“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
Not a nasty, dirty, wet
hole,
filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell,
nor yet a dry,
bare, sandy hole
with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat:
it was a
hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.”
J R R Tolkien
The Hobbit
I used to live in a house where
you could seat 50 comfortably
for a dinner dance
Including orchestra
in the master suite
Now....my house is better suited for a Hobbit
I am learning to adjust to Hobbit-like living
You only keep the things you love
Like the husband, and the odd pet or two
And you find little nooks and crannies
in which to live a larger life
You realize that 7 sets of dishes
may be 6 too many
And that all cosmetics ever made
need not be in your beauty repertoire
You finally decide that your high school physical science notes
will probably never "come in handy"
You do nothing as simple as simplifying
You ...
Hobbitfy
So, until we meet again: