| 单词 | kite |
| 例句 | Sapo untied the string and started to fly the kite again. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Above my head, in the wicked black claws of an elm, a marooned kite rattled convulsively, then was still. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Baba was telling me about the time he’d cut fourteen kites on the same day. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The last time I had felt a rush like this was that day in the winter of 1975, just after I had cut the last kite, when I spotted Baba on our rooftop, clapping, beaming. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The kite seemed to glow and vibrate as if it were alive and breathing in my fathers hands. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I opened my eyes, saw the blue kite spinning wildly like a tire come loose from a speeding car. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z An empty trash can chained to a parking meter banged and rolled from side to side, and its lid, also chained, flipped and flapped in the wind like a kite on a short string. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Their kite shields all bore the same device: a crystal sword shining in the darkness, the ancient badge of those the small- folk called Swords. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Link said, “Have you ever thought about how a kite is held up by nothing?” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she showed me how to pull and tug and guide the kite into the winds. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “The wind blows north," Dad had to shout, “from Normandy, over the Channel, smacks into these cliffs and alley-oop, a thermal updraft! Perfect for kites!" Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z After services whooping kids fill the red-dirt churchyard and fly kites. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He strolled into the room and picked at the pile of clothes and glanced at the kite. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus confused, my mind turned this way and that, like a paper kite dipping to every current of air, unsure of its own meanings. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z But Sohrab was looking at a pair of kites tangling high above the trees. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Instead of cheaply stringing dragonflies by the tail, we could fly expensive kites, the sky splendid in Chinese colors, distracting ghost eyes while the new people sneak in. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I lead him around the long way, away from Shiloh’s pen, and he doesn’t even notice because he’s unwrapping his kite, made of silk or something, which one of his relatives brought him. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “You pathetic fool! Someday you’ll wake up from your little fantasy and learn just how good of a friend he is. Now, has! Enough of this. Give us that kite.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z That was what flying a kite was all about. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel my heart rise like a kite, and I get up and run to the door. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z On the small deck, the boys and I make paper kites and fly them in the wind. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But you won’t appreciate my father’s skill if you think flying a kite—any kind of a kite—is just putting a bunch of paper and sticks up into the air. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She watched A-Fu’s braid fly in the air; as she pulled it down, the cut pieces of her sleeve flapped like the tail of a kite . Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Some hero I had been, fretting about the kite. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z With snow came the kites, once the rulers of Kabul’s winter skies, now timid trespassers in territory claimed by streaking rockets and fighter jets. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z You remember, Amir jan, what a good kite runner Hassan was? The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Amir agha won the tournament and I ran this kite for him. I ran it fairly. This is his kite.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Danny was gazing at a couple of stunt kites with snaky ribbony tails. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I wish I had strong legs to run on the beach with a kite. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Then, after school, he would attach firecrackers to the kite and fly it and blow it up. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z That way if I started floating, the Preacher could have pulled me ’long home like a kite. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “I get to stay here today!” he yells, waving a kite he’s brought with him. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z There was nothing like the thrill when my kite first leaped up out of Mothers hands into the air. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z And when a kite runner had his hands on a kite, no one could take it from him. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Way up in the sky, along with the sea gulls, my kite, tugging up and up to catch the last gold flash of sun. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, thank you. I’ve got kites to fly and fish to fry.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I excused myself and walked over to the kite stand, my shoes squishing on the wet grass. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And the reason for that was the kites. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I put the kite down and walked into his thick hairy arms. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It seemed like a rather flimsy thing to trust your life to, as it was not much better than a big kite. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Remember last summer, when we flew the kite?” said Papa. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “OK. Did they ever tell you about a kid who climbed a utility pole to get his kite back, and he got electrocuted?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The real fun began when a kite was cut. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The blue kite sliced a big purple one and swept twice in big loops. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I took the kite to where Sohrab was standing, still leaning against the garbage pail, arms crossed on his chest. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Over the years, I had seen a lot of guys run kites. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z In a field some kids were flying kites. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Kyle recognized only one of the projected images—a greenish bald guy wearing bifocals and pants cut off at the knees and tugging on a kite string. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z His eyes shifted from the sky to me, to the kite, then back. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z When I think about before I started school, what I remember best is making kites. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Hassan and I stand ankle-deep in untamed grass, I am tugging on the line, the spool spinning in Hassan’s calloused hands, our eyes turned up to the kite in the sky. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z For Alexa and her pearl choker, I offer a tentacled kite caught in an updraft. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I was going to win, and I was going to run that last kite. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I soared downward, but at a controlled angle, like a kite in a dive. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z One time, a bratty Hindi kid whose family had recently moved into the neighborhood told us that in his hometown, kite fighting had strict rules and regulations. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z We strolled along the walkway between the road and the beach, past pushcarts piled high with corn and peanuts and hawkers selling multicolored plastic balls and cricket bats, flimsy kites, toys, dolls, pinwheels. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Everywhere you looked there was something startling: a stuffed squirrel, a kite in the shape of a dragon, a wooden cow with a spear piercing its side. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z I took off running, my sneakers splashing rainwater from puddles, the hand clutching the kite end of the string held high above my head. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Olive sat opposite but was no help; the tiny girl couldn’t pull the oars without pushing herself up into the air, where a stray gust of wind might send her flying away like a kite. