Wednesday, April 09, 2014

Passage of the Day

"Leonora looked at the doll, her body rigid, her hands clenched. Then, with what sounded like a growl which rose in pitch from deep in her throat into her mouth and became a dreadful animal howl, she lifted it out of the box, turned and hurled it at the huge marble fireplace. It hit a carved pillar and there was a crack as it fell, one large piece and a few shards broken from the head to leave a jagged hollow, so that in his shock Edward wondered crazily if brains and blood might spill out and spread over the hearth tiles."

-- From Dolly, by Susan Hill

1 Comments:

Blogger drh said...

Nathan, this is Dan Heidel of Jen-and-Dan fame.

Thanks for your posts, brother. (Forgive me - i can't decide whether you're a "brother" or a "brotha" kind of guy, but i've taken to using one or the other... helps me overcome my innate introvertedness.)

anyway, thanks for your posts. love seein' what's new from the mind of nathan buck.

I've made a determined effort to get back to writing lately and whenever i feel a lull - a slump, i just check out your page. there is an energy in it that is -facilitative?, -enabling? (erg, no!), -nurturing... yes, nurturing in a creatively nurtritional kind of way.

anyway, i'm on the night shift (last week and this coming week), so we decided i'd just keep the graveyard schedule through the weekend. so far tonight, i've responded to two children with their child-sized needs. (Often, I find myself feeling only half-way competent at work, so at least tonight I've got the gift of being able to pour a glass of water or re-situate a coughing baby.)

anyway, thanks for keeping the page up. (also, i think she wrote you a card back [maybe??], but Jen loved the little gift!)

now, back to keeping the night watch...

more to come, man...

26.4.14  

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