Ned Hayes's Blog, page 63
December 23, 2014
BOOK QUOTE:
"Sound carries far here in the trees. Snow slides...
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. Moments later, the bracken flutters and the slight shadow of the bird darts into the woods.”
PHOTO: yuletide-blessings
Neil Gaiman Performs "A Christmas Carol"
Neil Gaiman reads “A Christmas Carol” as Charles Dickens — from Dickens original notes.
Happy Christmas… with books!
Happy Christmas… with books!
December 22, 2014
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."
PHOTO: untitled by Randy P. Martin on Flickr.
I can think of no better Christmas tree than a book Christmas...
I can think of no better Christmas tree than a book Christmas tree.
Clever Christmas tree trend: Trees made of books
Empty your bookshelves, grab a string of old lights, and craft a tree that will make you smile every time you see it.
(via laurajmoss)
BOOK QUOTE
"Cold tears as salty as ocean spray wet my face. I...
BOOK QUOTE
"Cold tears as salty as ocean spray wet my face. I remember the day before she died, 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 rhythm never ceasing. And she taught me something: strange and secret words in a foreign tongue, a lilting singsong cadence to it."
December 21, 2014
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
PHOTO: Super Moon. by (Anthony Beyga)
BOOK QUOTE:
"Stars steam away as a pale sun rises, hot coal...
BOOK QUOTE:
"Stars steam away as a pale sun rises, hot coal dropped in a watery sky. Light seeps across the forest as the reedy shrieks of wood fowl echo in the trees. The path from our village to the King’s Highway is no road at all. To the east, that faint track leads up through the forest until it reaches, finally, the open country and paths that lead to other places. Hob is taking us beyond the bounds of the known world.”
— from the novel SINFUL FOLK
PHOTOS: Foggy forest by Samo Murovec
