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The Hobbit Hole IX - A sudden tree or standing stone
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Posted on 05/05/2004 7:57:51 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

A sudden tree or standing stone

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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To: 300winmag
I just freepmailed you the address of my old neighbor who is in Iraq now. I kept forgetting to send that to you.
241 posted on 05/05/2004 9:09:37 PM PDT by Wneighbor (Texas. Land of opportunity! No restrictor plates here!)
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To: Rose in RoseBear
She really does redeem herself, although I do agree with you even with me as far into the series as I am : Villiers doesnt deserve half the devotion that Stephen gives her. However, I'd be just as alarmed about Jack and Diane though cause the two would use each other up and burn out. Diane would get tired of feast/or/famine with Jack and Jack would get tired of not finding solace in something predictable and safe and unwavering, like Sophie. Sophie is 'safe' in every aspect of the word.

I think you have pegged it though : Stephen and Jack call her courageous, but she really is heedless and lacking a certain consciousness about her actions, which makes more sensible people go "DUH!" when she finally does stop to wonder why people treat her so bad. Why Stephen falls in love with her I'll never understand...which is probably why I lean heavily towards Jack in my favoritism, despite the goofy and raking things HE does. At least you know where he is coming from.

all ahoo

That's another phrase I would have loved to have heard!

242 posted on 05/05/2004 9:12:29 PM PDT by Alkhin (Quick's the word and sharp's the action...This ship is home.)
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To: Alkhin
that should be 'rakish'
243 posted on 05/05/2004 9:16:52 PM PDT by Alkhin (Quick's the word and sharp's the action...This ship is home.)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
If I had remembered it was May 5, I would probably have had pizza...

Contrarian!

244 posted on 05/05/2004 9:20:11 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: SuziQ
That's me! :)
245 posted on 05/05/2004 9:33:27 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (Comics ain't just for kids anymore)
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To: Ramius
What was the date of the "shot heard 'round the world" at the old north bridge?

It was on April 19, 1775. We just had "Patriot's Week" here in MA, the spring holiday for the schools.

246 posted on 05/05/2004 9:40:12 PM PDT by SuziQ
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Good...
247 posted on 05/05/2004 10:04:16 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (Comics ain't just for kids anymore)
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Night...
248 posted on 05/05/2004 10:04:24 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (Comics ain't just for kids anymore)
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Thread...
249 posted on 05/05/2004 10:04:32 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (Comics ain't just for kids anymore)
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To: Alkhin
Sophie seemed kinda wussy to me --- nothing like the Lamb sisters, who put on trousers and hauled shot --- but she got my respect at the beginning of The Mauritius Command when she pulled Stephen aside and begged him to get Jack a ship. Even if she just wanted the elbow room --- I think Jack Aubrey takes up an enormous amount of room on land, and I don't mean his girth --- she was worried about him, enough to send him off to sea.

That was brave.

250 posted on 05/05/2004 10:05:48 PM PDT by Rose in RoseBear (HHD [... tacking ...])
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To: All
Well, I'm hitting the couch with my honey for some South Park.

Good night, all!
251 posted on 05/05/2004 10:16:54 PM PDT by ecurbh (Kerry actually did throw his medals away, before he didn't throw them away.)
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To: Alkhin
"Lose not a minute!" was in the movie, as I recall.

And Jack's obsession with time.

252 posted on 05/05/2004 10:22:40 PM PDT by Rose in RoseBear (HHD [... back and fill ...])
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To: Ramius
By the rude bridge that arch'd the flood,
Their flag to April's breeze unfurl'd,
Here the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard 'round the world.

Spirit, that made those heroes dare to die,
And leave their children free,
Bid time and nature gently spare
The shaft we raise to them and thee.
---Ralph Waldo Emerson

I had heard that the bridge had fallen due to "time and nature". I'm glad to hear that either that was wrong or it has been rebuilt.

253 posted on 05/06/2004 3:38:33 AM PDT by ExGeeEye (The perfect is the enemy of the good. The lesser of evils betters the greater. Vote R!)
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To: ExGeeEye; Corin Stormhands; RosieCotton; JenB; HairOfTheDog; All
Good morning!

Izzit Friday yet?

254 posted on 05/06/2004 4:17:52 AM PDT by Lil'freeper (The enemy's gate is down!)
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To: Lil'freeper
Good morning!

It is for me! I'm taking tomorrow off to deal with graduation stuff.
255 posted on 05/06/2004 5:07:40 AM PDT by JenB
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To: ExGeeEye
Wonderful poem to start the day!

Glad to see your picture made it up last night! Boy...am I behind on posting!
256 posted on 05/06/2004 5:16:56 AM PDT by RosieCotton (Anything worth doing is worth doing badly. - G. K. Chesterton)
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To: JenB; Lil'freeper; Corin Stormhands; Overtaxed; HairOfTheDog; ExGeeEye
Good morning!

My alarm clock never went off this morning. Hate it when that happens. Luckily I wasn't all THAT late for work. But I have no coffee. Gonna have to go on a coffee quest in a minute here...
257 posted on 05/06/2004 5:18:23 AM PDT by RosieCotton (Anything worth doing is worth doing badly. - G. K. Chesterton)
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To: RosieCotton
Oh, no!

I'm sort of lucky... half the house gets up before I do and their banging around wakes me up. On the other hand, it wakes me up before I absolutely have to be.
258 posted on 05/06/2004 5:20:11 AM PDT by JenB
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To: JenB
You'd think my pets would wake me up if the schedule didn't go as usual, but noooooo...they only wake up early on, say, SUNDAY mornings. Go figger.

Off in search of coffee...
259 posted on 05/06/2004 5:21:18 AM PDT by RosieCotton (Anything worth doing is worth doing badly. - G. K. Chesterton)
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To: RosieCotton
Pets are odd that way.

Sigh... hope our dog is feeling better today. I'm getting worried about him. He nearly got eaten this weekend by a neighboring Rottweiler (how dare anyone have a vicious animal like that in a neighborhood with small children, and not keep it locked up?)

Our dog's a beautiful Golden Retriever, only now he had a huge patch of fur shaved off and he looks really stupid and he's got half-a-dozen bite spots that are oozing constantly. Poor guy, all he can do right now is lie around and look sad.
260 posted on 05/06/2004 5:32:56 AM PDT by JenB
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