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The Hobbit Hole XIV - Hill and Water Under Sky
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Posted on 08/05/2004 5:47:31 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

...Hill and water under sky

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: 2Jedismom
...every year on 9/11...

My church holds Patriot Day on the Saturday closest to 9/11. This year it's on 9/11...

Saw a neat children's book today...the story of Phillippe Petit, who tightrope-walked between the towers in 1974. "Now the towers are gone..." which leaves room for a little parent/child Q&A.

4,861 posted on 08/22/2004 6:54:45 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (Open-box display model, last in stock, no manual, limited warranty, all sales final.)
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To: HairOfTheDog; Bear_in_RoseBear
If she was foreseeing the 'invasion', better advice than the bat would have been to say "in a few years there'll be some aliens.... throw water on them".

Water! I'm melting! Melting. . .


4,862 posted on 08/22/2004 6:57:30 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: osagebowman

Gee - thanks! Of the four varieties we bought, we are very impressed with the cherry tomato variety, called "sweet million" and the large tomatos called 'celebrity'. The other large variety we got, called "brandywine" (which we wanted to love for it's name) only produced a couple small tomatos and we are not impressed.

I think you have our cool weather! We wondered where it went! We usually don't get enough sun for tomatos, especially where we are in all the trees. that spot where they are is the sunniest spot, but still doesn't get sun till about noon. Next year, I think we are going to try some other kind of raised or container garden there. I want to grow three rows of corn.... need big box ;~D


4,863 posted on 08/22/2004 6:58:49 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: ExGeeEye

Hmmm.... what happened that gave it away during the dance?


4,864 posted on 08/22/2004 7:01:18 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: JenB

Finished. Nice ending, though I agree with you in that I don't get where the attraction was for "Baine". I can see why Tossie'd be interested in HIM, but not the other way 'round. But then...that can happen in real life, too. Does happen.

Ya know...a book where everyone ends up neatly paired off isn't that good for me in my current state of mind...


4,865 posted on 08/22/2004 7:02:50 PM PDT by RosieCotton (He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. - GKC)
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To: HairOfTheDog
Your spoiler text (excerpt): I thought she got along a little too well to be blind.

Mine: I thought so too, when she went racing off to the Resting Rock. Eventually I concluded that she's more psychic even than she lets on, though her "sight" is assisted by familiarity with the terrain (as in the race) and can be clouded by fear (as when running through the forest after "seeing" the "creature").

End spoiler.

4,866 posted on 08/22/2004 7:04:22 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (Open-box display model, last in stock, no manual, limited warranty, all sales final.)
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Gotta get to bed if I'm gonna be fitness hobbit in the morning...

Good night, all!


4,867 posted on 08/22/2004 7:05:14 PM PDT by RosieCotton (He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. - GKC)
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To: RosieCotton

Aww... ok, read Passage. The result of that is usually a "it could be worse" state of mind.

Watching "The Thomas Crown Affair". My wine hit very hard, I'll be in bed as soon as this is over.


4,868 posted on 08/22/2004 7:08:02 PM PDT by JenB
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To: Fedora

Actually, he won't go back to white. He will remain camouflage until he is ready to test for the next color.


4,869 posted on 08/22/2004 7:08:18 PM PDT by msdrby (Great things come at great cost. - John Nash)
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To: HairOfTheDog

Check the spoiler text :)


4,870 posted on 08/22/2004 7:13:04 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (Open-box display model, last in stock, no manual, limited warranty, all sales final.)
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To: HairOfTheDog
Are you saying that you think she ~foresaw~ what would happen and knew he would have to swing the baseball bat?

Well, that's the central question of the movie isn't it... are you a person who sees signs, or just random events?


COLLEEN: Tell Graham --

GRAHAM: (crying) I'm here.

COLLEEN: (crying) Tell him... See. Tell him to see. (soft) And tell Merrill to swing away.


Graham thought she was just remembering something brought up by the misfiring of the dying neurons in her brain; but later he did "see", and told Merrill to "swing away". So, was it a vision, or a divinely inspired memory? And, does it matter which it was...?

better advice than the bat would have been to say

It was her dying breath, don't know that she could get all that out....

4,871 posted on 08/22/2004 7:14:09 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (I've got to admit it, Joe sure knows how to live.)
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To: msdrby

Oh, okay. Different belt systems can be so confusing, LOL!


4,872 posted on 08/22/2004 7:14:22 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: Fedora

Here is a link to the program description.

http://www.ataonline.com/about/programs/karate.asp

His school is http://www.sustairesata.com/


4,873 posted on 08/22/2004 7:14:57 PM PDT by msdrby (Great things come at great cost. - John Nash)
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To: ExGeeEye

...and I'm done. See y'all later...like oh-dark-thirty tomorra...


4,874 posted on 08/22/2004 7:15:01 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (Open-box display model, last in stock, no manual, limited warranty, all sales final.)
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To: HairOfTheDog

Hair - have had the sweet million ones ourselves in previous years. The Brandywine is an excellent heirloom tomato. We alter varieties and location of the beds often - this year we tried the container varieties but success.

"Our weather" - heh - well, if indeed it was thank you, we appreciated it. Cool weather slid pretty far south this year.


4,875 posted on 08/22/2004 7:15:34 PM PDT by osagebowman (HHD -)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear

I've just discovered Toon Disney shows the 1990s Spiderman cartoon (the best one, IMO), so I'm watching that. They're doing an episode where Spidey teams up with DD to fight the Kingpin and Smythe's son, who is trying to frame Peter Parker. It's pretty good.


4,876 posted on 08/22/2004 7:16:39 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Well, that's the central question of the movie isn't it... are you a person who sees signs, or just random events?

Good point! :~D

4,877 posted on 08/22/2004 7:17:00 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: JenB

Just got back from the Cape. Have pictures of a happy dog frolicking in the surf and a sunset over the Bay.

People are mad at me for being an early riser...my flight leaves at 9:50.

G'night!


4,878 posted on 08/22/2004 7:17:02 PM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: Fedora
Watching an episode of "The Dead Zone" on USA Network here.
4,879 posted on 08/22/2004 7:20:01 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (I've got to admit it, Joe sure knows how to live.)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
The Fifth Element just started here.
4,880 posted on 08/22/2004 7:23:54 PM PDT by ecurbh ("Hippies. They wanna save the world, but all they do is smoke pot and smell bad." ~Eric Cartman)
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