| 单词 | thatch |
| 例句 | Up the sides of the valley grew thick stands of thatching grass. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Well, this village was no Winterfell, but those thatched roofs promised warmth and shelter and maybe even food, if they were bold enough to risk them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z DRACO: I can see why—look at the thatched roofs. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Nhamo made her way to a stand of thatching grass to fetch more bedding. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z One roof was bright red tile, but the others were grayish brown thatch or tile. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The light dimmed and cooled as he moved under the overhanging thatch of palm fronds and into the long, three-sided shed. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z One had a piece of burning thatch in his hand and was carrying it from home to home. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z She lashed the reeds down and covered them with bundles of thatching grass, using many overlapping layers tied in place with mupfuti twine. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Down a hollow, round the bend, I came across a thatched cottage made of sooty bricks and crooked timber. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The wind howled through the thatch on the roof. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z At the point where they touched the thatched ceiling, they became a line of ants. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Oily smoke hung above us like a net, drooping under the thatched roof. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the homes in the village looked the same, with smooth clay walls, thatched roofs, dirt paths, and large stone thresholds. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z “My family was hiding under the thatch on the roof when the bandits robbed our house, and we saw this one take off his mask.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The players had set a ladder on the uppermost landing of the outside stairs, and several of them were now on the roof, beating at the smouldering thatch with their capes. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The ephemeral bloom of a sego lily peeks from the toe of a ninety-foot stone arch, and canyon wrens call back and forth in plaintive tones from a thatch of scrub oak. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good thing we caught you two in time,” Haskel said, his brown eyes bright and cheerful beneath a thatch of curls. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Wooden stalls contained under a thatched roof stretched for several yards in every direction, full of the temple’s varying livestock. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Next she covered the platform with a thick layer of thatching grass. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Monomatapa’s people went on in their timeless way, farming, hunting and thatching their round huts when the season of long grass was upon them. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Covering the poles were hides and rags and in some places patches of straw thatch. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Unlike me, his stands straight up from his head, an unruly thatch. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Ugwu could feel the heat of the bright afternoon sun even under the thatch awning. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The building was to be one of the biggest on the island, made with bricks and wood instead of clay and thatch. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z There they found an inn at the edge of town, its thatch pulled down over its eyes of windows wherein could be seen a smoky light from the fire. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The houses were small, made of white stucco and dark wooden beams and thick thatched roofs. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The roof thatch that remained was worn to shreds, full of gaping holes. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Shanties built out of every imaginable scrap of waste—roofs of coconut thatch or gunnysacks, walls cobbled together from metal signs, wooden crates, or even cardboard taped over with plastic sheets—lined the narrow streets. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The little hut with its sparsely thatched roof sagged at one comer. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He saw a mussed thatch of black hair. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Our house had a roof made of dried, thatched grasses and three rooms—a kitchen and two small rooms where we slept and, during the long rainy season, where we played. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond those, ringed by bare dirt, stands a pretty cottage with a thatched roof and stucco walls. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A broad, slow-moving river wound through rich grassland in the middle distance, and at the foot of the long slope, among copses of small trees and rows of vegetables, stood a village of thatched houses. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z When we began to see the thatched roofs, we crawled until we were closer to the village, to be able to look at what was going on. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The kitchen is nothing but a long table, with no chairs or benches, and under a thatched roof with no walls. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Up out of the swirling, silvery mass rose a little old man revolving slowly in the Pensieve, silver as a ghost but much more solid, with a thatch of hair that completely covered his eyes. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Water dripped down from the thatched eaves above. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I listened to the pounding rain on the thatch and the quiet drips that leaked through, and only then did I think of Father. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the treetops the spire of the village church could be seen, and thatched cottages began to appear at the road’s edge. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z It was a hamlet, the same thatched roofs, the same smell of burnt bamboo. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A hut dominated the exhibit, its walls wooden poles lashed together under a peaked thatch roof. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “They say you thatched your roof and now you must not run out of your house if it rains.’ The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Another man whipped a torch round and round his head and then lofted it toward the thatched roof of the stables. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z From afar, they were no larger than flies as they wheeled and flapped above the thatched roofs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Blood had matted the great thatch of fur on his head, and one ear, half severed, hung down beside his face. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When I neared the far side of the field, an ancient woman emerged from a thatched hut to watch me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z A kraal was a homestead and usually included a simple fenced-in enclosure for animals, fields for growing crops, and one or more thatched huts. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I stuck my long-handled brush in the bucket and made a few grudging passes at the thatch, then paused and looked out over the plain of red-tiled roofs below me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Thick clumps of yellow and deep pink flowers fringed the edge of the small dwelling with its hand-hewn beams and thatched roof. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z They went along the lane, until they saw the thatched roofs of a large house and farm-buildings peeping out among the trees ahead. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The icy thatched roof made a sizzling sound, and she realized it was already beginning to flame. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Yolanda pulls up at a cantina, its thatched roof held up by several posts, its floor poured cement, and in its very center, a lone picnic table over which a swarm of flies hover. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It wasn't the same brutal wind that had ripped the roof thatch and swirled the snow. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The thatched roofs steam in the morning air. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z What else but this fever could commute my father’s ghost crying, “Jezebel!” into a curl of blue smoke drifting out through a small, bright hole in the thatch? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She saw a roof go up, flames licking at the belly of the night with hot orange tongues as the thatch caught. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The thatched crèche was inside the altar rail. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Dug deep into the coral ten yards back from the beach, roofed with coconut palm logs and concealed under a thatch of leaves, 300 Japanese had waited out the storm. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Eight days ago, Jeanne lay in her bed of straw, staring through the smoke hole in her thatched roof. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The kitchen was made of earthen bricks as the house was, great squares of earth dug from their own fields, and thatched with straw from their own wheat. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z He brings food for the table, and dung for the thatch. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z A thin thatch roof kept out most rain. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Late one afternoon, driving along a dirt road between thatch huts, Ellsberg saw fear on the faces of the villagers. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He was as tall and thin as his master was short and round, with a thatch of close-cropped ginger hair on top of a face that was so pale it was almost paper white. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z All morning Mary Anne chattered away about how quaint the place was, how she loved the thatched roofs and naked children, the wonderful simplicity of village life. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Long fingers, a thatch of thinning hair beneath his cap. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z We bundle the reeds to make thatched roofs. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Before them was a hole in the thatch. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z All of the homes had been burned, their roofs of thatch and walls of reeds consumed by the fire. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The oldest kind were, indeed, no more than built imitations of smials, thatched with dry grass or straw, or roofed with turves, and having walls somewhat bulged. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The two heads bent over the parchment together, Brother Luke’s tonsured, Robin’s dark and thickly thatched. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z They were under the thatch awning of the veranda, on a wood bench placed against the wall. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The lamp on Kevin’s side of the bed went on and I could see him beardless now, but with his thatch of gray hair uncut. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z There are creepy little things that get into the thatch of the roof, monkey squirrels or something, that you only notice at night. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The thatched roof nestled over the small square house like a mushroom cap. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The smell hit them when the wind shifted, just as they were approaching the first buildings, small huts made of logs with thatched roofs. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z So many weeks we spent cutting trees, splitting clapboard, tying thatch, making wattle and daub. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Other people came and went through the darkness where I lay under thatch, sheltered in my cave of dreams and rain. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Rain spattered his skin, coming in cold where palm thatching was already tearing away under the increasing battery of the winds. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Of the stables, made of wood and thatch, nothing remained but ashes, embers, and dead horses. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As the delicious smell of meat cooking drifted through the air, everybody worked together, and soon we had a small house with mud walls and a thatched roof and a garden for vegetables nearby. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Coconut thatching, some of it still part of the old palm lightning had destroyed, as I could tell from the colour. