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The Hobbit Hole XVII - A new road or a secret gate...
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Posted on 11/03/2004 6:16:42 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!
A new road or a secret gate...
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! |
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: RosieCotton
Hah! Me too. Also that thing makes it to much work to try to cosplay as him... need a 6pack that I don't have. :P
To: TalonDJ
Heh...considering how most of the anime chicks dress...I'd never be able to do cosplay even if I wanted to. Not without a heck of a lot of work, in any case.
2,542
posted on
11/19/2004 6:14:30 AM PST
by
RosieCotton
(He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. - GKC)
To: TalonDJ
And I wouldn't anyway.
I'd say that's the kinda outfit it's OK to fake a bit. ;-)
2,543
posted on
11/19/2004 6:14:58 AM PST
by
RosieCotton
(He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. - GKC)
To: g'nad; 2Jedismom; RosieCotton; All
Aacck!
Ear aches are no fun. Jr's had more than his fair share of 'em. And likely had trouble for years before we caught on.
He was in speech therapy before he started school. Therapist told us to get his hearing checked. She had noticed that he was basically reading her lips. When she covered her mouth, he could no longer say the word.
Got him tested. Found out he was hearing a normal speaking voice like a whisper. That was the first round of tubes.
2,544
posted on
11/19/2004 6:19:26 AM PST
by
Corin Stormhands
(All I want for Christmas is a red Swingline stapler...)
To: Corin Stormhands
Yikes! That's pretty scary stuff...
I guess we got lucky - no one with chronic ear problems in my family. I knew other families where at least one kid had ear ache after ear ache all through their childhood. Ugh.
2,545
posted on
11/19/2004 6:28:01 AM PST
by
RosieCotton
(He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. - GKC)
To: Corin Stormhands
mrsnad, thegirl, and thenewboy is still asleep... me and theboy are up... jest finished a HUGH ham and cheese egg scramble...
thegirl has only had one or two ear infections, and theboys have had one each... we feel blessed by that...
Therapist told us to get his hearing checked.
good on her... the rapist was on theball that time... thatsagoodthing...
2,546
posted on
11/19/2004 6:40:05 AM PST
by
g'nad
To: g'nad
good on her... the rapist was on theball that time... thatsagoodthing... Yeah, we had a good amount of parental guilt fer a while tho. All that time we thought he wasn't listening, he couldn't hear us.
We'd written it off to obstinance.
2,547
posted on
11/19/2004 6:43:51 AM PST
by
Corin Stormhands
(All I want for Christmas is a red Swingline stapler...)
To: JenB
Rather than going back through pages and pages of My Comments...
Can you post the link to your story index again? I have it bookmarked at home, but forgot to do so here.
2,548
posted on
11/19/2004 7:01:18 AM PST
by
RosieCotton
(He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. - GKC)
To: RosieCotton
Good morning! I'm so glad it's Friday. Tonight, I party. Rest of the weekend... well... I'll try not to just work, at least.
The link is here. I need to update again... I've got a few more chapters...
2,549
posted on
11/19/2004 7:06:15 AM PST
by
JenB
To: JenB
Cool! Thanks. I'm hoping to get in a little reading time today.
I'm realizing I only have another week to get my character engaged...
Heh...maybe I won't run out of things to say before 50k after all. I hope.
2,550
posted on
11/19/2004 7:08:39 AM PST
by
RosieCotton
(He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. - GKC)
To: RosieCotton
That's good. My characters are stubbornly refusing to tell me what happens next, so it's kind of a struggle right now to stay on track.
2,551
posted on
11/19/2004 7:16:04 AM PST
by
JenB
To: g'nad
Bless her little heart!! Hope the doc gave her something GOOD for the ear pain. Tell her we're real proud of her holding up for the performance!
Hope thenewboy is feeling better too!
2,552
posted on
11/19/2004 7:18:25 AM PST
by
SuziQ
(W STILL the President)
To: JenB
Funny how hard they are to control, isn't it?
Sometimes I feel like I'm just hangin' on to the keyboard for dear life while they go careening wildly...
Heck, my main guy (the original, anyway) turned into an unsociable, condescending creep about ten thousand words in, and my character is now falling for someone who's his polar opposite.
I have no idea how this will end. My outline only worked for the first week or so.
2,553
posted on
11/19/2004 7:21:50 AM PST
by
RosieCotton
(He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. - GKC)
To: RosieCotton
I didn't bother with an outline because as hard as I tried, I couldn't figure out the muddle in the middle. Beginning, I knew, and the end more or less, but getting there is hard. I've just had a couple bad chapters that won't go anywhere. Sigh.
2,554
posted on
11/19/2004 7:26:02 AM PST
by
JenB
To: JenB
I hate the middle...I usually have a good beginning idea and a good ending idea with a few scenes in the middle like islands...but wading between 'em is something I'm NOT good at yet.
2,555
posted on
11/19/2004 7:29:20 AM PST
by
RosieCotton
(He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. - GKC)
To: RosieCotton
Nope, me either.
Ok, I managed to transition into what should be an easier scene, then I can tie off this chapter (tonight) and figure out what to do next. Clueless, though...
2,556
posted on
11/19/2004 7:35:28 AM PST
by
JenB
To: 300winmag
Hi! Maybe you can help!
I "adopted" through a friend a Colorado NG unit that was over in Iraq. I saved new magazines that guys would like (cars, outdoors, hunting, dogs, guns, etc.) and sent them off to her and she got them to the unit.
I still have a ton of magazines and the unit rotated home! Do you know anybody who wants a bunch of Car & Driver, American Hunter, Hiking, Hunting Retriever, etc. etc.?
2,557
posted on
11/19/2004 8:08:05 AM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
To: Alkhin; JenB
FWIW, I homeschooled my son while we were looking for a special needs private school for him. We ran about 4 months. He did great.
The big selling point for him was that once we got through our work he could do what he liked! So much time in school is wasted in class changes, taking roll, and other BS, so we were always through by noon (even earlier if we started with the chickens). As far as hanging with his friends, he has Scouts, martial arts, church youth group, and horseback riding for that.
Since he has multiple learning disabilities, we felt he would do better in a school with a focus on that. And he's doing great, it's a tiny school, there are only 5 kids in his class. He'll be moving on next year to one of three private high schools in the area that deal with "learning differences" as they are calling them now.
But the home schooling was a good experience for us both. In fact, he didn't want to stop!
2,558
posted on
11/19/2004 8:16:45 AM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
To: SuziQ
Plz see post 2557 . . . know anybody who can use 'em?
2,559
posted on
11/19/2004 8:21:33 AM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
To: AnAmericanMother; 2Jedismom
2,560
posted on
11/19/2004 8:33:01 AM PST
by
Corin Stormhands
(All I want for Christmas is a red Swingline stapler...)
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