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Mrs. Mirabov tightened her hold on both the string and the kite’s tail, and the kite went taut. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z They were coming down all over the place now, the kites, and I was still flying. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z They fastened the page from the Book of Fortune onto Minli’s chopsticks and attached an end of the red cord to the kite. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z I pulled on the string and returned every smile, but my mind was on the blue kite. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I’d stare out the window at the world blurring past, and every so often I’d catch a glimpse of his tail, riding the wind like the end of a kite. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z A few weeks later, the Taliban banned kite fighting. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Elderly men with handkerchiefs full of crusts for the birds, children with their kites and balls, and young couples under the spell of romance took their shifts. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It was so fast, the descent of the kite and the gliding away with the chick grasped in hooked claws, that Olanna thought she might have imagined it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z As soon as I was big enough to hold the string, Mother took me out to the hill near our village where we could fly one of Fathers kites. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Within an hour, the number doubled, and red, blue, and yellow kites glided and spun in the sky. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z In Kabul, fighting kites was a little like going to war. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z As it was, the men had difficulty just getting the weather station door open and needed all their strength to keep Pagliuca from becoming a kind of human kite. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He meant flying kites on the roof of a tenement building, both high on his weed. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I sliced a bright yellow kite with a coiled white tail. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The thought of getting my hands on that kite ... The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He lifted our kite, red with yellow borders, and, just beneath where the central and cross spars met, marked with Saifo’s unmistakable signature. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z At last I see her coming, a red and white shape of cloth, like a kite, walking at the steady pace we’ve all learned to keep. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z At first Mother only let me use Father’s ordinary kites. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, just like that, the green kite was spinning and wheeling out of control. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I remember laughing and running on that beach, trying to keep my kite from falling down out of the sky. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z The whole thing fluttered in the stiff ocean breeze like a giant kite, though the board’s magnets kept it from blowing away. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z A series of quick sidearm jerks and our kite shot up counterclockwise, in a half circle. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Coach Hedge seemed to be making some sort of snare out of kite string, a tennis racket and a hunting knife. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z No one got all that excited about flying a kite. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The chase got pretty fierce; hordes of kite runners swarmed the streets, shoved past each other like those people from Spain I’d read about once, the ones who ran from the bulls. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z See, when something really bad happens, Sapo still likes to fly kites. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “Course I will. Hey! Know how to send a kite telegram?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “There must have been a hundred kites in the sky that day?” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I knew he made kites; but as marvelous as his kites were, he and I could not spend the rest of our lives flying kites. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z How about with this clue: “The sentences are about making and flying a kite.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z No. “How about let’s make a kite?” she said. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Basel and Muhammad made paper rockets and kites. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Then I glanced up and saw a pair of kites, red with long blue tails, soaring in the sky. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But the best thing about flying any of the kites was what it did for Mother. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because today, it’s only going to cost you that blue kite. A fair deal, boys, isn’t it?” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I will have hair that can play in the wind light as a kite. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “I think I saw the boy you described running that way. He had a kite in his hand. A blue one.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A red kite was closing in on me—I’d caught it just in time. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z One day in Cambridge she was playing with her grandchildren, watching them fly a kite. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I began to pull my kite back as people rushed to congratulate me. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z High above, my kite was tilting side to side like a pendulum, making that old paper-bird-flapping-its-wings sound I always associated with winter mornings in Kabul. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But he was also the city’s most famous kite maker, working out of a tiny hovel on Jadeh Maywand, the crowded street south of the muddy banks of the Kabul River. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z So Baba started taking us to Saifo’s to buy our kites. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A gust of wind lifted my kite and I took advantage. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But Mother made sure that I knew at least one important thing about him: He was a maker of the most marvelous kites. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I had abandoned Mr. Sheep Sheep in a field, lost my kite in Dubai, and forgotten Ali Shekari’s hat in an Italian plane. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Minli’s feet seemed to ignore her pleas for slowness; like the kite being pulled in, she was being drawn toward the Old Man of the Moon without delay. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He’d been born and raised in Honolulu but had spent four years of his childhood flying kites and catching crickets in Indonesia. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z A kite swooped down and carried one of them off, a brown-and-white chick. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He had the blue kite in his hands; that was the first thing I saw. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She taught me everything that Father had ever shown her about flying kites. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z It reddened with blood and the kite seller smiled. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I saw a kite flying nearby and tracked it. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I glanced up and saw a pair of kites, red with long blue tails. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z When the breeze blew, the lines would strain taut and some accident of this pull kited the bead and chest upright so that the figure seemed to peer across the brow of the mountain. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Because Hassan stood with his arms wide open, smiling, waiting for the kite. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “I’m letting you keep the kite, Hazara. I’ll let you keep it so it will always remind you of what I’m about to do.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Did you still fly kites and go to the cinema? The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z We loved flying kites but it wasn’t the pot that made the flying adventurous, it was the Gillette blades. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Two happy hearts soared like colored kites in a skyblue sky. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “We can fly a kite up to the Old Man of the Moon,” Minli exclaimed. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Pariah kites dropped into nearby trees, to supervise the supervision of the last rites of the dead elephant. