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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: TalonDJ; JenB; Rose in RoseBear
Have a fun weekend, you two!

If you believe in good omens, it's our 16th anniversary.

3,021 posted on 12/30/2005 9:20:43 AM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear (It didn't smell like violets, more like tofu.)
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To: JenB
Does eggnog freeze? You could freeze a carton to have in March or sometime when you really need it.

I dunno...being as how it has eggs in it, I'd think it wouldn't freeze well. And I never really *need* it...just like it!

It could be worth experimenting, I guess.

3,022 posted on 12/30/2005 9:21:32 AM PST by RosieCotton
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To: Corin Stormhands; HairOfTheDog; RMDupree; Sam Cree
Tropical Storm Zeta
3,023 posted on 12/30/2005 9:22:02 AM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear (It didn't smell like violets, more like tofu.)
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To: JenB; Bear_in_RoseBear
"Bothers" has been a term for them for quite a while, Rosie uses it too sometimes.

And I still maintain you were the first to mistype "brothers" as "bothers", before it became a standard tyspo...

Gonna make Bear check one of these days! ;-)

3,024 posted on 12/30/2005 9:22:48 AM PST by RosieCotton
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To: SuziQ
How's that scarf going?

It's going! I really haven't gotten to it this morning, as Margaret called and talked for a long time. But it's a couple feet long. I'm not sure how long I'll make it. I'm also worrying I'm not gonna be able to figure out how to do fringe, when I get to that stage. It doesn't seem like it should be hard, but I dunno! I need to find a site with pictures, I guess.

3,025 posted on 12/30/2005 9:25:26 AM PST by RosieCotton
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To: SuziQ

My list starts off: Alaska, Australia, Austria, Britain... and gets more confused from there. There are a whole lot of places I'd love to go!


3,026 posted on 12/30/2005 9:26:37 AM PST by JenB
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear

Happy Anniversary!


3,027 posted on 12/30/2005 9:26:48 AM PST by Corin Stormhands
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear; Corin Stormhands; RMDupree; Sam Cree
Tropical Storm Zeta

ohfercryinoutloud!!

3,028 posted on 12/30/2005 9:26:50 AM PST by SuziQ
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear

I saw that...


3,029 posted on 12/30/2005 9:27:25 AM PST by Corin Stormhands
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear

Well, happy anniversary to you two! I'll take any good omens I get :-D


3,030 posted on 12/30/2005 9:27:33 AM PST by JenB
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To: Corin Stormhands

Let Nana plant them in your yard to see if they grow back during the summer!


3,031 posted on 12/30/2005 9:27:46 AM PST by SuziQ
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To: RosieCotton

Possible, possible... since we've both got lots of bothers, it works for us. However, we both use the term now.


3,032 posted on 12/30/2005 9:28:51 AM PST by JenB
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear; Rose in RoseBear

3,033 posted on 12/30/2005 9:30:00 AM PST by SuziQ
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To: Corin Stormhands; SuziQ; JenB
Thanks y'all! It was 16 years ago tonight that my rickety old car made it to Austin. We're going out to lunch to celebrate!
3,034 posted on 12/30/2005 9:30:30 AM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear (It didn't smell like violets, more like tofu.)
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To: SuziQ

Nana ain't up to plantin' anything. And I think they'd freeze here anyway.

I ~might~ try to keep one or two...but not nine...


3,035 posted on 12/30/2005 9:31:07 AM PST by Corin Stormhands
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear; Rose in RoseBear

Happy anniversary!


3,036 posted on 12/30/2005 9:31:24 AM PST by RosieCotton
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To: JenB; SuziQ
My list starts off: Alaska, Australia, Austria, Britain...

When I lived in DC, I had a business associate who visited town frequently. She and a few other friends were working their way through the restaurants in the yellow pages alphabetically. They thought they would have problems with "E" but had to choose from about 2 dozen Ethiopian restaurants.

My travel list isn't alphabetized. Right now the place I want to visit is Tuscany...

3,037 posted on 12/30/2005 9:33:57 AM PST by Corin Stormhands
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear; Rose in RoseBear
Congratulations on 16 years!


3,038 posted on 12/30/2005 9:36:03 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; JenB; PurpleQ
Gonna make Bear check one of these days!

Heh, you have but to ask... and the answer is, neither Rosie nor Jen were first! First occurence of "bothers" for "brothers", and the first reactions here and here.

3,039 posted on 12/30/2005 9:36:26 AM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear (It didn't smell like violets, more like tofu.)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Since I haven't been anywhere, I have to manage my list somehow! I don't necessarily want to travel in alphabetical order, just keep track of where I've been and where I want to be.


3,040 posted on 12/30/2005 9:36:45 AM PST by JenB
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