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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: JenB
One of my writing groups is using the following sentence fragment as a writing exercise:

It was cold now, and I saw the snow beginning to ...

The image of a Michigan lakeshore in winter and a long white mink coat popped into my mind when I read that, and has been in my mind ever since!

6,001 posted on 01/12/2006 9:09:07 AM PST by Rose in RoseBear (HHD [... sauna! ...])
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To: RosieCotton

You're gonna have to hand over your badge...


6,002 posted on 01/12/2006 9:09:46 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: HairOfTheDog

Aw, man! Don't I just get a written reprimand for a first offense??


6,003 posted on 01/12/2006 9:10:34 AM PST by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton

Bad Rosie...


6,004 posted on 01/12/2006 9:10:58 AM PST by JenB
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To: Rose in RoseBear
It was cold now, and I saw the snow beginning to ...form into a shape of a beast. My horse fidgeted nervously. The hilt was a stick of ice in my hand...
6,005 posted on 01/12/2006 9:11:23 AM PST by TalonDJ
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To: RosieCotton

I thought you could be held to a higher standard than say.... Jen.


6,006 posted on 01/12/2006 9:11:44 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: HairOfTheDog

*hangs head*


6,007 posted on 01/12/2006 9:11:56 AM PST by RosieCotton
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To: Rose in RoseBear
long white mink coat

DANG Girl!! That's just...luxurious! I myself would prefer a sleek, dark brown, almost black,just below the knee, mink. ;o) Of course, I'd settle for a knee length black leather coat similar to what Aragorn wore.

6,008 posted on 01/12/2006 9:12:09 AM PST by SuziQ
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To: SuziQ
What can I say? I'm a sensualist. <laughing>

A long white mink coat, leather gloves, knee-high mukluks. WARMTH!

6,009 posted on 01/12/2006 9:16:17 AM PST by Rose in RoseBear (HHD [... comfy! ...])
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To: HairOfTheDog

I resent the insinuation, since I didn't even try to spam this one.


6,010 posted on 01/12/2006 9:16:41 AM PST by JenB
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To: JenB

Yeah, but taking up with strange men you meet on the internet? Shocking!


6,011 posted on 01/12/2006 9:18:40 AM PST by TalonDJ
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To: TalonDJ

I've only done that once, you know. Not that you're any better...


6,012 posted on 01/12/2006 9:19:22 AM PST by JenB
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To: JenB

Yes, but when I went to meet strange crazy internet people I brought GUNS.


6,013 posted on 01/12/2006 9:21:30 AM PST by TalonDJ
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To: TalonDJ

I didn't need to bring guns that trip, I'd already met g'nad... figgered if any of the new people were psychos he'd deal with it.


6,014 posted on 01/12/2006 9:23:20 AM PST by JenB
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To: JenB; TalonDJ

Good Afternoon you two!


6,015 posted on 01/12/2006 9:28:32 AM PST by Pippin
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To: Pippin

Afternoon? It's not even lunchtime here yet!


6,016 posted on 01/12/2006 9:34:05 AM PST by JenB
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To: JenB
Westerner!

It's PM here on the East Coast :o)

6,017 posted on 01/12/2006 9:39:51 AM PST by Pippin
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To: Rose in RoseBear

Don't get too much call for that much fur in Texas, though, huh?


6,018 posted on 01/12/2006 9:54:54 AM PST by SuziQ
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To: SuziQ

'less'n it is made into a hat.


6,019 posted on 01/12/2006 10:09:27 AM PST by TalonDJ
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To: Corin Stormhands
Something I found on the Rush thread...


6,020 posted on 01/12/2006 10:10:35 AM PST by Overtaxed
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