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do we send up signal kites? That would be a good idea, huh? We could fly them from the school balcony.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Within another hour, the number of surviving kites dwindled from maybe fifty to a dozen. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Most were sucked backward like kites on strings, reeled back to the metal hand to watch as the sleigh, spinning slowly, scudded farther and farther out of their reach. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He had a kite, stored in the loft, and perhaps one day he would trade it for a better kite. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z It reminded me of a town where I had lived in Mexico, where boys used to stun birds with slingshots, tie strings to their legs, and, when they revived, fly them tethered like kites. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheets showed brightly colored kites flying in indigo blue skies. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She’d never made anything out of kite string and plastic swords, but it seemed easy, natural. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “There used to be shops here and hotels. Neon lights and restaurants. I used to buy kites from an old man named Saifo. He ran a little kite shop by the old police headquarters.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The yellow kite dangled at the end of it, just above the wet grass. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z At the end of winter, Hassan and Sohrab would hang the kites they had run all winter on the walls of the main hallway. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “The kite! Its background blends into the clouds! Looks like it's just the dragon flying up there! What a beaut you picked! I’ve worked out how to do a double loop!” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z It’s the same feeling I get when Dad and I fly kites at the Cape, as if holding on to the string means that part of me is up there, way too high. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z And may God—if He exists, that is—strike me blind if the kite didn’t just drop into his outstretched arms. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The princesses sat tall and unafraid, Milo held on as tight as he could, and the bug swung crazily, like the tail on a kite. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z In America, Benjamin Franklin famously risked his life by flying a kite in an electrical storm. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It was beautiful, and also a bit melancholy for me to see the pretty kites sputter to the ground. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you do something useful like make a kite, Jeremie?” asked Auntie. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z After another thirty minutes, only four kites remained. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z We didn’t have toys in Dubai, so we made kites out of sticks and butcher paper. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z At least, if I disappoint them, I will please Auntie! m After I started school, Djo, my kite days ended. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z When we bring the kite down later, though, David sees a groundhog, and next thing you know he’s after it—the groundhog zigzagging this way and that, David yelling like crazy. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I gave him my kite and spool, shook his hand. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I jerked the string twice, our usual signal, and Hassan tossed the kite. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z In a blur, Violet passes me, hair sailing behind her like a kite, the sun catching it and turning it gold at the ends. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It was really like a big box kite in some ways. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Will you look at those kites now! We didn't have them when I was a kid!” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I slashed down and the cables snapped like kite string. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z If the kite was the gun, then tar, the glass-coated cutting line, was the bullet in the chamber. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z There was a kid named Barry, who used to build kites in art class. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z At least two dozen kites already hung in the sky, like paper sharks roaming for prey. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The kite zigzagged and quickly took to the sky. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z “But we can’t cut the kite free to go to the moon.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z She would throw off all her cares and become young again, running with me or taking a turn at flying the kite. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z It was downright eerie the way he always got to the spot the kite would land before the kite did, as if he had some sort of inner compass. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Alarmed, he said the kite might get us in trouble with the Mahasreh if it got tangled in their trees. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z That was the thing about kite flying: Your mind drifted with the kite. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And when the winds caught the kite, it shot upward. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Da-A-Fu and the dragon grinned and together they made the borrowed lines into a kite. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to tell him about all the marvelous times I had had flying his kites, but I did not know how. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Playing cards, playing chess, gambling, and kite flying are forbidden. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “I read once that, in Malaysia, they use kites to catch fish,” I said. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Then I saw him looking at me, his kite string tied to a pole. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z They were really only kite string and knotted easily. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Little kids out here playing, flying kites, having life. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Check it out,” Soraya said, and this time she was pointing to a guy selling kites from a stand nearby. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Everyone in the village said he was a master of his craft, and his kites were often treasured by their owners like family heirlooms. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She recognized the open page as the king’s borrowed line — the smoothed- out folds and the holes she had made in it when she had turned it into a kite were still there. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He had told him everything, about what Assef and his friends had done to him, about the kite, about me. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I can’t say who was prouder, my mother or I, when I finally managed to fly Father’s special kites. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Especially when it was time for the kite-flying contests—where the boys would skillfully try to cut their competitors’ kite strings. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And of course, Fathers kites were the most truly balanced and the strongest and yet the most beautiful. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z A single hawk, its wingtips spread like black fingers, kited over the school, and suddenly I saw something: a gift. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z The streets filled with kite fighters, jerking and tugging on their lines, squinting up to the sky, trying to gain position to cut the opponent’s line. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Sentences of astonishing simplicity seemed to me lifeless and drab: ‘The boys ran from the rain... She wanted to sing... The kite rose in the blue.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Ten minutes later, he’d cut another two, sending hordes of kite runners racing after them. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “I’m taking your kite back down to the house, David,” I yell when I see him getting near Shiloh’s pen. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z As the kite rose higher and higher, Minli watched the coil of string in her hand. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Dad hogged the kite spool, so I took another warm jam doughnut. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I gave my kite to the wind, which took it with a hiss, and I thought of Blanca and let out more string. