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The Hobbit Hole XXIII - Let them go! Let them go!

Posted on 07/12/2005 8:11:36 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

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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To: 2Jedismom

Mmmm...future gravy...


1,481 posted on 07/19/2005 9:32:50 AM PDT by RosieCotton (Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity. - G.K. Chesterton)
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To: 2Jedismom

I'm trying to straighten up a bit as Jen and her sister should be back tonight.

It's complicated by the fact that Tam has decided he needs to be held all day, and is telling me so loudly and often. Hard to ignore a Siamese protesting at full voice.


1,482 posted on 07/19/2005 9:33:59 AM PDT by RosieCotton (Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity. - G.K. Chesterton)
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To: Penny1

Not sure.... probably the south Jetty at Ilwaco.

We're just heading west....

See ya later!


1,483 posted on 07/19/2005 9:42:49 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: Lil'freeper

Sounds like B' more!


1,484 posted on 07/19/2005 9:48:47 AM PDT by Pippin ( Those who have evil in their hearts didn't get it from books.)
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To: HairOfTheDog

Hi, Hair!


1,485 posted on 07/19/2005 9:53:10 AM PDT by Pippin ( Those who have evil in their hearts didn't get it from books.)
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To: HairOfTheDog

Thank you! I needed a belly laugh today.


1,486 posted on 07/19/2005 10:12:20 AM PDT by Lil'freeper ("If you want to get happy, birthday cake is the way to go." -- Stephanie Plum)
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To: HairOfTheDog

Have fun!!

I'll have to look up Ilwaco, don't know as I've ever been there...

Looking forward to pictures!!!


1,487 posted on 07/19/2005 10:16:29 AM PDT by Penny1
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To: Lil'freeper

Good eeeeeeeeeevining!


1,488 posted on 07/19/2005 10:40:24 AM PDT by Pippin ( NO MORE CHO!)
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To: Pippin
Evening?

I wish.

Then it might be cooler.

We have no AC again. We're well past cheese on the dairy thermometer.

But I can't complain too much. Our troops are putting up with worse. *MUCH* worse.

1,489 posted on 07/19/2005 11:08:56 AM PDT by Lil'freeper ("If you want to get happy, birthday cake is the way to go." -- Stephanie Plum)
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To: Lil'freeper
That's right!

As much discomfort we may suffer, our troops are suffering more.

Hope you have AC at home.

1,490 posted on 07/19/2005 11:13:17 AM PDT by Pippin ( NO MORE CHO!)
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To: Pippin

Yeah. But it's not the heat. It's the humidity. Ugh. I'll take 100 degrees in NM any day.


1,491 posted on 07/19/2005 11:29:35 AM PDT by Lil'freeper ("If you want to get happy, birthday cake is the way to go." -- Stephanie Plum)
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To: Lil'freeper
Click for Fort Collins, Colorado Forecast

We've got heat (supposed to keep climbing to about a hundred), but it's also extremely dry...like 15%, I think.

I'm still not driven to spend much time outdoors!

1,492 posted on 07/19/2005 11:35:27 AM PDT by RosieCotton (Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity. - G.K. Chesterton)
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To: RosieCotton; Lil'freeper
Click for Richmond, Virginia Forecast

that's with 53% humidity

1,493 posted on 07/19/2005 12:32:16 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Same temperature as here...plus the humidity!

Ugh. At least we don't have that.

I'll be happier come September or so, though.


1,494 posted on 07/19/2005 12:34:14 PM PDT by RosieCotton (Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity. - G.K. Chesterton)
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To: RosieCotton

thus the invention of mint julep...


1,495 posted on 07/19/2005 12:37:37 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: Corin Stormhands

I've actually never had a mint julep.

Sad, isn't it, my existence?


1,496 posted on 07/19/2005 12:39:26 PM PDT by RosieCotton (Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity. - G.K. Chesterton)
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To: RosieCotton

I don't drink much bourbon anymore. But when I did, I just drank bourbon and water. Never really got into the mint part...

But don't tell nobody. It'd ruin muh Virginia Gentleman image.


1,497 posted on 07/19/2005 12:42:17 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: Corin Stormhands
Your secret is safe with me! ;-)

Is that all a julep is, then? Bourbon over ice with mint? And what kinda mint...creme de menthe or something?

1,498 posted on 07/19/2005 12:43:32 PM PDT by RosieCotton (Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity. - G.K. Chesterton)
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To: RosieCotton

I think there are different ways to make them, but here's one recipe:

Mint Julep recipe
Scale ingredients to servings

4 fresh mint sprigs
2 1/2 oz bourbon whiskey
1 tsp powdered sugar
2 tsp water

Muddle mint leaves, powdered sugar, and water in a collins glass. Fill the glass with shaved or crushed ice and add bourbon. Top with more ice and garnish with a mint sprig. Serve with a straw.


1,499 posted on 07/19/2005 12:45:54 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: Corin Stormhands

julep spam


1,500 posted on 07/19/2005 12:46:09 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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