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The Hobbit Hole XXIX - Until the stars are all alight...
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Posted on 04/20/2006 2:10:46 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!
Until the stars are all alight
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: osagebowman
I think we're going garden shopping....and stop by the grocery store on the way back. Mmmmm.....liver pudding....
To: Overtaxed
I thought I was done garden shopping, but I'm gonna need to replace the vinca that the chipmunk et. Then I'll cover 'em with some cayenee pepper for a special treat.
Looking a Lowes this weekend for swings. Promised Luke, need to deliver.
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posted on
05/26/2006 8:48:32 AM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
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To: ecurbh
Ah - well that's a good solution then! We can see it, and still boycott it :~D
To: HairOfTheDog
Well if we're boycotting boycots, does that mean we have to go see it?
4,584
posted on
05/26/2006 9:09:52 AM PDT
by
ecurbh
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To: ecurbh; HairOfTheDog
I believe, in this case, they would be referred to as ~wafers~
4,585
posted on
05/26/2006 9:10:47 AM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
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To: ecurbh
I didn't think the book was so hot, but it was definitely a page turner...I'll probably watch the thing on DVD when it gets that far.
4,586
posted on
05/26/2006 9:11:54 AM PDT
by
Sam Cree
(Delicacy, precision, force)
To: Sam Cree
A good friend of mine loved the book, said it read like a Clancy, lots of intertwining plots and you aren't sure how all of them will fit together.
To: Sam Cree
It's on my summer reading list, so I'll be getting to it at some point. Working on John Adams first, though.
4,588
posted on
05/26/2006 9:15:58 AM PDT
by
ecurbh
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To: HairOfTheDog
Yes, several intertwining plots, plus mysterious and intriguing references to secret societies and the beginnings of Christianity. I thought the protagonist was a little bit of a dorc, though.
All in all a light and entertaining read. I haven't read any of his other stuff.
I liked Red October and Red Storm Rising from Clancy, but could do without his subsequent efforts. I read that he owns a private railroad passenger car, which he gets coupled to the back of Amtrak trains when he travels, preferring that to the airlines.
4,589
posted on
05/26/2006 9:19:31 AM PDT
by
Sam Cree
(Delicacy, precision, force)
To: ecurbh
I keep trying to read the John Adams book, but it keeps putting me to sleep, I'm ashamed to admit. The last time I put it down, I was to the place where Adams was advocating the position that the state of Massachusetts should encourage education, which has turned out to be something of a double edged sword.
4,590
posted on
05/26/2006 9:22:26 AM PDT
by
Sam Cree
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To: Sam Cree
I read the same thing about Clancy and his personal Pullman car :~D
I don't remember which Clancy novel it was that had the story line with the tree, an old growth tree that starts in the forest being selected for cutting, with long descriptions of why it was the perfect and blessed tree, to be loaded on a ship, to serve as a major beam in a Japanese temple. You read along wondering how it was possibly going to connect with the story, and it's only role was that it fell off the boat in a storm and was randomly hit by a submarine.
To: Sam Cree
I'm only a few chapters into it... he just arrived in France to negotiate the alliance.
4,592
posted on
05/26/2006 9:24:44 AM PDT
by
ecurbh
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To: ecurbh
Pretty funny how it says that Benjamin Franklin slept in til 10:00AM most mornings.
4,593
posted on
05/26/2006 9:27:48 AM PDT
by
Sam Cree
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To: Sam Cree; HairOfTheDog
I don't know about Clancy's Pullman car. But he has a tank sitting on his property. And an indoor shooting range.
When I was between jobs in DC I did some part time work for a friend whose company escorted authors around town to interviews. I took a producer from Hollywood out to Clancy's house on the Bay. Didn't see the inside of the house (except for the bathroom).
But I met Clancy before we left.
4,594
posted on
05/26/2006 9:28:32 AM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
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To: Corin Stormhands
Cool :~D He reminds me, in appearance, of my friend Bob. I think it's the sunglasses and the big smile.
To: HairOfTheDog
I used to live a much more interesting life.
That said, I got a call from a campaign office yesterday (one I may have mentioned before) saying "can you volunteer?"
I said "Not right now."
So, there's that.
4,596
posted on
05/26/2006 9:33:22 AM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
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To: Corin Stormhands
What kind of a tank, I wonder?
4,597
posted on
05/26/2006 9:55:56 AM PDT
by
Sam Cree
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To: Sam Cree
A big 'un.
(embarrassed to say I don't know/remember)
4,598
posted on
05/26/2006 9:58:41 AM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
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To: Sam Cree
When I was in Israel, we went by a park where they had three tanks that had been captured in Lebanon (I think). They were painted primary colors and the kids were playin' on 'em.
4,599
posted on
05/26/2006 10:01:03 AM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
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To: Corin Stormhands
4,600
posted on
05/26/2006 10:01:13 AM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
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