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Out comes a flashlight, one of those small kinds that look sort of like a cigarette lighter, and also a spool of kite string. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z They made kites on the back porch and sold them for a nickel a piece, he and the Patterson boy. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The stem lengthens until the tip hits the platform, like a kite's tail. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The blue kite knew it was in trouble. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And there it was: a bird, hovering on an updraft, as birds liked to do on this side of the ridge, hanging in place like tethered kites. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z They rose into the night sky like kites, billowed, and disappeared. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “My God—what have they done to you, lad? This isn’t a man. It’s a broken kite.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But I felt that since I was now eight and had mastered the hardest of Father’s kites to fly, I was also old enough to get some answers. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Within a minute, my kite was rocketing to the sky. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z As I watched my brothers run up to the roof to launch their kites, I wondered how free I could ever really be. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When the sky cleared of kites and only the final two remained, every kite runner readied himself for the chance to land this prize. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z As he pushed his cart down the narrow street, lively children dressed in gay colors flew toward him like a festival of silk kites. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z She was standing on the edge of Baby Kochamma’s ornamental pond looking up at the kites wheeling in the sky. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Even as the kite climbed upward, becoming the size of a name chop mark, the string continued. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z But he fell with the kite still in his hands. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Some kid in a leftover Halloween mask was flying a skeleton kite intentionally low, buzzing us. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z She was like a pretty kite that floated just above my head. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The kite hadn’t flown—he’d been six years old, and really it wasn’t anything more than a picture of a dragon taped to some Popsicle sticks. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z But it quickly became apparent that Hassan and I were better kite fighters than kite makers. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Little Erasmus, then about three, said, “Grandmama, did your little children have kites?” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z People were flying kites on the other side of the parking lot. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I yank up on the kite string and we both manage to squeeze the slimy purse up through the bars. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Some were packed with multicolored spools of string—like for kites or arts and crafts projects. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Baba would buy us each three identical kites and spools of glass string. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A kite string led from his pursed lips to the handle of a large tin bucket a few feet away. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I said, holding up the kite by the ends of the cross bars. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z One was a sharply climbing swallow kite that was hard to get up, but there was nothing as fast as the swallow once it was up. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z And all the time running, looking up, following my kite or pulling my kite to follow me. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Pinmei felt her thoughts swoop as if caught on the tail of a kite. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z It was very warm for March, and the kite wind blew steadily from the south and turned up the silver undersides of the leaves. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z His gaze flitted between our kite and the green one. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A kite is stuck up in one tree. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Do you want me to run that kite for you?” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I looked up, saw that the direction we were running was opposite to the one the kite was drifting. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Children sailed boats down the fetid gutters and flew kites between the beer hall signs. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Whenever we did frivolous things, we used up energy; we flew high kites. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Taliban is oppressing everyone, with a version of Islam that they’ve cooked up. They’ve banned everything! Music, movies, books, photography, and kite flying. Show me where it says that in the Qur’an. Show me!” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z They faced north, gaping like statues cast in the moment of discovery, until Turtle Wexler, her kite tail of a braid flying behind her, raced her bicycle into the driveway. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z It started early in the morning on the day of the contest and didn’t end until only the winning kite flew in the sky—I remember one year the tournament outlasted daylight. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z In string theories, what were previously thought of as particles are now pictured as waves traveling down the string, like waves on a vibrating kite string. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Mucky clouds lidded the sunrise but today was bags windier and better for kite flying. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I heard footfalls, shouts, an approaching melee of kite runners. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The wind was perfect for kite flying, blowing just hard enough to give some lift, make the sweeps easier. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z In Australia, there are exotic flowers, kite races, and complimentary koala plush toys for any children. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Soon, the cutting started and the first of the defeated kites whirled out of control. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Behind us, kids were scampering, and a melee of screaming kite runners was chasing the loose kite drifting high above the trees. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z To celebrate their regained freedom, my brothers wanted to build a kite. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z But with each defeated kite, hope grew in my heart, like snow collecting on a wall, one flake at a time. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He watches his father raise a kite within minutes into the wind, so high that Gogol must tip his head back in order to see a rippling speck against the sky. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Even at that age, he’d known that if his father had been there, somehow the kite’s failure would have ruined the afternoon. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z And when the last kite was cut, all hell broke loose. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It felt like flying four kites in a strong wind—hard, yes, but not impossible. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The kite was lifting behind my shoulder now, lifting, wheeling, and I ran harder. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I dream that lawla flowers will bloom in the streets of Kabul again and rubab music will play in the samovar houses and kites will fly in the skies. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z One year a neighborhood kid climbed a pine tree for a kite. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z They were all waving and twiddling their wands in unison, and squares of colored paper were flying in every direction like little pink kites. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z There were swallowtail flags snapping on the domes, and the sky was a mosaic of kites. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Never mind that we spent entire winters flying kites, running kites. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z We would buy one pack of those thin blades and glue razors onto the edges of our kites. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Maybe it was because I could see a future that would be cut down just like those kites—simply because I was a girl. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He held the kite high over his head, like an Olympic athlete showing his gold medal. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Sawl-e-nau mubabrak,” the kite seller said, taking the twenty and handing me the kite and a wooden spool of glass tar. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The telegram started sliding up the kite string, against gravity. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Hassan would prop Sohrab on his shoulders and they would go trotting through the streets, running kites, climbing trees where kites had dropped. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I looked like a bird going down for prey or a big kite taking a nosedive. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z They fell from the sky like shooting stars with brilliant, rippling tails, showering the neighborhoods below with prizes for the kite runners. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z For kite runners, the most coveted prize was the last fallen kite of a winter tournament. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Another man called from the States to say he and his children had down like kites in their backyard.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Finally my brothers let me hold the kite string for a moment. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Chances of us flying my kite on the beach at the crack of dawn? Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z We would look up at the sky and see a kite and then maneuver our kites toward it. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Sometimes they attach razor blades to the sides of the kites and in a war of all against all try to cut each other’s strings. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z My eyes kept returning to a blue kite that had been wreaking havoc for the last hour. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I hadn’t flown a kite in a quarter of a century, but suddenly I was twelve again and all the old instincts came rushing back. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z For a while, Hassan and I used to build our own kites. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z There were sounds of sweeping and cleaning out, and a moment later he appeared, his hands full of tops and marbles and old dusty kites and junk collected through the years. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z A half-dozen kites were flying high, speckles of bright yellow, red, and green against the gray sky. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z In some cases this is obvious: a kite won’t help me understand how a bird flies, or a steam engine how a muscle works. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Upstairs curtains at the Black Swan twitched open and I think I glimpsed Isaac Pye in a kite of sunshine, giving us all the evil eye. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The outer was red sandstone, thirty feet high and decorated with animals: snakes slithering, kites flying, fish swimming, intermingled with wolves of the red waste and striped zorses and monstrous elephants. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There were not nearly as many kite tournaments as in the old days—no one felt safe outside for too long—but there were still a few scattered tournaments. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Well, we don’t need to trim the string to make the kite,” Minli said. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Behind him, sitting on piles of scrap and rubble, was the blue kite. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Their dirty blonde hair was frizzled out, like unraveling kite strings dragged through too many hands, but they didn’t seem to be concerned about what they looked like. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He knew about Assef, the kite, the money, the watch with the lightning bolt hands. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I remember the first time we went to fly a kite. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere over those mountains in the west slept the city where my harelipped brother and I had run kites. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Sheet metal whipped overhead, flying like a kite—a roof, a bit of ship, it was impossible to tell. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The green kite drew closer yet, now rising a little above us, unaware of the trap I’d set for it. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The brother, Salim, would be in town with other boys making a kite out of butcher paper, glue, and hand-carved branches. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The green kite hovered directly above us now. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z If I changed my mind and asked for a bigger and fancier kite, Baba would buy it for me—but then he'd buy it for Hassan too. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Young friends, whose string-and-tin-can phone extended from island to island, had to pay out more and more string, as if letting kites go higher and higher. “ Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t really have to get that close or as high, all he had to do was get his kite with its blade edges to brush up against the string of the other kite. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Now we had flying weapons, kites able to cut the strings of other people’s kites in midair. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I was a loose kite in a gentle wind floating with only my will for an anchor. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d be a torn kite stuck in the dead branches of a tree, unable to fly. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Try out this kite over in your meadow,” he says. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I loosened my grip and tugged on the string, dipping and dodging the green kite. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Every kite fighter had an assistant—in my case, Hassan—who held the spool and fed the line. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z We stand out in the meadow flying the kite, and I watch the blue-and-yellow-and-green tail whipping around in the breeze, and I’m thinking about Shiloh’s tail, the way it wags. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember that plane ride because I left my kite behind—it was too big. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Sarai and Feral were ten or eleven when a paper kite appeared with some fog, and they realized he didn’t make the clouds. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I look up and see the clear sky is filled with kites, green, yellow, red, orange. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z By the time the snow melted and the rains of spring swept in, every boy in Kabul bore telltale horizontal gashes on his fingers from a whole winter of fighting kites. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And then Mother would say that she was sure the kite was flying so high that the Jade Emperor, the Lord of Heaven and Earth, could admire my kite from his palace window. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not sure I want to fly a kite today,” I said. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Looped my kite on top of the blue one. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z For at least a few months after the kite tournament, Baba and I immersed ourselves in a sweet illusion, saw each other in a way that we never had before. