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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
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A sudden tree or standing stone
New verse:
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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: Fedora
Nah, stick with his old stuff for now. Anything after
Starship Troopers is a lot different than his juveniles!
Stranger In A Strange Land has a lot of interesting concepts ... as Jen will tell you, The Man got his freak on whenever they would publish it.
7,521
posted on
05/28/2004 9:30:32 PM PDT
by
Rose in RoseBear
(HHD[ ... No, they've got no use for praises loudly sung, ...])
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Yah, I'm on my ATT/Comcast cable connection here. The hotel must have a T1 or something to Alter.net. But Alter is one of the major backbone providers?
I'm stumped.
7,522
posted on
05/28/2004 9:34:49 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(We come to it at last. The great battle of our time.)
To: 2Jedismom
Wneighbor's off doing somethin'...I miss Wneighbor. LOLI think she said she was heading down to Mississippi for a Bike Ministry gathering. Tha't MY neck of the woods. I'm gonna be there in about a month!
I'm so thrilled that you're able to go to Hair and ecurbh's wedding!! Y'all have to take lots of pictures, even if the Webcam does work! We'll want other shots, too!
7,523
posted on
05/28/2004 9:36:13 PM PDT
by
SuziQ
(Bush in 2004/Because we Must!!! (Bombard))
To: Rose in RoseBear
Nah, stick with his old stuff for now. Anything after Starship Troopers is a lot different than his juveniles!I kinda wanna read his stuff in order is possible, though I'm sort of dependent on what my library has available. After being introduced to Stranger and Starship Troopers by secondary sources, I started with Puppet Masters, Double Star, and Door into Summer, and then read one of his juveniles. Other ones of his I own I've randomly collected at rummage sales are Revolt in 2100, Methusaleh's Children, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, The Star Beast, and Time Enough for Love. Not sure what I'll read next.
7,524
posted on
05/28/2004 9:36:45 PM PDT
by
Fedora
(Smeagol-Gollum 2004: "We can be our own VP, my Precious")
To: 2Jedismom; HairOfTheDog
Wedding is at noon...my house is only about 15 minutes from the Beach House (assuming the traffic on the bridge is clear)...so given that they probably want folks to show kind of early, we'll probably want to leave at 11 or so. My guess.
To: Fedora
I kinda wanna read his stuff in order is possible"if possible" :)
7,526
posted on
05/28/2004 9:40:47 PM PDT
by
Fedora
(Smeagol-Gollum 2004: "We can be our own VP, my Precious")
To: Ramius
I don't know why, but I've always had the impression that Alter.net was one of the lesser of the major backbones; I can't really express anything that that is based on, though. Just a feeling I guess.
To: SuziQ; Ramius; All
Steve and the jedis are going to a friend's house in the morning...same friend with house and a horse...they got their HomeSat dish too and Steve and his friend Andrew (Celeste's husband) are going over their to help them get it all adjusted and set up. My HomeSat came two days ago...Steve wants to learn from this other guy's experience before trying it on ours.
Well, I'm off to bed, guys...I'll log in tomorrow, let you know when OT gets here.
7,528
posted on
05/28/2004 9:43:39 PM PDT
by
2Jedismom
(Expect me when you see me!)
To: 2Jedismom
7,529
posted on
05/28/2004 9:44:29 PM PDT
by
Fedora
(Smeagol-Gollum 2004: "We can be our own VP, my Precious")
To: Scott from the Left Coast
We'll have to see...I normally get up fairly early...6:30am or so. But who knows what might happen...I might stay up too late and end up tossing poptarts at everyone the next morning, calling it breakfast.
It happens with the Jedis now and then!
LOL!!
Good night!
7,530
posted on
05/28/2004 9:46:16 PM PDT
by
2Jedismom
(Expect me when you see me!)
To: 2Jedismom
Have a good night, and good mooting to you! ;)
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Yeah, they're probably a lesser player than some of the other first-tier backbones. But I stopped really paying attention after UUNet was bought out by Worldcom.
7,532
posted on
05/28/2004 9:49:31 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(We come to it at last. The great battle of our time.)
To: 2Jedismom
7,533
posted on
05/28/2004 9:49:54 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(We come to it at last. The great battle of our time.)
To: All
7,534
posted on
05/28/2004 9:58:34 PM PDT
by
Fedora
(Smeagol-Gollum 2004: "We can be our own VP, my Precious")
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
On another note... I had a different sort of experience on my drive home tonight...
It was just about sunset, and there's this cemetery that I drive by between there and here... and I noticed that there were hundreds -- and I mean hundreds, maybe well more than a thousand or far more -- full size American flags posted on the grounds of the cemetery. It really grabbed me, and I pulled in to have a look.
I drove in the long entry way amid these hundreds of flags, and stopped in a sort of central area where they have a set of tall flagpoles. On the flagpoles where the US flag, a WA state flag and a POW/MIA flag, and all around the base was a really gorgeous marble memorial to US Military losses in combat. They had the names of all of the local veterans engraved there.
It was really something remarkable, and it really left me speechless. I've driven by there literally thousands of times and never stopped. I glad I did.
7,535
posted on
05/28/2004 9:59:15 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(We come to it at last. The great battle of our time.)
To: Fedora
7,536
posted on
05/28/2004 9:59:36 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(We come to it at last. The great battle of our time.)
To: Fedora
To: Ramius
It sounds like a moving experience, indeed. Rose and I are planning to drive down to San Antonio tomorrow, to put flowers on various relative's graves. Both her father and mother are buried in the cemetary at Ft. Sam Houston; I wonder what we'll see there?
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Sounds like a worthwhile trip. :-)
Well... seems to be about time to bail out. Starting the dwonhill slide tonight...
Goodnight... :-)
7,539
posted on
05/28/2004 10:11:30 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(We come to it at last. The great battle of our time.)
To: Ramius
Yep... time to round up the fire and pee on the dogs...
Have a good night!
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