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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:
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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! |
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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! |
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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: HairOfTheDog; Lil'freeper
*Grinch Alert!*
The original "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" is showing on the WB network starting in 30 minutes Central time.
Oooh, Boris Karloff!
481
posted on
12/14/2005 4:33:00 PM PST
by
Bear_in_RoseBear
(I ain't as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was)
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Very good :~D We caught it a couple nights ago...
My cable TV station just locked up... it's in a freeze frame and has been for a few minutes. This has never happened before :~O
482
posted on
12/14/2005 4:34:45 PM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
I tried having a nap. It sort of worked but it was very non restful because our upstairs neighbor was playing his "music" and so these threads of thumping sounds kept intruding.
Hopefully it will be enough because I don't think I'm getting any more rest tonight.
483
posted on
12/14/2005 4:55:33 PM PST
by
JenB
To: JenB
I don't think I'm getting any more rest tonight.Oh? Why is that? :~D
484
posted on
12/14/2005 4:56:50 PM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
it's in a freeze frame and has been for a few minutes.Happens to us a lot on certain channels. Do you have digital cable? That's what does it in our case, I think.
485
posted on
12/14/2005 5:01:33 PM PST
by
Bear_in_RoseBear
(I ain't as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was)
To: HairOfTheDog
Well, the whole "shuttle picking me up at 3 am" thing rather rules out actual sleep, per se. I don't sleep well when I have to be up at a time like that.
486
posted on
12/14/2005 5:10:36 PM PST
by
JenB
To: JenB
Oh - you're flying out early...
OK - fill us in.... when is whatshisname arriving at the folkses, and how long is he visiting?
487
posted on
12/14/2005 5:14:03 PM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: no one in particular
488
posted on
12/14/2005 5:20:58 PM PST
by
Bear_in_RoseBear
(I ain't as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was)
To: HairOfTheDog
Friday before New Year's. Two and a half days.
489
posted on
12/14/2005 5:28:35 PM PST
by
JenB
To: JenB
Ah - OK... And what have you got planned? :~D
Then you go to meet his folks right? When and where?
Fill us in!!
490
posted on
12/14/2005 5:30:51 PM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
We don't have any plans. Plans would be too high-stress or something. The plan is he meets the family and vice versa.
Then two weeks later it's the same deal, only in Texas. And with fewer siblings.
491
posted on
12/14/2005 5:32:35 PM PST
by
JenB
To: SuziQ; Lil'freeper; osagebowman; RosieCotton; HairOfTheDog; ecurbh
I have come to the realization that dogs are made of love, pretty much ... otherwise, how do you explain the Grinch's dog Max?
To: Rose in RoseBear
Good evening, Rose! Today was your interview, no? How did it go?
493
posted on
12/14/2005 5:34:44 PM PST
by
RosieCotton
(NaNo Wordcount:: 50026)
To: JenB
Oh - well, I might disagree... plans to go do and see some local touristy thing or have a particular dinner someplace or something is less stressful than sitting around staring at each other not sure what happens next sometimes.
494
posted on
12/14/2005 5:41:16 PM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: Rose in RoseBear
Max is the essence of the dog, Rose :~D
495
posted on
12/14/2005 5:41:49 PM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog; JenB; Rose in RoseBear
Rose and I did the touristy thing during her first visit to Michigan.
496
posted on
12/14/2005 5:43:15 PM PST
by
Bear_in_RoseBear
(I ain't as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was)
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
It's good, and fun for the other person to see the sights and places you grew up in!
And although I'm aware Jen and Talon have issues about going somewhere alone... I know when I met ecurbh's folks down in AZ, it was really stressful for me, and I appreciated seeing his family in couple hour increments, then he'd offer to go show me something to get away a bit... "Hey - let's go for a drive up to such and such, I want you to see it..." "Great!" (He could have been taking me to see a hole in the ground for all I cared!)
497
posted on
12/14/2005 5:47:22 PM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
He could have been taking me to see a hole in the ground for all I cared!That's not a very nice way to talk about the Grand Canyon.
498
posted on
12/14/2005 5:48:37 PM PST
by
ecurbh
()()A Festivus for the rest of us!()()
To: HairOfTheDog; Bear_in_RoseBear; JenB
That's about how my brother did it, too, when bringing Anne to meet us.
On the other hand, he did things like, for example, the time we were all sitting around the table, and he was gonna run upstairs to take a shower before they headed off somewhere for a bit. Right before leaving the room, he said "Don't you all think Anne has the most gorgeous eyes?"
And then took off, leaving all of us sitting there wondering what to say...
499
posted on
12/14/2005 5:49:54 PM PST
by
RosieCotton
(NaNo Wordcount:: 50026)
To: ecurbh
Or meteor crater. Didja take her all the way out there?
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