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z There were about twenty thatch huts along the dirt road. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Next time they gathered under the shade of the thatch, I went out there, carrying my week-old prize. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The wide-open building that serves as church and school was built of concrete-block pillars holding up a roof of palm thatch and billowy clouds of scarlet bougainvillea. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, when outer walls are to be finished, thatched, the size must change, and as though given new orders by telephone, all the workers shift the search to the new twigs. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as if nothing had ever been but rain, and the water pitilessly found every hole in the thatched roof to come in, dripping onto the already damp floor. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The bird, now gold so close to the sun, would come to rest on the thatch of a hut, which, until the bird’s two feet touched it, was camouflaged as part of the mountainside. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The haven, where the townfolk would shelter in times of trouble, was even larger, low and long and built of stone, with a thatched roof. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The family hung the prizes in their luak, a round Dinka cattle pen with a thatched roof. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Discouraged, I looked into the sky through a tiny hole in the thatched roof, trying not to think about my feet. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z In a long and desperate day of travel, they penetrated fifty miles away from the Congo River, and finally, toward evening, they came to a row of round, thatched African houses. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She could see the sunlight through the open door of the little thatched hut she slept in, Mary’s house. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z When I followed their gaze, I saw a thick cloud of grey smoke rising from the thatch, to become lost in the darker grey of the sky. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Pedrito had put some cane chairs and hammocks under a thatched roof, a place for workers to rest or take a siesta during the hot pan of the day. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z These men were appearing in films shown in the local theater, which was really just a thatch hut with wooden benches, a small television, and a VCR. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Another bend, and another, always reaching, and always Brian’s eyes sought the still form, the thatched top of the raft. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z The overseer’s hut was built some distance away from the quarry—a small affair with thatched roof and pressed-fibre walls. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The thatch had been ripped from some, where others stood there was now only a heap of mud with their owners’ possessions studding them in a kind of pitiless decoration. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your father said you are to stay fifteen minutes,” Kevin said, as he parked on the roadside, near Papa-Nnukwu’s thatch- enclosed compound. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Ahead she could see the thatched roofs of the homes of her people, smoky cooking fires, and a chicken or two, scratching in the dirt. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I dropped the comb and began tearing apart the thatch of hair with my fingers. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z She could see thatched roofs just beyond the hedge. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The squad might be ordered to set the thatched huts on fire, destroying them. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Every house was roofed with thatch, and had walls of wattle and daub. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Two old women were at work on one of the burned- away roofs, beating thatch against the earth to clear it of bugs before twining it to the roof timbers. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z As he lay there on his hard bed, bits of thatch and grit fell onto him from the ceiling and mingled with his sweat. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She began to plan all sorts of refinements: upper platforms to store food, a rope ladder, a barrier of thornbushes, a thatched roof to keep out rain. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Kit leaned her bare elbows back on the prickly thatch. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z For generations, while his people were preparing to go to university, my people were crowded into thatched huts singing, “Two times two is four. Three times two is six. La la la la la.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It began to rain then, a gentle pattering on the thatch above them. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z "Why does the thatch ha' to be made white?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Every house has only a single square room and a thatched roof, under which might dwell the likes of Robinson Crusoe. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We sit silently, listening to the rain on the thatched roof, a numb, damp, fatalistic feeling among us. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It skittered across the thatch and plummeted to the yard three storeys below. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z La Chaumiere is not, however, a thatched cottage, but a prosaic, dowdy building like other Toronto buildings. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The thatching was evenly trimmed, the walls freshly plastered, the ground smooth without the print of a foot. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The thatch roof and cracked unpainted walls bothered Ugwu, but not as much as the cavernous pit latrine in the outhouse with a rusting zinc sheet drawn across it to keep flies out. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The woman was overjoyed at the sight of so much thatching grass and she immediately began to cut it down with her sickle. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Large families lived in small, crude lean-tos with dirt floors and roofs made of banana bark thatch, often patched with rags to stop leaks during the rainy season. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z This mud hut, nothing but mud and thatch, was my home. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z A thatched roof had been layered with mud to keep the inside as dry as possible. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I was scared when the wind blew, shaking the thatched roofs, and I felt as if I were out of my body wandering somewhere. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z It was larger than most, made of sturdy wood and bamboo, with thick thatch made from palm leaves making up the roof. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Our house is also mud, thatch, cement, and flowering vines. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The women listened to the wind as it roared in the chimneys, to the ripping sounds of torn thatch, and to the whimpering of frightened children. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z As they moved through the village, Ellsberg watched a young marine hold the flame of his cigarette lighter to the thatch roof of a hut. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He just stood there, chewing on thatching, as Anya stomped up and yanked it out of his mouth. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z With cement roofs for their thatched houses, and geysers for their parents’ bathrooms. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My eyes followed the brown dusty path that continued down the hill to the thick forest, through which I caught a glimpse of the thatched and tin roofs of the village. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Vincent gets to work immediately, and the next day has already done a study of “old thatched roofs with a field of peas in flower and some wheat in the foreground, hilly background.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I got to business, arranging some thatch that had fallen from a ruined hut and laying clothes over it to make a sort of mattress. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z There was a large residential area filled with the people’s thatched homes. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The flames on the thatched roofs waved us off as they danced with the afternoon breeze, swaying as if in agony. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Pressing in on the crowded, narrow streets were looming walls of close-built buildings, structures two, sometimes three, stories high, with slate, not thatch, roofs. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z She could make animal snares and lash together tools or thatching grass. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When the priest had built his first school, it had only a thatched roof, and classes that couldn’t fit inside were held under a mango tree. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Most of the models simply outlined walls, fences, and doors with loose stones, but some were elaborate constructions complete with plastic model cars, toy animals, and thatch roofs. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z As they reached the thatched cottage that would be her new home, Amari thrilled at the sight. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The lords torched the thatched milling room and then threw their great mugs into the flames. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Our house here is mud and thatch, plenty large, with two rooms and a kitchen shed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Along the way, they passed mud houses with thatched roofs and fields dotted with bundles of wheat. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Now there is nothing left for the thatching, unless we use a rupee or two from the ten that remain in the granary. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z An unruly thatch of brown hair corkscrewed across his forehead. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Estraven’s smile was an ugly split in a peeling, cracked brown mask, thatched with black fur and set with two flecks of black rock. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Some of the houses were very old and some quite new, but they were all built in much the same way out of wood and clay and thatch. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z They were a poor folk, fishers and frog-hunters who lived in houses of thatch and woven reeds on floating islands hidden in the deeps of the swamp. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Fire!” someone shouts, and I look to see orange flames leap from one thatched roof to another. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He had a mouth full of the thatching she had carefully woven out of branches for one wall. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z She would sit on the veranda and look up at the thatch roof and say, “Do you remember, Ugwu, how we used to throw away soup with meat after only a day?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z We work hard together, Captain Smith always working the hardest, with some felling trees, some splitting wood for clapboard, some cutting reeds for thatch. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He was seeking other consolations in one of the thatched huts around our rancho. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When that was done, it was time for our hut to be thatched. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the gathering blue dusk Jaime glimpsed fresh thatch upon a score of rooft, and doors made of raw green wood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was gold, and it was the thatch of the bridge across the Gjaller River, across which all who die must travel. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Uncle Leang and his wife have six children, so with the nine of us it makes seventeen under one thatched roof.Their house would not be called a house by city peoples standards. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A thatch of black hair, he told himself, brown eyes. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He admires the colorful houses, the thatched roofs, and finds both the village and the countryside “gravely beautiful.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Blackbird Pond had been swallowed up, and Hannah’s house, had it still been standing there, would have been flooded up to its thatched roof. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I can imagine the silk texture of that cool air, the smell of Congolese earth curling its toes under a thatch of dead grass. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Within moments it was little more than a heap of thatch, wattle, and clay. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z We ended up there in the throng under the thatched roof and I almost screamed when I realized the hand I held was not my mother’s but a thick brown claw, a stranger! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Mohamed, my best friend, couldn’t come because he and his father were renovating their thatched- roof kitchen that day. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Now through the grey fog bloomed a blur of red, as the Kargs set fire to the thatch of a house. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Above and below the church were our dwelling places, some forty cottages and huts of wattle and daub, thatch and wood, dirt and mud, all in varying shades of brown. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Now it was slowly falling apart, but Nhamo could still lounge under the thatched roof and enjoy an afternoon breeze. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z "A fishing village, just a little place, north along the shore. Twenty-six thatch roofs and one slate, I counted. I saw part of a wagon. Someone's there." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z One house in particular, a small rounded hut made of rough logs and covered with thatch, stood very close to the road. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z A woman who used to go out to cut grass for thatching once came across a place where there was a great deal of grass. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Above these was a small balcony backed by a curtain and, above that, a thatched roof which covered the rear half of the stage. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Hold-Your-Nose Billy pushed aside a low branch, revealing a rickety timbered hut with a moldy thatched roof. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z The wasi was sturdy, built of tightly stacked stones with a thick thatched roof, but it could not protect us from the creeping fingers of the cold night air. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I was able at last to thatch our hut again, substantially, with two or three bindings of leaves. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “The next job is some new thatch for that roof. Some spots there’s not enough to make a decent mouse’s nest.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Nails were popping off tin roofs, and they flew, landing on nearby thatched roofs, increasing the wrath of the fire. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Nhamo found nothing alarming in the dirt around the thatching grass. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The stitched patterns of light through thatch when morning entered the darkness where we slept, I against one wall, he against the other. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Oomen grinned, his thatch of coarse white hair flat against his wide forehead. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I knew the ceremony wouldn’t go well as the Paqo and I laid out our rush mats in his favored spot, one of the many small stone guesthouses covered with thatch. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The roof was thatched, the walls were wooden. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The hut had no windows, but a few glimmers of light had shone through the gaps between the thatch and the top of the wall. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “We must thatch our roof before the night,” I said. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z We set the thatched roofs on fire and left, taking the prisoners with us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The teenager was shoving the torch at the thatched roof now, because all the wall was doing was smoking. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Beyond the pool was a little low house of stone roofed with deep and ancient thatch. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Mr. Bromios rubbed his chin and ran a hand through his thatch of black curls. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Mechtild’s small house with its thatched roof huddled at the edge of the woods. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But my small delight vanished when we arrived to find that our morning's task was to whitewash the roof thatch. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z He slurped the thatching back into his mouth without looking away from her. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The smell drifted up the slope with the breeze; heaps and pools of green-black-brown-white dung lay among the broken beams, the scattered thatch. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She parked in front of her grandfather’s house, near the thatch fence. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She’d fallen off a ladder trying to thatch their roof with yellow rice straw and had broken her back. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Like the sunshine on the day that I sat on the new thatch with Nat. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He ran his hands over his messy thatch as if wanting to make sure that Esther's efforts had been in vain. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Taran followed the ancient man out of the forge, across the chicken run, and into the white, thatched cottage. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “Thank goodness! Nhamo, cut some thatching grass. We need it for bedding.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Just beyond it, in the opposite direction, is a thatched hut surrounded by a white fence. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He and Jakob kept their faces pressed to the window, fascinated by the thatched roofs of the simple country cottages and the sight of farmers plowing with horses. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Outside the walls of the fort, small houses with roofs of thatch dotted the landscape, huddled close together as if for protection. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He runs into his thatched hut, fills a cup, and gives it to Enrique. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z On the more remote Arashi Beach, which is away from hotels, there are free thatched huts to sit under. You’ve decided to visit a Caribbean island — but which one? Here’s our island-by-island guide. 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Both theater buffs, the two girls were captivated by the 30-minute tour with its gritty details about inaccessible bathrooms, thatched roofs and rudimentary special effects. A Mother-Daughter Test: London, Together 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z We should allow room in our hearts — and gardens — for ramblers, and you don’t need a thatched, low-eaved cottage to get the effect. Why every garden deserves a rambling rose 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z Beautifully constructed out of local hardwood and roofed with traditional palm frond thatching, each of the lodge’s 12 private “bungalows” is equipped with its own espresso maker, hot tub, wood-burning stove and outdoor terrace. In Far-Flung Myanmar, a Land of Contradictions 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Moments later our thatch hut collapses like a technicolor circus tent. Ayahuasca, meditation and activism: On cultivating the mindful politics of love 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z There are also culturally significant canoe plants in and outside the Conservatory — like palms, used for thatching, and taro, a foodstuff — brought by Polynesian settlers roughly 1,500 years ago. O’Keeffe’s Paradise, Lost and Found 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Beach and dunes stretch infinitely in both directions, broken periodically by a river mouth or low forest and free of infrastructure save for the occasional thatch fishermen's hut. Along Brazil’s northeast coast, a kitesurfin’ safari 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z The thatch itself is made from bundles of water reed, sent from Hungary. How to thatch a roof 2010-05-14T23:38:00Z “These are the sorts of amazing things you can do here,” she said while drinking a mango shake at Food Art Hut, an open-air restaurant under a thatched roof hung with tie-dyed lanterns. ‘Old Thailand’ Found on Sleepy Islands 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z The local scene goes into full swing at the weekly Sunday Sessions under the soaring thatched roofs at loungey Beach Republic, whose brunch, seafood barbecue and sunset D.J.’s are quickly becoming famous. The 41 Places to Go in 2011 2011-01-07T21:03:56Z Take a break from the birds and walk along a mile-and-a-half nature trail through a tropical hardwood hammock with the largest populations of thatch palms in the United States. Migrating birds of prey draw visitors to the Florida Keys 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Among the features they added were masonry based on a Josef Albers fireplace and a thatched roof, inspired by Anni’s textiles, whose sloping surfaces collect rainwater, a precious commodity in the arid climate. Toshiko Mori Designs a Cultural Center in Senegal 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Thurman is a natural at intoning amid the wispy thatches of underscoring, and she sometimes tries to inject some attitude into the dry libretto. A Day of Divas 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z Over this go chickpeas boiled with garlic and finally, a thatch of golden fried onions. This Queens Food Cart Has a Way With Liver 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z More typical was a one-room thatched cottage with a mud floor at the Folk Park, representing the home of a fictional family of poor farm laborers, eight children and their parents. Northern Ireland’s lake lands: Rain, history and the Mellons 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z A woman directed me to a pretty brick home with a thatched roof and an old carriage wheel for a window, where Isabel Casco recently decided to establish a little general store and serve meals. Frugal Traveler Blog: Opening Up Paraguay’s Landlocked Guairá Region 2013-04-30T17:10:13Z Mr. Hulka documented farms, cemeteries, markets, mines, thatched cottages, shingled churches and beehives, as well as peasants of various ethnic groups and religions. Rudolf Hulka Photos Show Europe and North Africa in the 1920s 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z I ask Glen Holloway whether the thatching trade is finally in decline. How to thatch a roof 2010-05-14T23:38:00Z This season, there are outdoor movement classes on those grounds and massages available in open-air thatched huts. Five Places to Visit on the Athens Riviera 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z We made our way to a soft white sand beach, and sure enough, the thatched umbrellas were marked “Reserved for Tousserok guests only.” On Mauritius With a Non-Jet-Set Wallet 2010-04-03T03:02:00Z Mr. Badurdeen’s signature version arrives with a molten thatch of Cheddar and mozzarella, a relatively recent innovation in Colombo, Sri Lanka’s cosmopolitan capital, perhaps most beloved in the starkest hours of night. Caffé Lanka, an Outpost of Island Cooking in the Bronx 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Possessing a torrential force, they are not so much covered with thatches of thrashing, tensile lines as bursting with them, as with live, barely controlled wires. Art in Review: MARK GROTJAHN: ?Nine Faces? 2011-05-12T21:00:18Z His thatch of brown hair was spiked and shellacked, his ample, exposed biceps tanned a blood-orange. The Man Who Made Working Out Cool 2011-04-27T23:27:25Z Our plan is to cycle 10 miles west, to my uncle and aunt’s thatched cottage, for a family dinner. ‘Kadian Journal’: A father tries to survive the loss of his son, 14 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z Eat its zestily prepared chicken, pork or fish with roasted breadfruit under a thatched umbrella alongside locals. Five affordable destinations for a do-it-yourself wellness vacation 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z We slept under roofs thatched with sago palm, kunai grass, bamboo, banana and pandanus leaves. Explorer: In Papua New Guinea, Trek on a Trail of War 2010-10-22T19:48:00Z Slaves branded with owners’ monograms lived in thatched huts and scouted for trees. Antiques: Mahogany’s History in Slavery in the Caribbean 2012-08-23T22:00:55Z Buried away on what seems like a back road but is in fact Main Street in the village of Murcott, the restaurant is housed in a 15th-century building under a steeply pitched thatched roof. 36 Hours in Oxford, England 2012-05-31T14:10:43Z Working with a team of local partners, Mr. Corbin built 30 rooms with coral stone walls and palm thatch roofs. 