backdrop.

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 14/05/2025

I’m missing everyone from #westmoot! It’s weird to go back to “real life” after such a fantastic weekend. I’m going to post some photos from #westmoot25 here and there to make myself feel better. 💖

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 11/05/2025

We had the best time presenting Athrabeth at #westmoot25! A huge thank you to the incredible @knewbettadobetta.bsky.social for joining Jude and me for this silly panel! It was such a blast! Thanks to all who came and to @westmoot.org for having us! #westmoot25 #intothewest #tolkien

Stef, Jude, and Knewbettadobetta on stage in the auditorium at Westmoot presenting a live podcast.

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