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The Hobbit Hole XV - Pass them by! Pass them by!
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Posted on 09/02/2004 2:18:28 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

...Pass them by! Pass them by!

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: SuziQ
Those, combined with the acrid smell of wood burning in fireplaces, is just intoxicating!!

Yep! And homey...the house is wood heated - not mine, but Dad's. But I hate saying Dad's since it was Mom's too. *sigh* There are a lot of things I don't know how to name anymore, if ya know what I mean.

But wood smoke always makes me think of home!

4,681 posted on 09/26/2004 2:41:33 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

Uh-oh.


4,682 posted on 09/26/2004 2:41:54 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

Well, I am sure they sought out the messiest part of town to report from, the marina and a mobile home park.... but they got hit by this one.


4,683 posted on 09/26/2004 2:44:24 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog (John Kerry... Almost as presidential as Jane Fonda.)
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To: RosieCotton

Sigh...

I'm having another bad day. I know it's just hormones, but I am so... conscious of being lonely. Most of the time that's fine with me but today it hurts.


4,684 posted on 09/26/2004 2:59:20 PM PDT by JenB
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To: RosieCotton

*Shudder* After I stripped the hideous flowers from the kitchen walls and before I painted, Dad said he liked the primed sheetrock better than the flowers.


4,685 posted on 09/26/2004 3:29:30 PM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: Professional Engineer

Tell Spiderboy that Jessi says "hello!" *grin*


4,686 posted on 09/26/2004 3:34:49 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: My heart remains in Washington....)
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To: HairOfTheDog

That she is!

Right now, she's being a bratty ham. No nap = cranky kid.


4,687 posted on 09/26/2004 3:35:49 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: My heart remains in Washington....)
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To: JenB

I'm with ya, doll. Yesterday I was ready to scream about the whole lack of decent people my age, of either sex. And I'm really trying to think of ways to get more involved, but talking to my siblings and having one in particular lecture me on and on and on about how I shouldn't be so negative (I was TRYING to find ideas, NOT complaining, for once!) really made me mad and depressed and feeling even more isolated than I already did.

I know it's different for you now that you are away from family...but in some ways that's better. I can take the easy way out on weekends and just hang out with folks I know, instead of looking for other things to do. I need a nudge out the door...and sometimes having family available doesn't help me there.

I sometimes wish an angel would just drop down and point to where I should be, but that doesn't appear to be likely!

But grrrrr...I wish SOMEONE understood me. The only other old-ish brother that's here hates this town and really wants to move away but can't bring himself to take the risk. That's stupid. *I* on the other hand, love this place...but want company. And I have no idea if going elsewhere would really make a difference, since I'm not someone that has ever made friends easily anywhere or anytime. And judging from what other single FReepers are saying...it's lonely being a young single conservative no matter WHERE you go.

OK, that was about ten times longer than I meant to be. But in any case...I know somewhat how you feel, I think. And some times are much harder than others.


4,688 posted on 09/26/2004 3:45:35 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: Overtaxed

You can see both papers in the picture of my kitties on my profile. Hideous is an understatement. But I'm kinda used to them at this point...


4,689 posted on 09/26/2004 3:46:41 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: JenB; HairOfTheDog; RMDupree; ksen; g'nad; RosieCotton; SuziQ; Lil'freeper; ecurbh; Ramius; ...
We'll, I'm back. Evenin' folks.

Trip was good. Although I appeared to have come in contact with "My Old Kentucky Crud." Can't shake the cough and generally feeling like crap.

Listening to news about Jeanne...sheesh! Hope yer okay ksen. One of our alumni board members was ~supposed~ to fly into Daytona to visit his in-laws. Last I heard he was going to try to drive from Atlanta. But, I am kicking myself for falling down on my duties. He's a Naval Commander with 20+ years of experience (like he knows stuff he'd have to kill me for). I am just shaking my head that I didn't think to give him a HH knife. I will work on taking care of that this week.

In other Stormhands news...