1,000 Islands, 2 Worlds 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z A chili rub provides the beef with a nice kick; a thatch of fat yuca fries offers pleasing balance. Ruta del Vino, previewed: All the makings of a D.C. neighborhood smash 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z The development will be complete in a few years, Leaper noted, and its final mix of 2,700 homes is to include some cottages with thatched roofs, adding even more styles to the historical mix. The Town That Charles Built 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z Across the parking lot, a second bar, this one entirely open to the sky, is all sand, thatched umbrellas, table tennis and bocce, and raised surfaces begging to be danced on. Check In, Check Out: Hotel Review: Ruschmeyer’s in Montauk, N.Y. 2012-08-22T18:30:02Z In the Middle Ages, cottages were constructed from mud and horsehair, and thatched with reeds. Perspective | An added virtue of habitat gardens: They’re pleasing to humans, too 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z He built a 1910s brick paper mill with a thatched roof that the museum has restored. James Jebusa Shannon’s Portraits Rescued From Obscurity 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z There are 40 rondavel-style villas — essentially westernized versions of African huts — with environmentally friendly rammed earth walls, as well as design features like thatched roofs, raw wood furnishings and cowhide rugs. Overnighter: Moganshan, China, a Lofty Retreat from Sweltering Shanghai 2012-04-13T17:32:13Z Inside their thatched huts, Ginger and her marooned fellow travelers tried to recreate “all the modern suburban comforts,” Mr. Monaghan noted, partly as a way of managing the unpalatable, of “pushing everything down.” Up Close: Tale of a Fateful Trip 2011-04-13T20:14:54Z Rembrandt pictures himself in soft focus and three-quarter profile, his eyes darkly shadowed under a thatch of wild and woolly hair. Art Review: ?Rembrandt and Degas? at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 2012-02-23T15:55:08Z Fruit bats flew about, and a yellowish snake, an Amazon tree boa, hunted them from the thatched roof of an outbuilding. On a Colombian Savanna, Hawks, Caimans and So Many Stars 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z The construction of the marine safari camp incorporated 3-D sand printing, along with traditional weaving, thatching and textile work. 5 New Standout Safari Camps 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z “I lived in a hut with a thatched roof for two years,” says Stephen, 36. Top bunk for $30 a day: Life inside one of Airbnb’s modern boardinghouses 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Be sure to throw in a thatch of fat french fries, rousing with their smoky aioli. Jose Garces’s Rural Society starts strong After a laborious trip, we were hoping for a warm welcome when we reached the terraced group of thatched homes, called honai by the indigenous Dani people. In Indonesia, Many Islands and Many Faces 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z The house was a palapa, the roof made of thatched palm. Memories of Mexico 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Sometimes Holloway strips the thatch right off and lays new timbers. How to thatch a roof 2010-05-14T23:38:00Z The diaries contain a black-and-white drawing based on one of his sketches of a thatch hut on wooden stilts with a longboat on shore. In Cambodia, Along the Path to Something Profound 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z Topped with a thatch of wavy gray hair, Kaiser is wearing a plaid Joseph Banks suit, a $12 Casio watch and scuffed shoes in serious need of a shine. A billionaire’s quirky quest to create a mecca for Bob Dylan fans. In Tulsa, Oklahoma. 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z Describing the local environment, he wrote: "The houses are all mud-sand and palm thatch, the water is from one communal well and, of course, there is no electricity." Infected nurse airlifted from Ebola zone speaks of joy at seeing patients recover 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z I can see what he means; after an hour gazing close-up, a sea of thatch dances in front of my eyes. How to thatch a roof 2010-05-14T23:38:00Z When Aaron Kelly, 16, the youngest contestant, appeared onstage with his hair moussed into a choppy Tintin thatch, she said, “Are you trying to do your hair like mine now?” Television: Ellen DeGeneres, ?American Idol? and the Power of Niceness 2010-04-04T02:34:00Z The open-air restaurant sits under a thatched roof inside the pavilion-style main lodge with commanding views of the Coral Sea. Down under, mother and daughter learn to see each other in a different light 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z The thatch roof of the temple of Osun is held up by carved pillars resembling totem poles, and the walls are painted with geometric patterns. In Sacred Grove in Nigeria, Worship and Connection 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z The separate territories of Cameroon and Togo were given a joint pavilion whose architects drew on Cameroon’s Bamoun-Bamileke cultures for a wood structure with a tall thatched dome. Simone Leigh, in the World 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Sidney Sinclair, the driver who delivered the bricks, had already been questioned by police at the thatched cottage near Cambridge where he lived with his wife, Daisy. Murder at Wrotham Hill by Diana Souhami – review 2012-11-23T22:55:04Z Most particularly the former bedroom of Mr. Kraft’s son Nicholas, 28, which was decorated to look like Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room, as the attraction is officially called, with bamboo walls and a thatched ceiling. For a Major Disney Collector, It’s the Magic Hour 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z As bioluminescence roiled around my ankles, I waded toward a white sand shore fringed with palms to where several thatched villas set in foliage awaited, and the travails of the long odyssey effortlessly evanesced. Favorite Place: Sharing Paradise With the Barracuda 2012-09-07T17:12:11Z Freshly baked scones are just emerging from the oven in a thatch roof country cottage bordering the woods, while linen-scented laundry dries peacefully on a clothesline in the yard. Escape Into Cottagecore, Calming Ethos for Our Febrile Moment 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z But also, still the dutiful eldest son of a thatched farmstead in rural County Derry, Northern Ireland, who lugged the boxes to the library himself. ‘Listen Now Again’ Is a Tasting Menu of Seamus Heaney’s Poetry 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z The houses are simple, mostly thatched, surrounded by carefully swept yards. Timor-Leste: what it's like to travel in a land without tourists 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z As we approached, staff members stood on the edge of the bar next to the thatched dining room, playing guitars and singing a Fijian song. Frugal Traveler Blog: Fiji for the Rest of Us 2012-05-01T20:26:09Z On paper, he's so much the alpha male that, as one interviewer put it: "One expects to find antler stubs under his thatch of suspiciously too-black hair." Oliver Stone 2010-07-17T23:00:00Z Shrimp and grits is pleasant if a little busy, with tomatoes, kale and a thatch of fried leeks. To discover what comes out of Rusty Holman’s big smoker, head Due South 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Plastic is usually a sign of machine intervention, but even the thatches of common plastic straws — clear and black — in two recent dresses by Gareth Pugh are hand-cut and attached individually. Review: At the Costume Institute, Couture Meets Technology 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z He also lovingly sketched Ukraine’s rural thatched huts, monasteries, forts, wooden chapels and synagogues, and harbors full of schooners. Antiques: Current Events Imperil Ukrainian Museum Show 2014-04-24T21:32:44Z The simple concert is rounded out with sweetly fresh coleslaw, herby tartar sauce and a thatch of hand-cut fries, an ensemble cast assembled from good ingredients guided by a light hand in the kitchen. Review | The Tavern at Ivy City Smokehouse review: ‘If it swims, we have it’ 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z Even at Magganari, the large picturesque double beach in the south of the island, with sunbeds and thatched umbrellas, we find few people. Finding peace on Ios, the Greek party island 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z Or dried shrimp and roasted peanuts sweating their salts under a thatch of shredded green papaya, a salad that cleanses and burns at once. At Pata Cafe, Few Ingredients but a Mélange of Thai Flavors 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z A slight man with a thatch of coppery hair and facial scruff, Mr. Beniamin was assigned female at birth. In Venice, a Young Boatman Steers a Course of His Own 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z "What's special with a building like this is the quality of its construction ... There's a thatched roof, brushwood ... so it's a very original, pretty building, but at the same time it's very fragile." Paris's 222-year-old zoo calls for help to restore historic building 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z She was an ideal mascot for the camp, a few thatch huts on the edge of jungle. Explorer: An Aimless Sailing Trip Off Palawan in the Philippines 2012-03-09T23:12:36Z Grime has been around for a decade, but still alienates people who say things like "when it comes to thatched roofs, he can do things with combed water reed that'll send shivers down your spine." This week's new tracks with Elis James 2012-08-03T23:05:28Z Photograph: Simon Kane A gaunt and arthritic king totters on stage, his head a thatch of matted white hair – then, grinning, he springs up like a jack-in-the-box and whisks off the wig. King Lear – review 2012-05-23T16:13:48Z It isn't uncommon to catch the entire family at work, heaving shoots of wood from the forest to their thatched, lakeside lodge. Visit the Quebecois Beaver 2010-08-12T16:40:00Z Seven thatched stone huts represent a croft, or typical farming community of Scotland. Exploring Scotland’s majestic Isle of Skye 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Our bungalow was over a mangrove lagoon, but a minute's walk revealed a perfect crescent of white sand dotted with comfy banquettes shaded by thatched umbrellas. Billy Connolly: 'I hate going on holiday' 2013-01-26T09:00:00Z The hike down started out quite pleasantly — mostly a decline on wide paths, past a mix of thatched and tin-roofed houses and neatly tended sweet potato patches. In Papua, Indonesia, a Visit to the Welcoming Dani People 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Mixing feathers with pigment and powdered graphite, the artist makes dark voids varied by their thickly thatched surfaces. Review | In the galleries: Ghostly presences at the Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z And hasn’t the cliché image persisted of a watch collector as a retiree with a snowy thatch pursuing a kooky niche hobby, something between arm-knitting and making duct-tape art? For Luxury Watch Buyers, One Just Isn’t Enough 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z The old couple who own Poonachi, in “The Story of a Goat,” are poor villagers living in a thatched shed. How Perumal Murugan Was Resurrected Through Writing 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Virginia’s Lost History “LET me get up out of here,” said Captain Red, rheumy, slow moving, a snowy thatch belying the nickname of his youth. Virginia’s Lost History 2012-11-22T18:48:32Z He sounded ancient, Methuselah with a swell thatch of hair. Philip Baker Hall is your favorite actor whose name you can’t quite place 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z “I never intended to do anything with these,” Jarmusch, whose thatch of chalk white hair and blackout shades are still a familiar presence on the downtown scene, said in an interview this summer. Jim Jarmusch’s Collages Are Ready for Their Close-Up 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Six women raise their hands, flashing thick thatches of unshorn underarm hair. Perspective | For today’s feminist writers, sex makes a comeback 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z It consisted of three hut-like structures built of clay with thatched roofs — inspired by imbas, “kitchen houses” in rural Zimbabwe, where valuables are kept and meetings held. Simone Leigh, in the World 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Last year, a model of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, thatched huts and a replica of a downed helicopter marked the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. Trump, Clinton haunt U.S. Halloween display 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z A thatch of fried wonton chips rides shotgun. Hula Girl captures the look and feel of Hawaii, if not always the flavor 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z Magical historian Bathilda Bagshot may still leave her door unlocked, but with a trendy farmer’s market round the corner who knows what her thatched cottage might now be worth? 