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The Hobbit Hole XVII - A new road or a secret gate...
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Posted on 11/03/2004 6:16:42 PM PST by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

A new road or a secret gate...

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!

See also: http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net

Web page for our moot reports and troop support information!


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To: RosieCotton

niters! :-)


1,421 posted on 11/11/2004 8:10:52 PM PST by Ramius (Time? What time do you think we have?)
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To: Ramius

Evening!

Weirdest thing happened to me today: someone stuck a chain letter under my windshield wiper. It was in Spanish. Oddly enough, even in a foreign language I can recognize a chain letter...

Now, must get to 14k tonight if I have any hope of being on track by Monday...


1,422 posted on 11/11/2004 8:32:18 PM PST by JenB
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To: Ramius
Glad you liked it!

I've been hanging around on Baldilocks' blog lately ... so refreshing, to find another black woman with sense.

Thank you for your service, Master Sea-man. How're you doing today?

1,423 posted on 11/11/2004 8:32:38 PM PST by Rose in RoseBear (HHD [... applauding our magnificent military! ...])
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To: Rose in RoseBear

Hiya Rose! How goes the writing? I have not seen you in a while since I've been offline in the evenings.

I'm only... 5000 words behind, right now, but as soon as I go to bed that goes to almost 7000. Ungh.


1,424 posted on 11/11/2004 8:42:36 PM PST by JenB
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To: Rose in RoseBear

While you're quite welcome, it's only fair to insist that my service was nothing much. It was a four year cruise vacation before having to get a real job. :-)

I think I've seen that blog before. Rings a bell for some reason. But you're right that it's all about the content. Good stuff there. I like her already.


1,425 posted on 11/11/2004 8:46:34 PM PST by Ramius (Time? What time do you think we have?)
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To: JenB

Howdy Jen... good luck on the nomorimobodomodoobeedoobee thingy. :-)


1,426 posted on 11/11/2004 8:48:29 PM PST by Ramius (Time? What time do you think we have?)
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To: Ramius

Hehe. Thanks. It's really a great creative outlet. My fingers are burning up the keyboard. I'm gonna be a Real Author someday, you know, and then you can all say "We knew her when"!

And when I'm a trillionare like J.K. Rowling I can buy the Castle for our vacation spot every year. ;-)


1,427 posted on 11/11/2004 8:53:14 PM PST by JenB
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To: Ramius

Evening, and probably good night - We are watching a history of the Coast Guard on History channel.


1,428 posted on 11/11/2004 9:08:20 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (<<<loves her hubbit and the horse he rode in on :~D)
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To: Ramius; ExGeeEye; Darksheare; GulfWar1Vet; RosieCotton; msdrby; Professional Engineer; g'nad; ...
I know, I know, I forgot someone's name ... I always do. Comes from having a sieve for a memory.

But I don't forget what the military means to me, and to this country that I love. I honor you, our HH veterans. It's because of people like you, who put your bodies between the enemy and people you never even met, that this country exists, and still stands today.

Thank you.

1,429 posted on 11/11/2004 9:15:46 PM PST by Rose in RoseBear (HHD [... a standing ovation of one ...])
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To: JenB
I'm hosed. But I'm putting my head down and perservering ...

Hey, at least you have some words ...!

Official NaNoWriMo 2004 Participant

1,430 posted on 11/11/2004 9:18:25 PM PST by Rose in RoseBear (HHD [... na-no-wri-mo ...])
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To: Ramius
Heinlein writes about those who put themselves between strangers and evil ... interesting, that you call it a "cruise."

I'm collecting blogs ... they're all interconnected, and fascinating.

I take it you're in LaLaLand tonight (it's a state of mind)?

1,431 posted on 11/11/2004 9:25:57 PM PST by Rose in RoseBear (HHD [... today, we honor our veterans, living and dead ...])
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To: Rose in RoseBear

Yes, and sort of a plot. Sort of three plots, I guess, but they all turn out to be one at the end. And loads of angst. Any time I feel a slackening of the words, I add more angst and feel the flow...


1,432 posted on 11/11/2004 9:33:08 PM PST by JenB
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To: Rose in RoseBear

Rose... did you see that thread today about the Old Guard (3rd Infantry) at the Tomb of the Unknowns? It was a very fine write-up, and very moving, I thought. I'll try to find the link... here it is:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1277878/posts

Honors and ceremony are not just decoration. I happen to think that this stuff really matters. There's a quote at the end of the story that says it really well:

“Some might wonder why we put such effort into this instead of something that shows a product,” Roe said. “But this is our product. What we do at the tomb has a vital place in a democracy. Because democracies honor those who serve. “We don’t simply use people up, and then throw them away.”

I've heard lots of the trivia about the traditions of the Old Guard, but I learned something new in this article that I didn't know before:

The Sentinels at the Tomb of the Unkowns do not wear any insignia of rank. This is because they do not wish to presume to possibly outrank whomever is the "unknown" soldier that lies therein.

[snif]


1,433 posted on 11/11/2004 9:35:46 PM PST by Ramius (Time? What time do you think we have?)
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To: Rose in RoseBear

Lala land? More like [sticking fingers in ears];

lalalalalala Icanthearyou land. :-)


1,434 posted on 11/11/2004 9:52:56 PM PST by Ramius (Time? What time do you think we have?)
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To: Rose in RoseBear

1,435 posted on 11/11/2004 9:55:10 PM PST by Ramius (Time? What time do you think we have?)
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To: Ramius
<laughing out loud!>

You should do that to your boss ... just once ... after you get the next job ...!

So, how long do you have to pretend to listen to the Chief?

1,436 posted on 11/11/2004 9:59:04 PM PST by Rose in RoseBear (HHD [... today, we honor our veterans, living and dead ...])
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To: Ramius
That waist is unreal ...!
1,437 posted on 11/11/2004 10:00:12 PM PST by Rose in RoseBear (HHD [... today, we honor our veterans, living and dead ...])
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To: Rose in RoseBear

Who-hoo! 14,037. I can go to bed. But as a reward, one song and as long as that takes to surf before I disappear. Good night!


1,438 posted on 11/11/2004 10:04:19 PM PST by JenB
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To: Rose in RoseBear

Guards at the Tomb are required to have no more than a 30in waist, and be between 5'10 and 6'4".

30in waist?? Criminy... when I was 19 and in the best shape of my life I never had a 30in waist. I was rowing crew *every* morning, I was working out with weights and running stairs every day. I did over 1500 half-sit-ups a day in rowing drills every morning at 5am.

yeesh... even then I had dunno... a 34 or more waist. Criminy. Don't ask what it is now... ;-)

I guess I just don't fit the profile. :-)


1,439 posted on 11/11/2004 10:10:40 PM PST by Ramius (Time? What time do you think we have?)
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To: 2Jedismom

Tell Captain Matthew, GOOD JOB!


1,440 posted on 11/11/2004 10:28:11 PM PST by SuziQ (Bush in 2004-Because we are Americans!!!!)
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