The Hobbit Hole IX - A sudden tree or standing stone

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[HairOfTheDog]

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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]

There is a place I found here in town that doesn't have anything extra special on the menu, but if I request they serve a primo salsa verde. They always warn me about the heat. And I smile, bring it on!

I had told my friend Celia that I liked that place better than any other in town and she couldn't figure out why. I didn't know they would specially prepare this until my 3rd visit there either! And I found out just because I was fussing about the so-so Mexican food to be had in Wichita when my neighbor dragged me over there. The waiter asked what I really wanted. I told 'em. Turned out the owners are from Del Rio and were more than happy to fix something "special" for me.

So, I finally talked Celia into going there with me one day at lunch last week. She loved the "special." She says, "It tastes just like mine!" hehehe... that's a really good recommendation!

[msdrby]

I have your phone number handy, just in case I need it quick. I was having some strong contractions this morning at about 5 am, but they diminished after I got up for the day. Took elf-boy to school, then came home and slept until noon. I have said it before, I get my best sleep during the day. It helps that I am on modified bedrest. Come on spicy dinner! With all the peppers I had at dinner tonight, I will either have some bigtime indigestion, or a baby. We'll see.

[Ramius]

Thank you and YES! I've been seeing those adverts on FoxNews for Ollie's show. Ollie does a great job on that show. It should be a quality treatment of the subject.

[Wneighbor]

Here's hoping and praying that it's going to be a baby! Much better than big-time indigestion. At least it will be in the long run... when you don't have to be pregnant anymore!

Have the phone handy. Was awake at 5 AM. Will prolly be tomorrow since my friend Marty should be arriving about 4 or 4:30. I'm leaving the door open for her so I don't *have* to wake up... but I suspect I will wake up anyway. We have lots of talking to catch up on!!! Haven't seen her since January!!!

She's my friend who's baby daughter is in the Marines in Afghanistan. She's having a tough time with that. Not at peace about it at all. Her son is also in the Marine reserves. We're pretty much old-fashioned moms... I think it would not be so hard on her if it had been her son who was sent to Afghanistan instead of her daughter.

[ecurbh]

Hullo! My turn to be online for a bit... ain't gonna last long though. Been a long day. Someone woke me up at 5:30 this morning - "Honey, the internet's broken!"

And I got a little work to do before I crash.

[JenB]

Cool numbers. 4s. Are you all done with teaching stuff for the summer, then?

[Fedora]

Yes, that cartoon was an all-time classic, LOL!

[Wneighbor]

Night then ecurbh... or perhaps I should wish you productive working. I can just hear that voice! "Honey, the internet's broken!" :-)

[Fedora]

No wonder Lewis and Clark ended up needing Sacajawea.

I knew about Lewis' association with Tolkien but didn't realize he also knew Sacajawea! :)

[Wneighbor]

I'm done for the spring. I have 3 weeks till summer school starts but I don't think my summer classes are going to have enough students to make. *sigh* Means I'm gonna have cash flow issues. But, OTOH, means I'll get lots of time off. Unless I go home to Waco and take a contract job for part of the summer - which I am thinking about. Would be nice to be around home for a coupla months.

Our graduation is Saturday. Isn't that yours too? I have some really special people graduating this year. They are gonna go far in their work!

[ecurbh]

Well, she did think I would be able to fix it. And so did I

[Ramius]

Yahknow... you're gonna give me hell for this... but up here in the great Northwest we do in fact have some pretty gnarly good mexican food.

There's a couple of the usual chainstores that are pretty good, like Garcias of Scottsdale. But there is ONE place that provides mexican fare that BEATS hands-down ANY other place on the planet. I promise.

That place is called (and I kid you not) BILBO'S KITCHEN.

It is on Orcas Island, in a town of maybe 250 people called "Eastbay". The only way to get there is by boat, or by plane, or by waiting for several hours for a ferry. They do not take reservations, and most seats require waiting in line for some hours. It is a mexican food joint, and they serve the finest mexican food this side of Guadalajara. Probably even better than that. People fly in from all over the western hemisphere to wait in line to eat there.

It's that good.

[Wneighbor]

Sometimes when somethin's broke, there's just no fixin' it. This internet thing... ya know... Algore invented it.... bound to cause ya problems! :-)

[Wneighbor]

So, are ya gonna take me over there? And let me judge for myself? :-)

Or anybody would want me too I can cook up some pretty good stuff myself for a gringo gal! Nothin' fancy of course, just what you'd get in your neighborhood kitchen in south Texas. :-)

[Wneighbor]

Actually, I forgot, but Jill and Myranda were tickled because they found *great* Mexican food in the town where they lived in Germany. Seems this Mexican couple from San Antonio decided they liked Germany better than San Antone and moved there to open a restaurant.

With my friend coming tomorrow I've got a bunch of Mexican food ready. She grew up in *way* south Texas... in McAllen. She hates to cook so I homecooked comfort food for her.

[Ramius]

I doubt we'll have time to get up there... unfortunate, that.

:-)

[Ramius]

Uh oh... battery failing. need to bail out. nite nite, if I don't get a chance to say so later...

[Wneighbor]

I figured as much when you described the methods of getting there... but had to ask! :-)

Sounds like there are plenty of other things to be done. Isn't there some wedding festivity or something! :-)

And maybe somebody working on a sailboat?

[Rose in RoseBear]

Melissa anxiously awaits the return of her adopted father, Lt. Col. David R. Leppelmeier, commanding officer, Marine Wing Support Squadron 374, Marine Wing Support Group 37, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, April 28. The puppy was a gift to the 'Rhinos' of MWSS-374 from 3rd MAW commanding general, Maj. Gen. James F. Amos. Photo by: Staff Sgt. Houston F. White Jr.

Melissa, named after the Army specialist who saved her life, is the newest addition to the 'Rhinos' of Marine Wing Support Squadron 374, Marine Wing Support Group 37, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. The 11-week-old MWSS-374 mascot, a gift from the 3rd MAW commanding general, Maj. Gen. James F. Amos, brings a touch of home to many of the Marines and Sailors serving in Al Taqqadum, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Photo by: Staff Sgt. Houston F. White Jr.

Read about Melissa here!

[JenB]

Yeah, graduation's this Saturday. Wow. It seems like I've been doing this forever...