6 Things You Can Only Learn From Seeing the 'Harry Potter' Play 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z At night, you sleep in some of the tallest treehouses in the world — thatched, open-air observatories surrounded by panoramic views of the forest and a symphony of birds. Treehouses on top of the world: Zip-lining to lodgings in Laos 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Perhaps most interesting, above her head is a little thatch of dried grass or straw and some yellow paint. Art Review: Rauschenberg, Before Fame Struck 2014-05-08T20:35:43Z Here, dressed entirely in black and topped with a springy thatch of salt-and-pepper hair, he performs portraits of the people he knew in adolescence. Review: Recalling an Electric New York in ‘Radicals in Miniature’ 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z The thatched roof was held up by branches, and a cot was hidden in the back. A Stroll by the Casbah in Northern Morocco 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Or to put it in thatching lingo, Holloway creates a "block pattern ridge" using "cross pattern spar work". How to thatch a roof 2010-05-14T23:38:00Z Her thatch of white hair had many counterparts in the audience, but this is not a gathering just of old timers. Bill Condry's legacy lives on at Festival of Nature Writing 2010-10-22T15:07:00Z The price was light, too — 150 rand for a dorm bed in a rondavel, a modernized thatched roof structure. Frugal Traveler: D.I.Y. Africa 2014-03-28T17:21:42Z The images include new towers with Islamic curlicues, public toilets, thatched waterfront huts and pipe junctions, and demonstrate how architecture is used and experienced. Wolfgang Tillmans Takes Pictures of Modern Life, Backlit by the Past 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z He is nostalgic and wistful, and his verse settles on the immutability of country lanes and thatched inns and of High Church Anglicanism. St. Pancras International was London’s Valentine to Europe 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Most of its low-slung houses lining the stone-walled, earthen lanes have landscaped courtyards, thatched roofs and sliding windows covered with hanji, a fibrous paper made from mulberry bark and used in many traditional houses. Exploring ‘The Land of Morning Calm’ 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z A cannon, fired as a special effect in June 1613, struck the Globe's thatched roof and destroyed the playhouse. 2010-02-15T17:28:00Z Several of its buildings were classified as historic monuments in 1993, including the thatched building that is home to the Przewalski's horses. Paris's 222-year-old zoo calls for help to restore historic building 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z The back patio, under a cover of thatched bamboo, draws a young crowd on the weekends. Overnighter: In Kutna Hora, Near Prague, Contemporary Art Amid Medieval Charm 2010-11-15T18:15:00Z Seeing the work of her architect Pierpaolo Martiradonna and his team, what struck Leigh was the rich fullness: the shagginess of the thatch, the forest effect of the wood poles. Simone Leigh, in the World 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Spars are used to staple the thatch into place. How to thatch a roof 2010-05-14T23:38:00Z He’s been sent to Faha to stay with his grandparents in their dark, thatched house. Review | ‘This Is Happiness’ is an unforgettable trip to a lost Irish village 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Stone and timber rooms have thatched roofs, private decks and lush gardens. Jamaica, Beyond the Beach 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z His looks, other than high cheekbones and a thatch of dark curls, were a blur to me. How My Worst Date Ever Became My Best 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Frankie, a tomboyish middle-schooler with a thatch of asymmetrical curls, is freakishly articulate and prone to delivering lectures on identity politics. “Better Things,” Pamela Adlon’s Unlikely Ode to Single Motherhood 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z The crusts are light but crisp, with traditional recipes like margherita and more inventive concepts, like mozzarella with balsamic glaze, and another with a thatch of shredded zucchini on top. A New Spot for Basque Dishes to Go Opens in the SoHo 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z He remembers erecting bamboo huts and thatching roofs before joining the nearly 80 families of the village in the fields to thresh rice and sell the grain to pay for the ceremony. Nearly 50 years on, turtles, caterpillars sacrificed in Bali ritual to ensure peace on Earth 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z And next to that, the small and humble Globe Theater, a replica of Shakespeare’s original theater, authentic even down to its thatched roof. Europe, in 9 Walks 2013-04-19T14:51:25Z Equally successful was Rihanna’s homage to Chadwick Boseman in “Lift Me Up,” with her band and backup singers ensconced in designs that resembled thatched roofs and the singer on a movable riser. Best and Worst Moments From the 2023 Oscars 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z No, she says, gesturing toward her roof — more gaps than thatch. Apocalypse then, now, always: the truth about violence in Leer, South Sudan 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z “You see, we got no gates or fences,” Shaun explained when we arrived, sitting us down in the lodge’s dining area, a big thatched hut. A Family Adventure in the Wild Heart of Tanzania 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z Later, the displaced herdsmen built thatched huts around the tall walls of my farm, their cattle roaming and grazing in the dry, treeless fields. The Swimming Pool by Jekwu Anyaegbuna 2013-03-16T09:01:08Z Set on the seafront, among hibiscuses and lime trees, the clinic serves a rural population of around 25,000 who live in the town and the surrounding lush forests and thatched hut villages. 'We have a shower for pain relief': can Haiti's young midwives save a new generation? 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z The smokers are used to flavor more than meat; a delicious case in point is the yogurt that serves as a dip for a thatch of fried okra. America Eats Tavern’s home cooking is back, with barbecue in tow 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Follow dinner with drinks at Tahiti Nui, the best bar on the island, with its thatched walls and divey aloha ambience. 36 Hours in Kauai, Hawaii 2013-12-05T17:25:08Z As the newlyweds proceed through a valley of thatched roofs, a Moctezuma impersonator festoons himself in palm leaves while acrobats brave the upside-down “palo volador” swing and dancers gyrate in riotous native dress. How Colonial Artisans Dazzled the New World 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z The Kulala Desert Lodge, a collection of thatched dwellings set in the middle of a vast plain surrounded by mountains, makes an ideal vantage point. | Let’s Get Lost 2014-03-07T23:00:48Z We are welcomed inside traditional thatched dwellings perched at dizzying heights above the valley, adorned with simple Catholic shrines. Cape Verde gets its moment in the sun 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Plus, she was clad last night in partial tribute to David Bowie, sporting a fiery thatch of orange hair and a lizard-shiny pants suit with wide flares. The Surreal Achievements of the 2016 Oscars 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z At Selander Bridge Club, fans dance in formation to Kilimanjaro Band’s hypnotic grooves under a massive thatched roof. Cultured Traveler: Where Tanzania Taps Its Feet 2014-02-18T17:38:07Z It is a simple, no-frills place to stay with lizards on the walls, parrots in the courtyard palm trees, and a hammock under a thatched gazebo with books left behind by previous guests. Driving the Seam of Hispaniola 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z "If someone wants to build a complex of 10 houses, in order to get planning permission they'd probably have to do three or four in thatch to blend in," he says. How to thatch a roof 2010-05-14T23:38:00Z See living-architecture.co.uk for more information — and rest assured there won't be a thatched roof, lace curtain or grandfather clock in sight. English Country Goes Rock-'N'-Roll 2011-03-10T12:15:00Z Forests of thatched parasols dotted near-deserted beaches, loungers remained stacked in orderly ranks. Tunisia keen to show tourists that it’s safe to return 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z I plucked a thatch of fragrant wild thyme and returned to the port. Lost in the Odyssey 2011-08-19T18:55:00Z His maternal grandmother, whom I met once, lived in a simple thatched hut, growing maize on a small plot. Adam Lusekelo obituary 2011-04-12T17:17:07Z I built thatched huts on a farm with other kids my age, and later I worked in a bar. The Master’s Joaquin Phoenix on Animal Inspirations, Curb Your Enthusiasm and the Pleasures of Discomfort 2012-09-13T12:00:22Z Every so often, the green of the forest was broken up by stilted thatched houses. Instead of flying to this Peruvian city, she took a slow cruise down the Amazon — on a cargo ship 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Why not like the village houses, with mud and thatch? Arundhati Roy | Gandhi, but with guns | Part One 2010-03-27T09:00:00Z On the opposite wall, the lines cluster into thatches of electric crayon color — seaweed, waves, electricity, brain synapses. Cy Twombly, Redefined by His Drawings 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z That is, of course, until she meets Xavier and falls under the sway of his half-opened plaid shirts and comely thatch of chest hair. No Tomorrow: it's apocalypse swoon in end-of-world romcom 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z After an hour we arrived at Coco Blanco, a football-field-size sand patch with palms and a collection of rudimentary shacks with thatched roofs, bamboo poles for walls and nary a right angle to be found. Explorer: At the End of Eden, Rustic Tranquillity 2013-09-12T16:37:46Z And any meal is richer with a thatch of crisp golden french fries cooked in beef fat and seasoned with rosemary and garlic. B Side in the Mosaic District plays a welcome tune 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z The van driver left us at the bottom of a hill and we hiked along a steep dirt road, passing wooden huts with thatched roofs and laundry hanging over fences. A Vacation With a Purpose: Fighting Trafficking in Thailand 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z In it, she's wearing a white shirt and braces, their crisp elegance at odds with the scruffy thatch of her hair. Patti Smith: how she rocks our world 2012-05-26T23:15:26Z It wasn’t his thatch of thick white hair, trim frame or silky continental drawl that sent my imagination into overdrive, but his outsize gift for spinning tales. Noted Rogue Oleg Cassini’s Estate Finally on the Block 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z This is called dressing and a well-dressed thatched coat is the pride of the trade. How to thatch a roof 2010-05-14T23:38:00Z Social historians are divided about the cause of the sartorial die-off, although an often repeated canard attributes it to President Kennedy and his rarely covered thatch of luxuriant hair. Critic?s Notebook: The Cat in the Hat Comes Back 2011-02-02T21:40:03Z Jade’s grown-up tweak to her mother’s recipe is to add a leafy thatch of cilantro to the raw scallions on top of the chicken, which wilt when they are hit with the steaming sauce. A Fresh, Bright Way to Stir-Fry 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Little Ben, who starts it all off with his mouse, is mouse-like himself, with his thatch of blond hair and expressive nose. Mouse Bird Snake Wolf by David Almond and Dave McKean – review 2013-06-21T17:45:01Z Pavilion at the international show, the American sculptor installed a monumental 24-foot sculpture outside the Palladian-style brick building, which she topped with a thatched raffia roof on wooden columns. US artist Leigh recasts colonial imagery at Venice Biennale 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z During a recent tattooing in his thatched hut, Leni sat cross-legged and used a mallet to tap a stainless steel comb into his subject’s body. Samoans ink painful bond with their motherland 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z Blake had already completed major works such as Songs of Innocence and Experience when he left London with his wife, Catherine, to move into the now Grade II-listed thatched cottage in the village of Felpham. William Blake's cottage up for sale for first time in 85 years 2013-07-17T13:57:44Z Outside, Leigh has invested the entire neo-Palladian pavilion with a temporary thatched roof, in echo of the colonial pavilions of the last century’s world’s fairs. At Venice Biennale, Contemporary Art Sinks or Swims 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z The thatched roof, beachfront restaurant called Le Cam’s, where I met members of Surf Haiti, looked the part of a surfing hub. In Haiti, Tracing a Paradise Lost 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z He rented a rough, clay-walled house with a thatched reed roof. Where Rimbaud Found Peace in Ethiopia 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z With a thatched roof and three sides that face the property’s large pond, it’s notable for the blue-and-white checkered handmade paper that covers a central alcove and sliding doors. The 25 Rooms That Influence the Way We Design 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z In smaller lawns, this can be done by raking out the thatch and incorporating compost or other soil amendments into the soil surface. It’s lawn-fixing season. Here’s how to do it. 