A #Hobbit #Hunt

Away from our books, our studies,
I think beer was the prize,
A Hobbit Hunt in the woods,
I had a good head start.
 
I heard them laughing,
as I lay under the leaves,
But I was found too quickly,
then it was time to leave.
 
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November 26, 2023
A Hobbit Hunt
 
During our freshman year at UNH in 1978, my friends called me Hobbit,
Because I was the shortest of our group and because I had
A certain amount of hair on the top of my feet (smile).
Someone suggested a Hobbit Hunt in College Woods.
I hid pretty well behind a log under leaves.
It took John Labonte a while to find me.
 
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Poetry, college, friends, Hobbit, Hobbit Hunt, College Woods, UNH, University of New Hampshire, tag, fun, memories, smile,
 
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Knowing the beans well - v2

 Knowing the beans well - v2

walking the store, trying to find the one item

knowing the core products, the seasonal aisle

thinking about the birth dates of the smokers

the preferences, the regular things

that fill their carts, their baskets

seeing the world through the lenses

closeup or landscape, different visions

detail and context, clarity and ambiguity

the little things that matter day to day

cost-accounting in a fund accounting world

knowing the beans well, on a first name basis

the multiple uses of each space, each room,

remembering numbers, dates, relationships

hidden patterns, parts and piece, little factors

compartmentalized, focused, burdening the equation

the cost of the whole enterprise

making the ledgers balance

beans lined end to end…

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edited March 21, 2021

March 20, 2021

Knowing the beans well

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/knowing-beans-well.html

poem, poetry, cost accounting, fund accounting, University of New Hampshire, indirect cost, indirect cost proposal, CASB, GASB, OMB, OMB Circular A-21, money, overhead, burdening, money,

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Poems, photographs, & videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020&2021. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Knowing the beans well

Knowing the beans well

cost-accounting in a fund accounting world

knowing the beans well, on a first name basis

the multiple uses of each space, each room,

remembering numbers, dates, relationships

hidden patterns, parts and piece, little factors

compartmentalized, focused, burdening the equation

the cost of the whole enterprise

making the ledgers balance

beans lined end to end…

---------------

March 20, 2021

Knowing the beans well

poem, poetry, cost accounting, fund accounting, University of New Hampshire, indirect cost, indirect cost proposal, CASB, GASB, OMB, OMB Circular A-21, money, overhead, burdening, money,

#poem #poetry #costaccounting #fundaccounting #UniversityofNewHampshire #indirectcost #indirectcostproposal #CASB #GASB #OMB #OMBCircularA21 #money #overhead #burdening #numbers

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Alma Mater

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Thompson Hall

It was a moment of fate
a convergence of events
that gave me an opportunity
chance to capture
spark in a bottle
moment of time
rich cool color
frozen now
but momentary then
volcanic ash,
lights lit and unlit
framing of the shot
long shutter speed
a tripod and cable release
gave me the presence
to see it
preserve it

July 20, 2006 19:36
Photo of Thompson Hall, UNH, Durham - December 8, 1984 5:08, 25 second exposure

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Thompson Hall, UNH, Durham, NH

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Tubas

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Underwater Start

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Sean Matile - March 6, 1999 - at moment UNH won Hockey East Regular Season Championship

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Thompson Hall - December 1984

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