These great intellects often found their inspiration amidst a pint and a pipe. One of there favorite places to partake of these commodities was a small pub right in Oxford, called the Eagle and the Child, or as they referred to it among friends, The Bird and the Baby. The group of friends that met there to discuss their writings together referred to themselves as "the inklings."
Last night we had a chance to have dinner in that very pub, which was a short walk from the church where had our lectures. There remains a plaque there today in the same nook where they used to meet. One of the men even made a lunch-time adventure to pay his respects at Tolkien's grave.
In Christ through Mary and Joseph,
Guest blogger, Adam Laski
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