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z Endless cross thatching in a bowl of noodles, meat, and cheese, that may or may not hold together when you invert the whole concoction onto a plate. I drink while I do everything else, why wouldn't my cooking benefit if I drink while I do it? 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z A bamboo grid stabilises the rafters of the thatched roof and doubles as a storage rack. Arundhati Roy | Gandhi, but with guns | Part One 2010-03-27T09:00:00Z Photographs show them posing outside the thatched dwellings in loincloths or animal skins, holding spears or ceremonial instruments. Remembering the Racist History of ‘Human Zoos’ 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z Either sandwich is best eaten with a thatch of double-fried french fries. Review | Bar Charley has grown up. Now, you’ll dine as well as you drink. 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Rumpled with a thatch of unruly gray hair, Seamus sat up front, chatting in an Irish lilt and snapping pictures as we passed tattered storefronts, littered lots and street corners populated by young black men. I gave a famous rock star a windshield tour of D.C. — and didn’t know who she was 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z The Tsimané live in thatched huts with no electricity or modern conveniences. Tsimané of the Bolivian Amazon have world's healthiest hearts, says study 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Cheez-Its and pumpkin seeds were used on others as roof thatching, and dried spaghetti made the bars on a red telephone box. All aboard for the Sheraton Gingerbread Village 2011-11-22T05:51:03Z An elegant, diffident figure with a thatch of fair hair and an engagingly lop-sided smile, Astor combined modesty, idealism and astonishing generosity with a steely determination. David Astor: The pioneering editor who loved an underdog 2011-04-02T23:09:52Z The raspy voice, the resigned posture, the world-weary eyes with heavy bags and the thatch of hair that gradually turned white magnified a gravitas that made Mr. Hall’s characters believable, even when audiences knew better. Philip Baker Hall, Character Actor in Roles of Authority, Dies at 90 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z We strolled past cottages with thatched roofs and walls made of honey-colored Cotswold sandstone. In the Cotswolds, a weekend on a farm B&B He’s clean-shaven, sporting gilded designer high tops and a meticulously trimmed thatch of black hair. Robert Downey Jr. hasn’t just made it all the way back, he’s made it all the way to the top We have a thatched roof – no need to spell out the risks there. ‘There was blood on the walls’: what to do when teen parties go wrong 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z When Holloway has finally, and painstakingly, worked his way up to the ridge of the roof he has to pin the thatch down tightly with some spars. How to thatch a roof 2010-05-14T23:38:00Z As the tiled roofs of Addis gave way to thatch, the large windows offered a moving pastoral of Ethiopian life. A Remarkable Rail Journey Into the Horn of Africa’s Past, and Future 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z My husband then, David Compton, was a writer of science fiction and stuff like that – and we lived in a thatched house in Devon, in Fairy Cross near Bideford. Interview: Elizabeth Sigmund, dedicatee of The Bell Jar – Reading group 2013-01-18T17:16:43Z Unlike the thatched layer underneath, the flowers of the top layer face downwards and are trimmed with the shearing hook to create a pretty, wavy design. How to thatch a roof 2010-05-14T23:38:00Z Adding to the height and heft are a thatch of fried onions, melted cheddar cheese and a pepper-ignited horseradish sauce whose inclusion of lemon juice mimics the tang of pickles. Review | At the Riggsby, playfulness — including a ‘pot brownie’ — joins the supper-club vibe 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z Gathering pumpkins, gourds, a thatch of dried corn to tie to the porch or fire escape in celebration of the harvest and this nation’s agrarian past? What to Cook This Weekend 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z That allowed us to carry a very different, Japanese way of working with traditional crafts into the English countryside, where we designed a series of thatched swimming pools. Kathryn Findlay, architect – portrait of the artist 2013-04-02T14:28:56Z I heard approaching footsteps and, seconds later, was staring into the kindly face of a man with pink cheeks and a thatch of silvery white hair. Germany’s Christmas markets take yuletide spirit to another level 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Woven baskets, wicker accents, and thatched ceilings add to the warmth of the space. Mykonos’s Chicest New Beach Club 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z The six-month-old Sardine takes the experience one better: you can watch stalks growing under the stars while seated in a bamboo pavilion with massive thatched eaves handcrafted by artisans from an up-country village. Pack Them In at Sardine Restaurant 2010-03-03T10:00:00Z Before us rose a giant, peaked, open-air pavilion with a thatched roof. One of Guatemala’s most exquisite boutique hotels is owned by Francis Ford Coppola 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z The old thatch has been stripped down to its underwear – a dry and musty, thin petticoat of thatch. How to thatch a roof 2010-05-14T23:38:00Z He also likes mud, thatch and wonky tree trunks. Chiswick House: 2010-06-12T23:04:00Z But as transport links improved and Londoners started moving to the country or buying second homes there, he said, “the cottages started to emerge from scaffolding with new thatched roofs and smart porches.” On England’s Coast, Thomas Hardy Made His World 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z The décor is off-white and beige, with a thatched ceiling and handmade pottery. Temaki Hand Rolls With a Twist in the West Village 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z I hear this is the most “upscale” nudist resort in the world, with it’s full-service spa, fitness center, thatched chickee huts, five pools, eight bars, restaurants and on-site sex shop. Purists v partiers: the battle between two popular nudist resorts 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z He soon bought an unoccupied farmhouse there and renovated it, painstakingly restoring the thatched roof. Few Americans know about this mysterious, remote valley in southern Japan 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z The chapter Pietsch chose to put first contains this radiant catalog of the contents of a field by a highway: An arrow of starlings fired from the windbreak's thatch. Unfinished Business 2011-03-31T11:15:00Z A second pass occurs in the later, dry season to remove what’s known as thatch from the ground. Volunteers wanted: Must love Santa Barbara's great outdoors. And sheep 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z “The same craftiness of the people in Jamaica who make the broad hats from thatch. It was the same pattern. ... She says, ‘They’re glad to see you, girl — they’re glad to know you’re here.’” Black immigrants face more discrimination in the U.S. The source is sometimes surprising 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z “John had gone to Ireland many years before. He took pictures of thatched cottages and these aged people,” said Doyle. The weird and wonderful life of L.A.’s most bizarre celebrity photographer 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z And Margaret Daiton built a brick and tin house to replace her old one, which was made from mud and thatch and leaked every year in the rains. A New Kind of Disaster Aid: Pay People Cash, Before Disaster Strikes 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z Temporary thatched houses could be completely destroyed while standing crops, plantations and roads were expected to face major damage, the IMD said in a statement on Wednesday, adding that railways could also face disruption. Fast approaching cyclone forces evacuation of 75,000 people on India's west coast 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Temporary thatched houses could be completely destroyed while standing crops, plantations and roads were expected to face major damage, the IMD said in a statement, adding that railways could also face disruption. Weather office warns of floods as India, Pakistan brace for cyclone 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z They lived in reed thatch or mud houses and represent the earliest Iron Age settlers in the area so far identified by archaeologists. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z “We want to come according to the law and be welcomed,” said Cuna, whose thatched tent included Colombian women and families hoping to reach Chicago, San Antonio, Philadelphia and Spartanburg, South Carolina. Border crossings are off from last week’s highs as US pins hopes for order on mobile app 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z This strait-laced hamlet of thatched roofs, wine tasting rooms and chocolatiers is obsessed with its image as a charming Danish village. Copenhagen mayor to California's 'Danish Capital': Stop acting homophobic 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z A thatched tent off the driveway that leads to Hariharpur has been the epicentre of the continuing tribal protests for the past year. Adani Group: Chhattisgarh tribes' year-long protest against tycoon's coal mine 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z “It kills the dormant weed seeds and vegetation that you want to get rid of, and it creates a microclimate for earthworms to decompose the thatch and create a nice seed bed.” All about meadowscaping: The low-maintenance ecolawn with ancient allure | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Wood and thatch houses of various sizes radiated out from the central plaza and into the surrounding maize fields. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z If you want to rake thatch, you may need a rake that has sharp and metal tines that can cut and remove the dead grass. Bing’s A.I. Chat Reveals Its Feelings: ‘I Want to Be Alive. 😈’ 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z After making it out of Congo’s war and through tough years living on rations and under tarp and thatched roofs in refugee camps, he had finally made it. He fled Congo’s war and froze on a Buffalo street 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z The footage shows a synagogue, thatched roof buildings and farm wagons in the background. Rare home movies show rural Jewish life before the Holocaust 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z In a sprawl of dilapidated tents and thatched huts around Nanjua, a small town in the southern part of Cabo Delgado province, several hundred families are seeking safety from the violence. Mozambique jihadi violence spreads despite military effort 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z The empire was organized around several urbanized centers with monumental architecture including grand royal palaces, as well as lower-class homes made from stone or mud with thatched roofs. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z As the men mourned, they sat on the embankment under the shade of a thatched awning — a small respite from the day’s oppressive heat. When Cemeteries Are Flooded, Where Do You Bury the Dead? 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z Open-air spaces, perhaps with a few rustic thatched enclosures, were quicker to build than churches that often required decades to complete. Mexican church pre-Hispanic paintings suggest negotiation 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z Three years later the congregation began to meet nearby under a thatched hut. On Colombia’s San Andres, a historic church’s roots run deep 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z Where the water level is slightly lower, thatched roofs creep out from underneath the menacing water. Pakistan appeals to world for flood help amid devastation 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z The Spanish first gave them this name, which means “town” or “village,” because they lived in towns or villages of permanent stone-and-mud buildings with thatched roofs. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, on the Pilgrim settlement part of the museum, thatched roofs on the Colonial homes had been recently repaired, and numerous re-enactors milled about in detailed period outfits. Native Americans urge boycott of ‘tone deaf’ Pilgrim museum 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z They’re picturesque with their thatched roofs, red doors and shutters, but many have been converted into souvenir stores. Now that Madeira is easier to get to, it makes for a great family vacation 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z The police said the people were forced inside three thatched houses that were then set ablaze. Madagascar hunts cattle gang after 32 people killed in fires 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z Visibly moved, several veterans said they remembered South Korea as a nation of dirt roads and thatched huts — a stark contrast to the booming modern economy it has since become. Korean War veterans honor the fallen at Wall of Remembrance dedication 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z A fire was kept lit and was always a danger to the thatched roofs, while its constant smoke affected the inhabitants’ health and eyesight. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z "There is not even a trace," she said of her small thatched hut. Fears of waterborne disease rise in Bangladesh as floods recede 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z The raspy voice, the resigned posture, the world-weary eyes with heavy bags and the thatch of hair that gradually turned white magnified a gravitas that made Hall’s characters believable, even when audiences knew better. This week’s passages 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z “We have to clean this up,” he said, touching the tattered thatched roof. In Cuba, a frantic search for milk Many residents live in wooden houses with thatched palm rooves, while others homes are made of breeze blocks and corrugated iron. The radio station giving indigenous people a voice 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z The effect of the thatching — a discrete work in itself, called “Facade” — is startling and has drawn enormous online attention. Perspective | A great Venice Biennale unfolds, against all the odds 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Just beyond the palm’s thatched trunk, airbrushed on the door of the garage, is a full-color portrait Bracks commissioned of her fallen son. She lost one son to violence. Now she's fighting to keep her other two alive 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z The Guna inhabit only about 50 of the islands, living in a traditional, communal way in thatched huts topped with palm-frond roofs. A bucket-list sailing trip in Panama’s San Blas Islands 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z In it, he is seen emerging shirtless from a small, thatched hut, carrying a rudimentary stone hatchet. Why It’s so Satisfying to Watch a World Built From the Ground Up 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Filmmakers re-creating the South Seas left behind palm leaves and thatched shacks. Staying in these famous SoCal beach cottages isn’t impossible. Here are some tricks 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z There isn’t a tee box, a fairway, a bunker, a thatch of pine straw or a putting surface where the greats haven’t walked. Morikawa not focused on Masters lore as he tries to make it 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Survivors from his expedition described large towns of thatched houses, surrounded by strong palisades and watchtowers. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z My dad grew up very poor in a poor village, and he would tell me about these dirt floors and thatched roofs. ‘After Yang’ director Kogonada on his new sci-fi film, the ‘Pachinko’ adaptation and the imperfection of memory 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z We watch as he demolishes his old, thatched workshop and builds a new one, twice the size. Why It’s so Satisfying to Watch a World Built From the Ground Up 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z The accompanied thatch of fresh thyme is an unintended misdirect that tricks your senses into thinking this is a refreshingly light and herbaceous casserole. The 5 best dishes food critic Tan Vinh ate in Seattle and on the Eastside recently 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Because houses were built of wood with thatched roofs, they were a constant fire hazard. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z A couple narrowly escaped injury when a large tree crashed through their thatched roof during Storm Franklin. Storm Franklin: Couple missed tree that fell into home by minutes 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z When Johnson became prime minister in 2019, some feared he would be hard to satirize because he was already a cartoonish figure, with his thatch of blonde hair, rumpled clothes and blustering manner. Boris Johnson’s mounting trouble is treasure for satirists 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z The man does not explain what he is doing as he frames the structure or as he thatches the roof with palm fronds and vines; in fact, he doesn’t talk at all. Why It’s so Satisfying to Watch a World Built From the Ground Up 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z A thatch of fried yuca strips provides cover for sautéed wild mushrooms and sliced red grapes on a slick of coconut sauce, teasing with cayenne. Review | Tom Sietsema’s 7 favorite places to eat right now 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z He became a full-fledged monk in 1949 and established a Buddhist institute in what was then Saigon, helping build a temple from bamboo and thatch. Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist monk who sought peace and mindfulness, dies at 95 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z The thatched stable, which features Banksy's name and the words "go big or go home" sprayed on it, appeared at the village in secret overnight. Banksy stable at model village could fetch 'seven figures' 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z People who live along the river often build temporary houses of wood and thatch and subsist off small gardens, hunted jungle animals and river fish. The race to defuse Congo’s carbon bomb A group of women sit, grim and silent, outside a thatched hut in a village in the north-eastern Indian state of Nagaland. Nagaland killings: Anger grows after Indian army’s botched ambush 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z The Star Inn, a thatched 14th Century pub in Harome, North Yorkshire, was gutted in the blaze on 24 November. The Star Inn at Harome: Man interviewed by police over fire 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z But for the moment, his 16-year-old brother Paul spends his time chopping up tomatoes and onions at a small thatched stall a few minutes' walk from their home. Covid in Uganda: The man whose children may never return to school 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z Firefighters were called to The Star Inn at Harome, near Helmsley, at about 22:15 GMT on Wednesday, with the thatched roof on fire. The Star Inn at Harome: Michelin-starred restaurant 'reduced to ashes' 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z The protesters breached the National Parliament building and burned the thatched roof of a nearby building, the government said. Australia sending troops, police to Solomons amid unrest 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z As well as looting stores, demonstrators set fire to a thatched roof building on the grounds of the parliament - as it was sitting - and a police station, said the prime minister. Solomon Islands enters 36-hour lockdown after protests turn violent 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z In early August, Rabia sat with her daughters on the mud floor of their current home: a one-room structure with mud walls and a thatched roof. In Afghanistan, climate change drives an uptick in child marriage 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z "It's getting worse and worse," she said under a thatched roof of a temporary shelter. Nicaragua vote: Ortega tightens grip on power in 'pantomime election' 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Speaking on BBC Radio York, Mr Pern said he was called on Wednesday night and told "the thatch was on fire". The Star Inn at Harome: Michelin-starred restaurant 'reduced to ashes' 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z The thatched cottage where poet William Blake wrote the lyrics to the hymn Jerusalem is one of several historic sites at risk of being lost forever. Jerusalem cottage among buildings on 'at risk' register 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z The finds range from pottery and simple stone outlines of thatched pre-Hispanic Maya homes to ceremonial platforms. 100s more archaeological sites found on Mexico train route 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Since then, the ranks of the Yawalapiti have grown from 40 survivors of a measles epidemic in the 1950s to some 300 people today living in large thatched communal houses. WIDER IMAGE-Besieged Amazon tribes grant rare access to Xingu chief’s funeral rites 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Planned recreational amenities at Watersound besides the dog park include a town center with a thatched roof bandshell over a full-size concert stage with a jumbo screen and a dance floor. Building community in an active-adult development before construction begins 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z "It's one of those risks that comes with a thatched property, once it took a grip it didn't really stand a chance." The Star Inn at Harome: Michelin-starred restaurant 'reduced to ashes' 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z Blake's grade II-listed West Sussex cottage is suffering from decay, thatch and masonry problems and joins the at risk list. Jerusalem cottage among buildings on 'at risk' register 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z As a young boy he lived under a thatched roof that could not keep out the wind or rain. China and Evergrande Ascended Together. Now One Is About to Fall. 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Textiles were an explosion of bright yellow against sky blue, with tropic prints featuring thatched cottages against flourishing banana trees, which Meribe said was meant to celebrate a return to more normality. Nigeria-born designer Joy Meribe opens Milan Fashion Week 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z Know that the signature steamed mussels still come in a double pot, with a thatch of crisp fries in a newspaper-lined, copper-colored vase. Review | Tom Sietsema’s 8 favorite places to eat right now 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z First spotted by a visitor, the new work is a model of a thatched stable depicting a small rodent that appears to be standing on a wooden wheel placed by the building. New 'Banksy' artwork appears at Great Yarmouth model village 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z From the rolling hills and thatched roofs of the Cotswolds to the searing heat of Mexico. E3 2021: Forza Horizon 5 - is bigger also better? 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z A landmark on the M3 near the campus, the windmill’s thatched roof and four-bladed sails went up in flames as onlookers watched helplessly. South Africa wildfire burns University of Cape Town, country’s oldest working windmill 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z Inside a dark, mud-floored hut held up by crumbling bricks and a thatched roof, I sat on a straw cot surrounded by chickens. The City Losing Its Children to H.I.V. 