Ned Hayes's Blog, page 46
May 3, 2015
May 1, 2015
BOOK QUOTE:“On most nights under the winter moon, when we have...
BOOK QUOTE:
“On most nights under the winter moon, when we have made our camp, around us echo faint sounds of that other hidden world – the one of meadow and forest in the night. The melody of whippoorwill, the cry of hunting owl, the scurrying rush of vole and chasing fox. This night, the land is empty. The silence is deep in stark and open heath, the woods carry no sound.”
– from the novel SINFUL FOLK
April 30, 2015
epiphany
“I had the epiphany that laughter was light, and light was laughter, and that this was the secret of the universe.”
- Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch
April 29, 2015
BOOK QUOTE:“Sound carries far here in the trees. Snow slides off...
BOOK QUOTE:
“Sound carries far here in the trees. Snow slides off a heavy oak as some creature shuffles through the woods, and ancient branches snap. Out of the corner of one eye, I see the flash of colored feathers. It is a yellowhammer, black eyes flickering in a hedgerow, tiny breast plumped out in golden livery, streaked with colors rich and brown. It was calling in its winter song:
A little bit of bread and no cheese—
A little bit of bread and no cheese—
Moments later, the bracken flutters and the slight shadow of the bird darts into the woods. Deep in the forest now, I hear a low voice that wends back and forth, whispering in secret.”
— from the novel Sinful Folk
PHOTO: Snowfall (by basheertome) Website
April 28, 2015
Orca’s New Book Bestsellers for the Week
Have a look at what people around town were reading this week.
Nice to see SINFUL FOLK in the list of bestselling books from @orcabooks in Olympia this week!
"Stars, hide your fires; let not light see my black and deep desires."
- William Shakespeare, Macbeth (via wordsnquotes)
April 27, 2015
BOOK QUOTE:“On most nights under the winter moon, when we have...
BOOK QUOTE:
“On most nights under the winter moon, when we have made our camp, around us echo faint sounds of that other hidden world – the one of meadow and forest in the night. The melody of whippoorwill, the cry of hunting owl, the scurrying rush of vole and chasing fox. This night, the land is empty. The silence is deep in stark and open heath, the woods carry no sound.”
– from the novel SINFUL FOLK
April 26, 2015
BOOK QUOTE:“People come to me on waves of memory, but all of...
BOOK QUOTE:
“People come to me on waves of memory, but all of them are ghosts. The sound of a distant ocean covers me with surf, that tide that bears me back eternally into the past, back to the place where I was born. My mother took me out in our little fishing boat, out on the open water of the sea. The thrum and hiss of surf upon the shore behind us, the breaking rhythm never ceasing. My mother waited until we were out of sight of land. She waited to tell me the secret.”
April 25, 2015
Books… books… and more...
Books… books… and more books!
an amazing new bookstore opened up in the mall near me and i went a little overboard
April 24, 2015
BOOK QUOTE:“April comes to us, with her showers sweet. I wake to...
BOOK QUOTE:
“April comes to us, with her showers sweet. I wake to the cries of little birds before the light comes across the heath. They wait all night with open eyes. Now, with the rain at dawn, their voices make melody.” I imagine my mother calling to me, her words echoing across the years. Every night, I slip into the empty winter land of memory.“
— from the novel Sinful Folk, by Ned Hayes
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