The Hobbit Hole IX - A sudden tree or standing stone

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[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

A sudden tree or standing stone

• First thread: New Zealander builds Hobbit hole
• Second thread: The New Hobbit Hole
• Third thread: The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads! (Congratulations, we filled it up!)
• Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IV - The Road Goes Ever On...
• Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole V - Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...
• Sixth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...
• Seventh Thread: The Hobbit Hole VII - But not yet weary are our feet...
• Eighth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VIII - Still round the corner we may meet...

New verse:

Upon the hearth the fire is red, Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet, Still round the corner we may meet A sudden tree or standing stone That none have seen but we alone. Tree and flower and leaf and grass, Let them pass! Let them pass! Hill and water under sky, Pass them by! Pass them by!

Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate, And though we pass them by today, Tomorrow we may come this way And take the hidden paths that run Towards the Moon or to the Sun. Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe, Let them go! Let them go! Sand and stone and pool and dell, Fare you well! Fare you well!

Home is behind, the world ahead, And there are many paths to tread Through shadows to the edge of night, Until the stars are all alight. Then world behind and home ahead, We’ll wander back to home and bed. Mist and twilight, cloud and shade, Away shall fade! Away shall fade! Fire and lamp, and meat and bread, And then to bed! And then to bed!

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[Wneighbor]

Gave my last exam for the semester last week and graduation was Saturday so I'm a free woman for 3 weeks!!! YIPPEE!!!

I just finished folding 3 loads of laundry. LOL.. big vacation activity from what I hear!

[Wneighbor]

Yes! After I read till 4AM cause I knew I could sleep in. Isn't this how we're really supposed to live? :-)

[JenB]

Yeah, I did something similar last week... Thursday I stayed up until 2 because I was taking Friday off and didn't have to leave the house until 10. Those are my preferred hours. Wish life would accomodate them.

[RosieCotton]

Sometimes I really wish I wasn't a born morning person. Sleeping in until eight or so at Entmoot was as much as I could do...and I usually had to re-watch the last episode we were watching when I gave up tryin' to stay awake.

And lately I've been waking up even earlier, for some reason. The alarm clock doesn't go off until six thirty, but I'm awake at five thirty or six. *sigh*

So...whatcha reading that's keeping you up so late? Or early, as the case may be!

[RosieCotton]

Feelin' groovy, Pippin? ;-)

Now I have that stuck in my head!

[Corin Stormhands]

Shhhhhh! Dolly's a sangin'...

[Darksheare]

Happy Birthday.

[Fedora]

Happy Birthday! :)

[Pippin]

(whispering)

who's dolly?

[Fedora]

I loved those DC giant-sized issues you mention :) I think I have some of those with some Superman, Batman, and Green Arrow reprints. I also liked the oversized treasury issues, which is how I was first exposed to a lot of Golden Age reprints.

[Pippin]

GROOVY! :O)

[Pippin]

Hmmm!

Sounds GROOVY!

[JenB]

PLEASE NOTE: someone other than Jen just had a "Who's X" moment.

You may all now stop mocking me.

[Pippin]

Guess what Jen?

Harry Potter,and the Sorcerer's Stone is comoing on ABC either Sat or Sun (I forgot) but I plan on watching it as I've heard a lot about it, and I have to keep up with my niece and nephew who are BIG FANS!

[Fedora]

We need to start exercising together again.

I was thinking of saying the same thing yesterday. I slacked off a bit after I got sick and I need you guys to help keep me honest. I did get good workouts in Sunday and Monday so far this week. Did my stance practice this morning--at least I've been sticking to that pretty regular even when I don't do the other stuff.

[Wneighbor]

Truthfully Rosie, this has been one of those big challenges for me this last year. I like being a morning person. I would much prefer to get up before the sunrise and greet the morning. I useta do that when I worked a real job. We had flex time and were allowed to be at work anywhere from 5:30AM to 8 AM and then work the appropriate hours and leave! My engineer and I were usually the first 2 people to arrive in the office long before 3rd shift in the plant left. We loved it.... and we got to go home (read "home" - riding our motorcycles) right after most people came back from lunch!!! :-)

But, I agreed when I took this job that after Myrnada graduated from high school I would teach the majority of my classes at night because that's where most of our enrollment is. I have really had to change my internal clock to get used to being "up" for night class. If I go back to my regular internal schedule when I'm off it really messed up work too. I was up at 6 this morning... even though I read till 4. I just went back to bed cause I knew if I didn't I'd be up till about 8 tonight, go back to bed and be on that schedule till I had to change it back for work. That's no fun when you have to force it. So, I'll try to stay this way. Reading in the night helps since I like to read.

I dunno if I like this book or not. A new author that someone recommended. I like historical fiction so I usually try what's recommended in that genre at least once. This is Aztec by Gary Jennings. Even though I read it for hours last night, I'm not hooked.

[JenB]

Cool! Let me know how you liked it. The special effects are very good but sometimes kind of dizzying.

I like the books better, but "Stone" was fun. (I refer to it as "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", the original title, which was changed for ignerant American kiddos).

[Wneighbor]

I wanna hear too!

[RosieCotton]

Nah...we're equal opportunity mockers! The more the merrier!

[Fedora]

PLEASE NOTE: someone other than Jen just had a "Who's X" moment.

You may all now stop mocking me.

Hmm--don't think anyone has filled me in on this one--what's the story with Jen and "Who's X" moments? :) Hey, that gives me an idea for a nickname for you: JenX :)

BTW, you have mail.