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z In describing a new wave of tiki bars, Mustipher notes, “It’s not about thatch and bamboo or dancing girls. It’s about the level of craft and hospitality, the attention to detail.” Reclaiming the Tiki Bar 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z “My village was poor — many homes still with roofs made from thatch,” Courtright said. South Korea returns a San Diegan’s 40-year-old favor with a COVID-19 ‘survival box’ 2020-12-20T05:00:00Z India’s weather office said it expects damage to thatched huts, and that power and communication lines could be affected due to breaking tree branches. Tropical cyclone headed for southern India after causing little damage in Sri Lanka 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z There is also a drawing of a ramshackle thatched cottage that has been established as the original drawing for an etching Constable made in 1797, which is his only surviving etching from that period. Unknown Constables found hidden for 200 years in family scrapbook 2020-11-22T05:00:00Z "Our home was grass thatched, and like many boys I was assigned to herd cattle, as well as selling milk and fish to support my family," he said during his 2015 campaign. Tanzania President John Magufuli: The man who 'banned' coronavirus 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Mayan houses were generally relatively insubstantial, with stone bases topped by thatch and wooden structures of which little remains. Mexico experts find 2,000 ruin sites near Maya train route 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z Images of the Rohingya arrivals show lines of women in masks carrying their possessions in plastic bags, and men huddled on the floor of a thatched roof shelter. Almost 300 Rohingya refugees arrive in Indonesia's Aceh province 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z You want to balance that porky-saltiness with a thatch of fresh and bright herbs and pickled veggies. Food critic Tan Vinh ate at 100 banh mi spots in the Seattle area. Here are his 12 favorites 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Would they have inherited my thatch of hair, our terrible eyesight? Why a generation is choosing to be child-free 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z They traveled in dug-out canoes and stayed with an Indigenous Emberá community, sleeping side by side in a thatched home on stilts. British journalist Jo Tuckman dies in Mexico after illness 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z “The tabernacle! It’s built of thatch and wood and it’s a place of meditation and contemplation, a place appropriate to my roots and how I relate to the world.” 'Every black man have to fight': Buju Banton on prison and liberation 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Many people also invest in infrastructure upgrades, like replacing thatch roofs with iron. How to Get Your Money to Those Who Need It More Than You 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z Indian authorities predicted extensive damage to dwellings with thatched roofs and to electricity poles and communications infrastructure. Cyclone Amphan batters India and Bangladesh, leaving at least 14 dead 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z His mother grew up in Kilkee, while his father grew up in a house with a thatched roof without running water or electricity in Lissycasey. Doctor to Congress and Supreme Court Toils to Sidestep Politics Amid Pandemic 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z The holes permit air to circulate among the roots of the grass, and they help to eliminate thatch, which is a spongy accumulation of dead material that blocks air flow and promotes disease. The Greenkeeper’s Tale - Golf Digest 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z Symonds announced the name on Saturday on Instagram beside a picture of her and the boy - who already has thick hair resembling the blond thatch of his father. Boris Johnson's son named after doctors who 'saved' PM's life 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z His mother bought extra thatch to reinforce their home’s roof, so it wouldn’t leak during the monsoons. The Virus Is Coming to Myanmar, but the Pain Has Already Begun 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z The entrance usually faced the sea, the roof was thatched, and walls and floors were made from split bamboo that allowed breezes to move freely in and out. How Disaster Aid Ravaged an Island People 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z Overcrowded living conditions and fears over immigration status also may impact the tally in the community settled in the 19th century by Seminole Indians who first built thatched roof huts on swampy ground. US census faces challenges counting small, poor Latino towns 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z In the other direction, renters outnumber homeowners living in bungalows and simple two-story houses with thatches of neat front lawns. Inside Pete Buttigieg's South Bend, a city trying to reinvent itself 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z It's one of the poorest countries in the world, and most people live in mud and thatch homes heated by burning wood, coal or dung. Which were the worst blizzards? Here are the deadliest storms in history 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z In the thatched shack where Mr. Naing Lin lives with his mother and younger brother, there is no refrigerator to stock with quarantine provisions, only a pile of sweet potatoes and some cooking oil. The Virus Is Coming to Myanmar, but the Pain Has Already Begun 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z Stagnant puddles, where mosquitoes breed, surround the homes of brick and thatch and line the dirt roads through tea plantations or fields of maize and sugar cane. 3 African countries trying out 1st malaria vaccine in babies 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z His mother, Ellen, grew up in a Tobercurry home with a thatched roof and no indoor plumbing that was smaller than his office, Shea said, recalling a visit he made in the 1970s. NYPD’s new leader: Helping people is at heart of police work 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Firefighters spent the night battling the blaze and crews are still at the scene, stripping thatch from the roof. Thatched cottage destroyed by blaze 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z He ran a business selling bamboo and roof thatching, but someone wrongly accused him of supporting the paramilitary Arsa. Rohingya fury at Aung San Suu Kyi’s genocide denial to world court 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z The Wadsworth brothers say the oldest surviving part of the house — a rear ell — probably dates to 1680 and may be the site of an earlier, perhaps thatched roof house. ‘It’s sad, very, very sad.’ After 350 years and 11 generations, family is auctioning its farmhouse 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z He stayed at a property called Las Cruces, whose house was entirely constructed of wax palm trunks, its roof thatched with their leaves. Stalking the Endangered Wax Palm 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z He led the way down a path to a makeshift thatched hut, where a grizzled middle-aged man clambered out of a hammock and hailed us uncertainly. Blood Gold in the Brazilian Rain Forest 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z The quaint country village, with its cobbled streets and stone, thatched houses astride serene streams and babbling brooks, is a staple of England. Five reasons why Lonely Planet loves England 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z But he has never been conventional or stuffy, and even his scarecrow thatch of blonde hair refuses to conform. ‘The Trumpization of U.K. politics’: Boris Johnson is busting political norms - The Washington Post 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z “Wherever I go, people are like, ‘You made my cow sick, you made my thatch burn,’” she says matter-of-factly, like a sympathetic stranger in the checkout line. Review: With Maura Tierney as the 'Witch,' a 1621 play finds a new voice in 2019 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z But Lurie watches the creatures in awe: “Their eyelids are thatched with the loveliest lashes God ever loomed. They are sturdy from their ears to the soles of their feet,” he says. Téa Obreht’s ‘Inland’ is a magical Western you’ll want to savor with a tall glass of water 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z They separated the women and children outside a thatched dome where camels chewed cud. French troops in Mali anti-jihadist campaign mired in mud and mistrust 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z They were herded into a two-story thatched house with the interior walls removed. The Schoolteacher and the Genocide 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z George, who grew up in a thatch hut in India, fared even better. How the El Paso Shooting Exposes the Rifts in Texas Politics 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z His motorcade drove over hilly, narrow roadways lined by thick, lush tropical forest, palm trees, banana plants and thatched roof huts. Micronesia reaffirms U.S. support while Australia hesitates to join campaign against Iran 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z It can get crowded — the space is smaller than a studio apartment — and the tiki decor consists of bamboo-covered walls and thatch over the bar. Need an island getaway? Grab your Hawaiian shirt and head to a tiki bar. 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z Many then go on to construct traditional mud huts with thatched roofs, and the most vulnerable — including family groups headed by children — receive support to build more substantial homes. Perspective | We care for refugee children in Uganda. It’s really not that hard to do it with decency. 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z His thatch of hair has barely any grey. Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood reflects on sobriety, Mick Jagger's 'superhuman' recovery from heart surgery 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z Outside the van’s tinted windows, people were resting underneath thatched roofs and stilted homes, and inside, Hattingh, the cameraman, was reaching into his bag. The man risking his life to expose the destruction of the tiger Although the components skew sweet, this pizza’s base of olive-oil-enriched ricotta and its thatch of fresh arugula keep them in savory territory. How to nail the ultimate homemade pizza, from crust to toppings Refusing to be cowed by a wave of deadly bombings, the elderly and infirm came in droves from squatter settlements and thatched villages to mark a simple cross on a piece of paper. AP Was There: Black South Africans get the vote 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z Depending on the size of your lawn and the depth of the thatch, you might be able to dethatch yourself without much trouble. For a healthy lawn this year, don’t overlook aeration and dethatching | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z It made you aware of what a tall, fine-looking man he was, stiff black hair that stood up in a dense thatch, thin lenses highlighting his watchful brown eyes. “Lulu” 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z His office is a thatched mud hut decorated with shields and antelope horns. Diagnoses by Horn, Payment in Goats: An African Healer at Work 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z Ifanadiana is dotted with some 1000 villages, with their distinctive houses of mud and thatch, connected by a maze of footpaths, and 14 towns. A prescription for Madagascar’s broken health system: data and a focus on details 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z He had kindly blue eyes with droopy lids and an unruly thatch of sandy-gray hair that fell over his forehead like a country boy’s. Russell Baker, Times Columnist and Celebrated Humorist, Dies at 93 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Run it across the lawn to cut up and loosen the thatch, then just rake up what’s left. For a healthy lawn this year, don’t overlook aeration and dethatching | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z They climb up steps that are slabs of stone and emerge onto a small gravel patch with a thatched roof on bamboo pillars. “Philosophy of the Foot” 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Popular beach resorts were turned into ghost towns, with concrete, wood and debris from thatched bamboo huts strewn along the coast. Tsunami death toll rises as rescue efforts expand along the Indonesia coast 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z Under a gray sky, friends and relatives filed in to Jakelin’s wake in the thatched hut of her grandfather. Guatemalan family mourns 'irreparable loss' of migrant girl at wake 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z Highlights from the 952 buildings and sites given new or upgraded protection also include an elaborate pedestrian subway in London and a thatched cricket pavilion at Uppingham School in Rutland. Bus shelter among listed buildings 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Where there was once thatched cottages and caravans, there is now nothing but fresh air. My childhood will be lost to the sea 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z Under a thatch of graying brown hair, Berry's face still retains a pleasant boyishness. Actor Ken Berry comes full circle in 1986 interview 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z |
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