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z SAT Youths with Asperger's with their friends and families spend the day exploring the riverbank, pastures and woodlands, painting or wood working, flying kites, 9:30 a.m. Community calendar 2011-09-28T21:16:04Z He was the kind of child, Mr. Hirsch writes in “Gabriel,” his new book-length poem, who “could almost fly a kite when there was no wind.” Edward Hirsch’s ‘Gabriel’ and Christian Wiman’s ‘Once in the West’ 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z "I was as high as a kite when I drew that," he laughed. Grohl performs on TV-inspired throne 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z He was spotted flying kites on the banks of the Charles River, eating Chinese food, shopping for clothes. A Miraculous Field Recording: The Guitar Playing of Joseph Spence 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z Hollow, suspended fiberglass forms, often pointed like projectiles, brought to mind kites and rockets, objects that fell between missiles and toys. 10 Galleries to Visit Now on the Lower East Side 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z I started, as all first-timers do, with a small training kite on the beach. Explorer: Kiteboarding in the Dominican Republic 2010-12-04T05:01:00Z Instantly, a jolt was transmitted through the lines that connected the kite to the harness, and I shot across the water. Explorer: Kiteboarding in the Dominican Republic 2010-12-04T05:01:00Z He started by going to flea markets, collecting affordable objects like kites and watches. An Obsessive Collector Who’s Drawn Royalty to Brooklyn 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z Vesuvius in the background and kites in the air.’” Susan Stroman is back, this time waltzing with 'The Beast in the Jungle' 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Overly focused on my kite and surfboard, I inadvertently tack well offshore, and while trying to correct course I lose my board to a breaking wave. An adrenaline-starved adventure traveler looks back at five close calls 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z It will also be a time to fly kites. Spare Times for Children for April 17-22 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z By early afternoon, I’d progressed from dragging myself along the water with the kite, without the board, to being able to launch myself for 50-foot runs. Explorer: Kiteboarding in the Dominican Republic 2010-12-04T05:01:00Z I was drawn here after becoming enamored of kiting downwind in waves — a discipline that entails steering the kite to maintain power while surfing. Along Brazil’s northeast coast, a kitesurfin’ safari 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z “Robin: Bird in the garden, tail of the kite, wind over water, laughter at night.” How 12 authors turned their book dedications into grand romantic gestures 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z He tells his son how his wife was the metaphorical kite, airy, drifting, ephemeral, while he was the line, steadfast, devoted, anchored to the earth. How The Haunting of Hill House conveys the horror of family 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z The kite is “symbolic of freedom,” he wrote, even more so within a prison setting. Ai Weiwei Takes His Work to a Prison 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Most recently, Mixografia created a series of Jacob Hashimoto prints of colorful paper kites and tangled black string against a bamboo backdrop. Innovative printmaker Mixografia to premiere new gallery space 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z They flew paper kites against the open blue sky. The Japanese-American Sculptor Who, Despite Persecution, Made Her Mark 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z Visitors will also enjoy Korean folk tales, traditional treats and games and an opportunity to make crafts like kites, which are flown on the holiday. Spare Times for Children for Feb. 1-7 2013-01-31T23:19:57Z And she’s intent on flying kites in the storm, taking some readings for herself. New Music by Florence and the Machine and Meshell Ndegeocello 2011-11-07T22:33:38Z It’s all knotted up — ghachar ghochar, she says, reaching for a word from her childhood, a word invented by her little brother to describe a snarled kite string. A Great Indian Novel Reaches American Shores 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z What: Fly a kite and watch demonstrations, competitions and battles among rokkaku, six-sided Japanese kites. Cherry blossom season is here. Check out these kid-friendly free events. 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z The white walls are dotted with paintings and, in one corner, a rainbow-coloured kite stands as a small “here be gays” reminder. LGBT retirement home: the end of the rainbow 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z Finally, one remembered: He had seen children flying a kite outside. The best-selling Washington writer you’ve never heard of 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z The cobalt ocean was on our right as we passed several kite surfing lodges on the Dakhla peninsula that cater to a growing number of European visitors. 4,000 Miles, Seven Countries: An African Adventure on Two Wheels 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Robinson Lighthouse Park: Tours of lighthouse by Captain Joe, music by Geordies’ Byre, food and kites for purchase, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Folklife and kites | Weekend Preview 2013-05-22T19:24:51Z Not long afterward, the "dove of peace" was flown, only in this case instead of a bird it was 200 white kites. The Latest: De Lima lights the Olympic cauldron 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z The question is: does Whip manage to do something miraculous despite being as high as a kite or because of it? Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2013-06-01T23:05:15Z The body of the kite features emblems of some 30 countries implicated in “Trace.” Ai Weiwei Takes His Work to a Prison 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z In his later years, the master artist Francisco Toledo, who died Thursday at 79, developed a fondness for making kites. Francisco Toledo Embodied the Activist Soul of Oaxaca 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z “Dragon in Progress”, a 50-metre-long bamboo and silk kite hung from the ceiling, transforms a traditional symbol of Chinese imperial power with quotes from imprisoned or exiled activists including Nelson Mandela, Edward Snowden and Ai. Ai Wei-Wei critical of China at opening of Swiss exhibit 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z It’s always kite season at the coast, but this is the big bonanza. 3 getaways for this weekend, from Long Beach to Portland 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Franklin certainly proposed it in 1750, but there is no reliable documentation of hands-on kite work on his part. What goes on when lightning strikes? 2013-05-25T23:07:12Z “I will never forget the first time I saw the kite hanging far from us in the wind, so far out that our eyes had to search for its position in the sky.” Ai Weiwei Takes His Work to a Prison 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Banks has a pretty high profile, I'd say – but I love him too; the kite scene in The Wasp Factory is etched on my memory. Who are your favourite underrated writers? 2010-08-11T15:34:00Z It consists of thousands of nearly transparent rice paper kites, enveloping viewers and architecture alike in a nearly consuming fog. 8 Outdoor Art Installations in New York to Get Excited About 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z I was high as a kite and making lots of inappropriate jokes with the midwives. Pushed to the limit: six birth stories from around the world 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z He’s said that, after spending five years on the first iteration of the book, which he ultimately discarded, his wife encouraged him: “Just set yourself free. Just be the kite.” How 12 authors turned their book dedications into grand romantic gestures 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z "Go fly a kite" is an old-fashioned brushoff line, or just an idea for good old-fashioned fun on a May Saturday. Go fly a kite (and meet other kite fliers) at Point Robinson 2012-05-16T23:10:10Z Sen finds intimations of deeper meaning by focusing on the day-to-day practicalities of rescuing kites. ‘All That Breathes’ Review: Hope Is the Thing With Feathers 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z The proposal was to use the electrical charge in the thunderclouds to induce a build-up of electricity on a key tied to the kite string. What goes on when lightning strikes? 2013-05-25T23:07:12Z The nonprofit group Engineers Without Borders will demonstrate how it used kite aerial photography, a do-it-yourself method, to survey land in Cambodia to plan the reconstruction of an irrigation system. Weekend Miser: The World Maker Faire in Queens Draws Inventors 2011-09-15T23:11:30Z Those who prefer to shed fears rather than embrace them can put them on kites to banish them to the sky. Spare Times for Children for Oct. 24-30 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z After its premiere in Portland last year, Oregon ArtsWatch critic Bruce Browne praised Curry’s “Persephone”: “Ghostly kites, tree roots morphing into hairdos, and eerily human puppets were stunning, bringing the mythology to life.” Stravinsky’s ‘Persephone’ at Seattle Symphony goes big with puppets, dancers, singers and full orchestra 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Come sunset, the city glows golden, and dozens of kites catch currents from rooftop terraces. Next Stop: Modern Art Puts Mardin, Turkey, in a New Context 2010-08-20T17:51:00Z Early kiteboarders used improvised equipment — homemade kites, water skis, experimental boards hacked together from other sports — with limited safety features, and pieced together the mechanics of riding by trial and crash. Explorer: Kiteboarding in the Dominican Republic 2010-12-04T05:01:00Z At around 4am, high as kites and exhausted from dancing, we all sit down and play charades. My secret life as a high-functioning drug user 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z SAT Bring your kite and fly it or buy one on site, music, food vendors, lighthouse tours, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Community calendar 2012-05-16T23:11:04Z What: The seventh annual festival features kitemakers and kite fliers from around the world. 