Flight: New Novel (Preview)
A new book by author Ned Hayes. ( Coming soon! ) Preview of First Chapter I should have found you twenty years ago. Lost in impossible dreams I burned with impatience, looking for you everywhere. Where were you in those times? "J'aurai du te découvrir il y a vingt...
The October Country
“October Country . . . that country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights linger, and mid-nights stay. That country composed in the main of cellars,...
Poem: New Year (Rosh Hashanah)
Rosh Hashanah - Oct 2-4, 2024 new year. Ned Hayes Rosh Hashanah comes this year on a day of cool wind, a breathtaking portent of winter taking the world, rude lover tossing the sheets away. in autumn the sadness of all things is greatest for now the world was...
The Hobbit (published 87 years ago today!)
J.R.R. Tolkien published his famous novel The Hobbit on September 21st, 1937. That was 87 years ago today. Tolkien's little story was soon seen as destined for greatness. The book won a prize from the NewYork Herald Tribune and was soon nominated for a Carnegie...
RIP: My friend Steve Silberman
Steve Silberman (1957 - 2024) I'm sad today. I'm sad because I just heard that my friend Steve Silberman is gone. I didn't expect him to die. I don't think anyone expects to die. I especially don't expect my friends to go away at all -- I thought Steve would be here...
