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The Hobbit Hole XXVI - Home is behind, the world ahead
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Posted on 12/11/2005 8:37:40 AM PST by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Home is behind, the world ahead

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: Rose in RoseBear
No Talon, no Jen ...
6,301 posted on 01/13/2006 10:14:51 AM PST by Rose in RoseBear (HHD [...hmmm ...])
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To: Rose in RoseBear
Ah! The Pippin did it!
6,302 posted on 01/13/2006 10:15:19 AM PST by Rose in RoseBear (HHD [...hmmm ...])
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To: All
WOO! HOO!

I got prescious!

Bwahahaha!

6,303 posted on 01/13/2006 10:15:48 AM PST by Pippin
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To: Rose in RoseBear; Darksheare
;o)

Darks had 6200.

6,304 posted on 01/13/2006 10:16:41 AM PST by Pippin
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To: All

And in other news, I'm going to be an aunt again. My brother just made the announcement and we're all tickled to pieces!


6,305 posted on 01/13/2006 10:21:04 AM PST by Lil'freeper
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To: Lil'freeper

Congratulations!

Man, I can't *wait* to meet my niece! My brother called for a short while yesterday, so I'm even more excited about it than I already was.

He was so over the moon it kinda cracked me up. She is a cutie, though I wish I had still *more* pictures to confirm that in my mind... ;-)


6,306 posted on 01/13/2006 10:22:45 AM PST by RosieCotton
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To: Lil'freeper

Congratulations!! How thrilling!

I'm fixing baked tilapia in olive oil and plain white rice for lunch. Joshua is still having a bit of trouble with queaziness and I thought this was a pretty bland dish.


6,307 posted on 01/13/2006 10:29:18 AM PST by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: RosieCotton

*sneak posting*

Why not move to Washington?


6,308 posted on 01/13/2006 10:29:30 AM PST by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: RosieCotton

Hey Rosie...

I just got a wild hair. FRMail in a minute.


6,309 posted on 01/13/2006 10:43:57 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: RMDupree
It's a better option than most!

For one, unlike here, it's a center for music and all...that area. Mostly Seattle, but that's not horribly far, is it?

6,310 posted on 01/13/2006 10:54:41 AM PST by RosieCotton
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To: HairOfTheDog

I'll keep an eye out for it. ;-)


6,311 posted on 01/13/2006 10:55:22 AM PST by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton

It's sent now... Nosy Ruthy called and slowed me down. ;~D


6,312 posted on 01/13/2006 10:57:54 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: RosieCotton

Hey! We'll move there together.

You mind helping me with the girls? ;-)


6,313 posted on 01/13/2006 11:01:57 AM PST by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: HairOfTheDog

LOL! :-P


6,314 posted on 01/13/2006 11:02:39 AM PST by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: RosieCotton

I agree with Ruthy! I bet Hair would let you stay with her until you could find a place to live...and isn't your brother there?

I'd considered asking if you'd like to move down here but I think Tulsa would be too big of a culture shock for you.


6,315 posted on 01/13/2006 11:04:58 AM PST by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: RMDupree

I think my cats may be louder and more of a nuisance than your girls. ;-)


6,316 posted on 01/13/2006 11:05:50 AM PST by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton

That's Tulsa, too...not horribly musically inclined.

And you could be involved in the life of that little niece!


6,317 posted on 01/13/2006 11:13:33 AM PST by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: RosieCotton

Ha! Now there's a wager I'd happily make. ;-)


6,318 posted on 01/13/2006 11:18:04 AM PST by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: 2Jedismom

Yeah, my brother's near there, and his wife grew up there - a lot of her siblings and their families still live in the area. Tons of homeschooled kids! It was really interesting meeting them. My brother was the first to get married in our family, and she was the last, so it was just astounding to be in the midst of soooo many families and kids and all of them related. Made us feel like a really tiny family for once. Luckily they felt almost like long-lost relatives, so after a very tiny bit of awkwardness at the very beginning, it was a lot of fun.

I still don't know how Ben lucked into the whole deal, but... ;-)


6,319 posted on 01/13/2006 11:19:15 AM PST by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton; RMDupree; 2Jedismom

FRMail flyin'....


6,320 posted on 01/13/2006 11:30:01 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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