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The Hobbit Hole XVI - Still round the corner there may wait...
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Posted on 10/05/2004 3:33:41 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Still round the corner there may wait...

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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TOPICS: The Hobbit Hole
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To: SuziQ

Thank you ma'am! I'll have a cup!

I'm really re-thinking it...it's just one day a week and the kids really like it...the softball/tee-ball most of all. But I signed up Joshua for Spanish and although he loves it, it's still $20 a month. Besides that...it's a 20 minute drive away and softball/tee-ball is over with at 2:30pm and Spanish starts at 4pm! We have to do school SOMETIME you know!! We ended up doing it on the floor and other people don't mind their kids like we do...they would be running and screaming...very distracting. I'd be trying to go over Math with Matthew, agonizing for me anyways, as you know...and these kids would be running around hysterically. It's been a disaster.

I think next semester we'll just do the sports...I don't know. As part of the co-op mom's have to work somewhere with a teacher. Except I got stuck with 6 sessions of "Nursery"...babysitting the teacher's kids. I'm not a big fan.

Funny, though...one of the ladies came up to me and said "Are you in charge of the nursery?" Startled, I said "No!" And she said "Oh! I thought you were...you always walk around with such authority!"

LOL Me? I question every step I take!!! I'm sure I'm doing my whole life wrong most the time! LOL

Anyway, if I can't work in the classes my boys are in, we're not doing any of it next semester.


1,201 posted on 10/11/2004 8:45:25 AM PDT by 2Jedismom (HHD)
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To: RosieCotton

That recipe does sound easy. I have some flaxseed meal, too, so I can make them not too high in carbs. It also helps the portion size when you can do them yourself. I checked the carbs on a regular size Thomas's bagel once and it was almost 50 grams for ONE bagel! ARGH!


1,202 posted on 10/11/2004 8:51:04 AM PDT by SuziQ (Bush in 2004-Because we MUST!!!)
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To: SuziQ; 2Jedismom

Heh, my mom just has my little sister take the boys. Actually, she has to do that because they couldn't make it home before my littlest brother's bus shows up, but it's very convenient for her.

When we were younger, before the boys could really get anything out of co-op, we'd leave them with my grandmother. Then the co-op switched from Monday (her off day) to Friday and we had to drag the boys along...


1,203 posted on 10/11/2004 8:51:18 AM PDT by JenB
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To: RosieCotton

This batch of starter is supposed to be "ready" in 3 days...I think I'll just use it up and if I want to do any more, I'll just grow another batch of starter.

We're not supposed to be eatin' that much carbohydrate anyways! ;-)


1,204 posted on 10/11/2004 8:51:34 AM PDT by 2Jedismom (HHD)
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To: SuziQ

I worry more about portion size than carbs, since they're the good sort - whole grains and all. But the usual store bought bagels are hugh. I made mine quite a bit smaller.


1,205 posted on 10/11/2004 8:53:40 AM 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

2 cups white flour
2 cups water
1 packet of dry baking yeast

Recipe calls for 2 cups starter...this would be about 4, right? So I could use the whole batch just about and make a double batch of biscuits.


1,206 posted on 10/11/2004 8:54:29 AM PDT by 2Jedismom (HHD)
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To: 2Jedismom

I could see making biscuits once a week with whole wheat pastry flour, if that would work, or bread - for a night when my brothers were over. That'd be enough to keep the stuff goin'! I think it just needs to be used once a week or so.


1,207 posted on 10/11/2004 8:55:20 AM 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: 2Jedismom

That's a LOT of biscuits, no?


1,208 posted on 10/11/2004 9:04:38 AM 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

Well, before I can do anything, I gotta wait for it to quit raining!! If this works, it'll mean the first thing I've baked in months! (Other than the bread machine and those microwaved cupcakes!)


1,209 posted on 10/11/2004 9:05:40 AM PDT by 2Jedismom (HHD)
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To: 2Jedismom

Glad you finally have an oven? That's a silly question...


1,210 posted on 10/11/2004 9:06:54 AM 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

Ovens are such wonderful things. I had so much fun cooking that nice dinner last night! More fun since I got my friend to come over and share it.


1,211 posted on 10/11/2004 9:09:44 AM PDT by JenB
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To: RosieCotton

Well, it's just a dutch oven! It was my grandmother's...

I have to wait till it quits raining so I can start a fire!


1,212 posted on 10/11/2004 9:11:04 AM PDT by 2Jedismom (HHD)
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To: 2Jedismom

Ohh! I didn't catch that you were planning on doing them over the fire.

Duh...I need to work on my reading comprehension skills...


1,213 posted on 10/11/2004 9:20:58 AM 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

Heheh! I just take for granted everyone has read "Lonesome Dove". Gus, one of the main characters, makes sourdough biscuits in the campfire and reads the Bible every morning. Down in what I always thought was the "Big Bend" area of Texas. Steve and I went on vacation there, once. I'll scan and post some pictures directly.


1,214 posted on 10/11/2004 9:35:17 AM PDT by 2Jedismom (HHD)
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To: 2Jedismom

I haven't read "Lonesome Dove" either... I don't like Westerns unless we're talking John Wayne.


1,215 posted on 10/11/2004 9:36:12 AM PDT by JenB
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To: 2Jedismom

I want to read that...the local library copy is out of circulation - says damaged - but I could do intralibrary loan one of these days!

It's on my list, for sure.


1,216 posted on 10/11/2004 9:39:34 AM 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: JenB

I think this one is an exception. I've had a lot of people I trust recommend it. It's not in the same category as a lot of those western type books.


1,217 posted on 10/11/2004 9:40:31 AM 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

Yeah, read it and let me know. If it's not too "dialogue-y", I'm willing to give it a try.


1,218 posted on 10/11/2004 9:45:02 AM PDT by JenB
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To: JenB
Heh! I'm the same way! I don't care for westerns either, but this is just so descriptive of my home state. It's an unusual western and I really love it. It's like me and Tolkien. I'm not a fantasy fan either! But there are excepts to every one of my rules. Don't like scifi, but love "A Wrinkle in Time"!

I almost think (now that I've actually thought about it) that it's not genre, but the quality of the writing. I like anything that's well written.

If I'm gonna read crap just for fun, it's forensic murder mystery stuff. LOL
1,219 posted on 10/11/2004 9:48:56 AM PDT by 2Jedismom (HHD)
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To: 2Jedismom

IMO, SF/fantasy is like anime. When people say "I don't like it" I assume it's because they haven't found the right one yet.

As a genre, SF encompasses every other genre. There are literary SF works... romances, SF westerns.

You should read Doomsday Book if you're a fan of good writing. Makes me humbled by the sheer ability of Connie Willis every time I read it.


1,220 posted on 10/11/2004 9:56:18 AM PDT by JenB
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