5 ways to cheer on the cherry blossoms 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Down the beach, a family with a toddler flew a kite with tentaclelike streamers and big eyes like a squid. At La Push, walk wild Washington beaches and commune with native culture 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Hanson also wanted to avoid the kind of watershed events — the Boston Tea Party, Benjamin Franklin's kite experiments — that have become the stuff of folklore. 'Gloria's Cause' looks at the forgotten figures of 1776 2010-11-28T05:01:00Z As the kites recover, they move to cages on the rooftop. ‘All That Breathes’ Review: Hope Is the Thing With Feathers 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z This free event from the Parks Department, a combination hawk watch and kite festival, will invite children to learn about migratory birds from local experts while scouting for the creatures’ return. Spare Times for Children for April 17-22 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Birds are also found in the first room, where avian paper kites are suspended from the ceiling around a big, elaborate Chinese dragon made from smaller kites. '@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz' a powerful meditation on repression 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z Hashimoto uses them to create scores of tiny bamboo kites strung with fishing wire. Jacob Hashimoto's work takes flight at Mixografia 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z To her, he said, “I will be the string to your kite, to keep you from flying away as you soar.” For a Motivational Speaker, It Took Years to Feel Worthy of His Love 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Then fly your new kite on March 31 at the annual kite festival on the Washington Monument grounds, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Botanic Garden celebrates a flower once reserved for royalty 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z Artists will hold workshops to help children create and decorate the kites, and master fliers will demonstrate soaring techniques. Spare Times for Children for Sept. 21-27 2012-09-20T21:20:45Z We sit around all day on the internet; they played with kites. Happy birthday, Gen Z: celebrating with 16-year-olds around the world 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z They nicknamed them “kites” after simple children’s drawings. Going airborne to protect historic sites in Jordan 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Unless you are a person whose activities heavily involve wind — mariner, surfer, kite enthusiast — it is unlikely that you will have considered such nuances of air movement in your daily life. Translation Is Hard Work. Lydia Davis Makes It Thrilling. 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Then a hawk flew overhead, a feathered kite suspended in the updraft off the Pacific. A Lighthouse to Call Your Own 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z I pulled down on the control bar attached to the harness on my waist, and the 20-foot-wide kite emblazoned with a dragon arced across the sky. Explorer: Kiteboarding in the Dominican Republic 2010-12-04T05:01:00Z By the second day of lessons, Power started supervising my rides, with me running downwind, zigzagging my way toward confident control of the kite. Explorer: Kiteboarding in the Dominican Republic 2010-12-04T05:01:00Z It didn't help that mother figure Sue spent most of the first episode high as a kite on dodgy anxiety pills, getting excited that her wee had turned blue. Hollywood Me; Quick Cuts – TV review 2013-06-20T05:59:01Z Altering Perceptions on an Astral Plane Trip In “Enter the Void” the camera soars above the world like a bird, like a kite, like a ghost. | 'Enter the Void': Altering Perceptions on an Astral Plane Trip 2010-09-23T22:38:00Z Naomi, a runaway slave shot dead just after giving birth, tells her story from beyond the grave, and it loops and swirls as gorgeously as a kite’s tail. Book Gift Ideas: Who Needs Wrapping? They’re Already Covered 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z What: This kite exhibition looks at the history and significance of kites before they were a childhood hobby. 5 ways to cheer on the cherry blossoms 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Winter sun is cold and low,mew the kite and crake the crow,bird of flame, bird of shadow,ballad of blood on snow. Carols for Christmas 2010-12-18T00:07:31Z Children bicycle along the main street in Bethany and race to haul kites aloft on the beach. Undiscovered Beaches 2011-06-01T13:20:03.727Z She berates Bina's suitors and fights with her simpering sister, flies kites at the city festival and refuses to be cowed. The Taming of the Shrew – review 2012-05-30T10:51:48Z On weekend runs around Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, I often see dads and their kids flying kites together in the Long Meadow. | The Daily Gift: Haptic Lab’s Sailing Ship Kite 2013-12-07T00:24:25Z “I thought in my head, ‘Good luck to you working with two people who are higher than a kite,’” said Kalodner. ‘Aerosmith had never heard of Run-DMC’: The path to the groundbreaking hit ‘Walk This Way’ 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z Each of the sonatas is echt-Argerich: totally unpredictable from note to note, they fly like the most charming, sensual kite imaginable, ecstatically free and yet still earthed. Classical Playlist: Steve Reich, Mendelssohn, Bach and More 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z “House finches lining their nests with cigarette butts, nests of Bullock’s orioles fashioned from twine, kites decorating their tree platforms with underwear stolen from washing lines.” Helen Macdonald Offers a Bird’s-Eye View of the Natural World 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z I even had the confidence to control the kite with one hand for a few seconds, waving triumphantly to Steffi, who was watching from the beach. Explorer: Kiteboarding in the Dominican Republic 2010-12-04T05:01:00Z The beach and adjacent campground looked like a hybrid of refugee camp and a tailgate party, with a winding caravansary of tarp canopies, trailers, smoking grills, windmills, kites and ancient conversion vans. Explorer: Surfing and ?Roughing It? on Southern California Beaches 2011-07-22T18:59:56Z A few weeks ago I was spending time with some veteran kite fliers at the tulip festival in Mount Vernon. From pterodactyls to flying fighters, kites are more fun than ever 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z In all of the Reys’ Curious George stories, physical peril is a constant: George floods a house, gets carried off by a kite, breaks a leg, crashes on a bike. The Unexpected Profundity of Curious George 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z I was fine as well — in fact, I was utterly content, although I imagined that the winds might blow our little tent into the sky like a kite and drop us into the lake. Seeking refuge in the wild: Hiking in Chilean Patagonia Women perform jumps that fly like low kites from the support of their partner’s arms. Dance Review: American Ballet Theater’s Studio Company Displays Growth 2014-02-09T22:39:56Z “The grandfathers and the grandmothers communicate through the kites,” she said, flanked by two other young women honored at the festival, all donning embroidered clothing and elaborate headdresses. Guatemalans remember their dead with giant kites as Day of the Dead begins 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z Williams had a variety of kites scattered around the demonstration gardens. From pterodactyls to flying fighters, kites are more fun than ever 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Just when you think you’ve seen every trick in the book, someone will make a small design change and a kite will do something no one has ever thought of. From pterodactyls to flying fighters, kites are more fun than ever 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z The point is to dive bomb other kites in sudden attacks. From pterodactyls to flying fighters, kites are more fun than ever 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Aug. 9 Build and fly kites, activities for all ages, 2-6 p.m., August 2014 calendar of events 2014-05-11T04:00:00Z They built kites and model airplanes and, when the mood struck, conceived elaborate practical jokes and, together, found the spirit of relaxation and fun that often eluded them as individuals. Review | What kept Henry Fonda and James Stewart friends for 50 years? 