Nana is just confusing us, so wife hopes to talk to all the players this week. Just before we went to an event on Friday evening Nana told the Mrs. that "I'm coming home next week...but I can't go upstairs...I'll have to sleep downstairs in my chair and I'll need the chair in the downstairs bathroom." Wife is already assuring me that won't happen. I said "that's good, because if it does, I'll move out." I don't really think it will come to that, but I am deadly series. This has already caused too much disruption in our household. I know this sounds cold, but if Nana has to leave rehab before she's mobile, she can afford a nice one level apartment...OR, the house hasn't sold yet...

Jr. told me at lunch today that, although we left $100 spending money for groceries/food, that wife's sister did not offer him dinner any night but Friday when they ordered pizza. He managed to fend for himself, but that really pi$$e$ me off. I will wait to hear her side of the story.

Left thetruck at the dealership on our way out of town Wednesday night. They were supposed to have the bed liner put in so I could pick it up today. Stopped by this afternoon and thetruck hadn't been moved. Sales manager said "the key didn't work." It got the flippin' car to their lot! And they're the dealership forcryinoutloud. He wuz tryin' to explain. I said "just give me the key" and walked out...and started the truck. I can get a bed liner somewhere else.

All is not bad. Had a read thru for the Christmas show this afternoon. Gonna be fun.

osage - gots another canna in bloom. Nice yeller one.

Ruthy...glad the One Shooooooes kept the storm away from your house...can you get 'em up here ~real fast~???

Oh, and Jen...I heard that...

4,690 posted on 09/26/2004 3:54:19 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (John FORGE Kerry is RONG for America...)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Welcome back Corin!


4,691 posted on 09/26/2004 3:57:29 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog (John Kerry... Almost as presidential as Jane Fonda.)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Hi Corin!

Steve took the jedis to choir.

Did you hear the chaplain checked in with me...seems they are redeploying back to Afghanistan...


4,692 posted on 09/26/2004 4:00:46 PM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: RosieCotton

Well, I am mostly lonely for friends and family. Everyone I know is a busy grad student like me. And yeah, it's so hard wanting to be with someone and not having someone to be with. I keep praying about it but whatever the answer is, it's not clear to me yet.

I was at the bookstore today - and thankfully there's a new "Fruits Basket", I'm going to really appreciate that this evening - and I realized that I don't even know what one does on one's own. Going to the bookstore doesn't always cut it. Going to movies alone makes me feel so pathetic. All I can do is lock myself in my apartment and try to study...


4,693 posted on 09/26/2004 4:01:27 PM PDT by JenB
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To: Corin Stormhands

The Shoes are mine!

;-D

Welcome back, Corin!


4,694 posted on 09/26/2004 4:01:29 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: My heart remains in Washington....)
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To: JenB; RosieCotton

Just so it goes to show....

I'd give anything to have some time alone. Believe or not, there is joy in that too!


4,695 posted on 09/26/2004 4:03:57 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: My heart remains in Washington....)
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To: RosieCotton
Hideous is an understatement. But I'm kinda used to them at this point...

Yeah, I know how that is. I kept putting off ditching the icky white and blue striped wallpaper in the master bedroom and bath for over ten years. Then I had to relocate fast and Real Estate Lady sez "it has to go." Then I was in a rush to get rid of the mess!

4,696 posted on 09/26/2004 4:04:21 PM PDT by Overtaxed
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Sheesh!

Remind me never to post pics again until I have a new host for them! This page is killing my dial up.

Shoulda I spam my way outta here? Hmmm.....


4,697 posted on 09/26/2004 4:11:22 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: My heart remains in Washington....)
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To: RMDupree

Maybe I should.....


4,698 posted on 09/26/2004 4:12:07 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: My heart remains in Washington....)
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To: RMDupree; JenB
I value my alone time, too. Even just going to the grocery alone is nice...I don't mind wandering on my lonesome.

But the fact that I really don't have a single close friend outside my family anymore (locally, that is) is pretty pathetic.

Not that I've ever been one to have SCADS of friends. But I did have a few close ones. One is the girl who got married a little over a year ago - she now has a baby girl and lives in West Virginia. The others...well, we just grew apart, I guess. We never had much in common except location, and now that we're older, we just don't have much more than a passing acquaintance.
4,699 posted on 09/26/2004 4:12:27 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: RMDupree

Hair might get mad though.


4,700 posted on 09/26/2004 4:12:31 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: My heart remains in Washington....)
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