The Hobbit Hole XXIV - Sand and Stone and Pool and Dell...

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[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Sand and Stone and Pool and Dell...

• 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...
• Ninth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IX - A sudden tree or standing stone
• Tenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole X - That none have seen but we alone.
      Eleventh Thread: Wedding Edition: The Hobbit Hole XI - No One Admitted Except on Wedding Business!
• Twelfth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XII - Tree and flower and leaf and grass
• Thirteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIII - Let them pass! Let them pass!
• Fourteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XIV - Hill and Water Under Sky
• Fifteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XV - Pass them by! Pass them by!
• Sixteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVI - Still round the corner there may wait...
• Seventeenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVII - A new road or a secret gate...
• Eighteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVIII - Though we pass them by today...
• Nineteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIX - Tomorrow we may come this way...
• Twentieth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XX - And take the hidden paths that run...
• Twenty-first Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXI - ...Towards the Moon or to the Sun.
• Twenty-second Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXII - ...Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe
• Twenty-third Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXIII - Let them go! Let them go!

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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[g'nad]

We got another kid anyway...

jest so long as Jr. knows that...

[Corin Stormhands]

We told him we had to have Luke 'cause we didn't get it right the first time...

[SuziQ]

*snicker*

[osagebowman]

Look on the bright side, soon he'll be driving and then you can..whoops, never mind.

You're right, you got another kid anyway.

[JenB]

Maybe my parents screwed up six times, that would explain a lot.

Or maybe I was so great they tried again half a dozen times and never managed my equal...

[g'nad]

guffaw...

[Alkhin]

Youz gots one?!?

How much ya want for it???

[SuziQ]

Being one of only a few in the Hole late at night means I can talk un-interrupted, like being interrupted ever shut me up before. I even have the t-shirt that says "Help I'm talking and I can't shut up!" ;o)

[SuziQ]

Osage is STILL speaking in tongues!

[Corin Stormhands]

He won't be drivin' my truck. I can sleep. Mom can stay up and worry about him.

Besides, my deal was I'd give him the old car and pay the insurance. He has to make it run, including payin' fer gas.

I won't worry too much about him at the end of the driveway.

[Corin Stormhands]

Just be thankful fer the gift, Sister.

[SuziQ]

You gots freepmail.

[SuziQ]

Amen, Brother!

[Corin Stormhands]

Later. Jr. just called.

It's worth the trip to recover the cell phone.

[Ramius]

Evenin' folkses... sorry I'm late. [sip] I'll try to catch up.

[ExGeeEye]

Evening...

The c/r's g/f and her s&d just left after a pleasant visit.

They're good people.

OTOH, when the Event occurs, I'm gonna hafta move, because I can't afford this place by myself.

That's at least six months out anyway, but...

There are a couple of options. Need continual prayer support though. It's going to get interesting, fiscally speaking.

If you have reached this point without achieving comprehension, that's my fault. I'm up too late, with a lot on my plate, in a blue state, unsure of my fate :)

[Ramius]

Had a funny little small-world moment here, sitting at the Sofitel lobby bar. This lady a couple seats down is making chitchat with that where'ya frum? thing... turns out shes from Florida, just south of Melbourne. We chitchat about the hurricane and such.

I say I'm from Gig Harbor...

"Hey... I'm from Olympia" she says.

"Really..." I says... "I'm from Tumwater originally. Went to Tumwater High."

"I grew up on a farm just south of Olympia." She says.

"Oh really? Was it on Littlerock Road?" I ask.

She looks at me like I've got lobsters coming out of my ears. "How'd you know that?"

hehehe... everything just south of Olympia is on Littlerock road. right?

Wierd small world moment. Kinda funny.

[HairOfTheDog]

That's funny. Good evening!

[Ramius]

I don't understand a word of it. But I'm in the bluest of the blue... San Francisco. Around here the Subarus come from the factory with "No War" and "Visualize World Peace" and little pink triangles on them.

How do people actually *live* here?

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

I got it!