As part of the McConnell Center’s British Culture ELO, I had the opportunity to relive one of the most exciting experiences of my life: a summer study in the United Kingdom. The ELO concentrated on the Inklings, a literary focus-group of illustrious British authors. In discussing their works, the locations of their meetings, and the topics of their discussions, I was able to again place myself in the scholarly atmosphere of Oxford that I missed so much. In the process, I shared photographs of the Eagle and Child (a favorite pub of the Inklings) as well as Oxford’s Magdalene College (the location of C.S. Lewis’s office). Thanks to the McConnell Center, I not only relived a study abroad program, but also many of my favorite childhood memories. After all, few books did more to shape my views of right and wrong, good and evil than J.R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. I am looking forward to rereading Tolkien’s masterpiece and exploring others’ insights this spring.