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z After the triumph of his “Year of the Rabbit” in October, expectations soared like a kite on an updraft. Dance Review: New York City Ballet at David H. Koch Theater 2013-02-02T01:32:24Z This happened again on “Sarabande,” when a typically fluid elaboration from Mr. Hersch was followed by a Lovano solo that called to mind a kite wheeling and ducking about in high wind. Music Review: Fred Hersch Trio and Joe Lovano Jam at Village Vanguard 2013-07-26T19:55:54Z There’s a kite, a bark rubbing and a telescope, just to name a few. New books to bust summer boredom While working at Vogue, Didion took a correspondence course in shopping-center theory and fantasized about building her own mall, which would include Chinese restaurants, Mylar kites and “bands of small girls playing tambourine.” ‘Meet Me by the Fountain’ Takes a Tour of the Mall 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z When school ends for the day, boys gather to fly kites made from string and plastic bags over the camp. Haiti survivors 2010-07-10T23:05:00Z Washington and Oregon coastal beaches are premier places for kite fliers. From pterodactyls to flying fighters, kites are more fun than ever 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Tourists were beginning to arrive for a day of kayaking, kite surfing and paddleboarding. Return to Kailua, Hawaii 2011-09-02T18:14:23Z The "dragon-tailed kite" flies and the sun performs another sort of "release," so that "the frost on the pitch is shrinking" in its warmth. Poem of the week: Otterspool Prom by Peter Robinson 2013-02-18T11:19:21Z My dad used to make kites out of newspaper and I thought about doing the same for a mobile. Lynda Benglis Redefined Sculpture in the ’60s. Now, She’s at Her Most Prolific. 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z He added that the island’s trade winds are attracting kite surfers and that a cleaned-up Stone Town, the island’s main center, is now worth a visit. The 41 Places to Go in 2011 2011-01-07T21:03:56Z Dygert jerked the strings and the kite popped into the air, sweeping back and forth over the lawn. From pterodactyls to flying fighters, kites are more fun than ever 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z A shining example of one is Alvin and Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked, in which the ever-chipper rodent musical act is carried off a cruise ship by a kite and end up marooned on a tropical island. Alvin and the Chipmunks, or The Burdens of Parenthood 2011-12-16T11:58:18Z It is also equipped with a kite sail. World’s first green-energy boat prepares for a six-year voyage around the world 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z Toledo flew kites at demonstrations held in the students’ honor, and encouraged others to do the same as long as the 43 remained missing. Francisco Toledo Embodied the Activist Soul of Oaxaca 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z A daytime excursion into the rain forest brings you close to howler monkeys, sloths and snail kites. 10 places to visit during ‘shoulder season,’ the sweet spot between high and low periods 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z This time, however, Poppins floats down holding a battered kite rather than her parrot umbrella but with her signature carpet bag still in hand. Emily Blunt's terrifying moment as the new Mary Poppins 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z For me, her name was every bit as much of a kite mark as the sight of a puffin on a spine. So Much to Tell by Valerie Grove 2010-05-15T23:08:00Z Zucchini’s father, whose likeness decorates the kite, is long gone, and an unfortunate accident soon removes Zucchini’s mother from the picture. Review: ‘My Life as a Zucchini,’ an Oscar Nominee With Depth and Soul 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z It’s deep in the old city, a place of narrow alleys, wandering livestock and tiered rooftops, where residents gather to fly kites and picnic on the festival day. Movie Review: ‘Patang’ (‘The Kite’), Directed by Prashant Bhargava 2012-06-14T23:39:25Z Another is “Day at the Park,” about a robot trying to fly a kite that is nearly dialogue free but for a couple of words and beeps. Seven Comic Books for This Season (and the Next) 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Seattle Chinese Garden Kite Festival: Kite flying for all ages, competitions, displays, fly your own kite or buy one, music and cultural activities, 2-6 p.m. Celebrations of togetherness, food, kites | Community Corner 2013-08-08T22:48:40Z He likens .xxx to a club, a kite mark and a trade association, whose benefits will be so great that belonging to it will become the norm. Pornography's .xxx factor 2010-07-02T23:32:00Z You start with small kites and work your way to bigger ones, and it is open to beginners. Getting Up Pretty Early in Pursuit of Untouched Powder 2010-02-19T06:13:00Z Some of the items were ridiculous, including a kite and a pile of books. How a long-ago trek on the Pacific Crest Trail is helping me survive in quarantine 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z Then, quickly, she clutches that pesky invisible kite, but it’s getting away from her … woaaaahhhh! Christine Lahti’s Tales of Feminism, Sex and Aging in Hollywood 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z What's so special: It's just about the largest and longest-running kite festival in the Northwest, drawing famous kite fliers from around the world, plus tens of thousands of spectators. Kites are coming to Long Beach 2011-08-03T23:09:55Z Most school children first encounter Ben Franklin as the man who flew a kite and "discovered" electricity – or more accurately, created the lightning hypothesis and proved it. Ken Burns on Benjamin Franklin & our nation's flawed identity: "Race is the central question" of US 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z In one riveting scene, the men save a wounded kite from a riverbank, swearing and complaining as they navigate a tricky, absurd and potentially dangerous situation. ‘All That Breathes’ Review: Hope Is the Thing With Feathers 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Then those magnificent puppets appear — the slinky cheetah, the lumbering elephant with its baby in tow, the birds fluttering above like kites. Perspective | ‘The Lion King,’ ‘Hamilton’ and ‘Wicked’ return to Broadway — and it’s the heart that sings 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Within a mile of me, the beavers are sleeping, while overhead red kites are soaring – that’s another success story. Mountain biking in Scotland: it’s going to be a bumpy ride … 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z Well, see, Benjamin Franklin wasn’t really experimenting with electricity by flying that kite in a lightning storm. 'Sleepy Hollow' recap: Is love ahead for Abbie and Ichabod? 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z But the highlight was sitting on the top of the fort’s walls just before sunset, with a cup of chai, to watch children fly kites from nearby roofs. Personal Journeys: Scenes of India, From a Fort and a Camel 2014-03-28T17:24:40Z This man is but a DJ, but he knows how to fly everybody’s kites on the twin currents of banality and optimism. Perspective | Is Tiësto the Wayne Newton of the 21st century? 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z We also saw some spectacular kite surfing just down the road at Mokuleia Beach Park. ‘Hidden gems’ on Hawaii’s island of Oahu 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z To the untrained eye, it might appear that the wind was wreaking havoc on Dygert’s kite. From pterodactyls to flying fighters, kites are more fun than ever 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z The paper crinkles as the kites part the air with a soft swish. Review: ‘The Kite Runner’ Trips From Page to Stage 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z The flour coating had to be as thin as the flour-and-water mixture used to glue together bamboo kites in Greece. Tough on Others, Tougher on Himself: The Perfectionist Behind the Milos Restaurants 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z “That elephant wasn’t supposed to look real, but like a giant fantasy of a kite,” he told The New York Times in 1980. David Mitchell, Broadway Set Designer, Dies at 79 2011-10-05T01:56:33Z But what good are a kite, a power bar, a flashlight, matches and a flowerpot if you’re 7½ months pregnant and trapped on a derelict fishing boat sinking into the sea? Video Gaming Turns Murderous, Even if You Play by the Rules 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z I wish I was more stupid because I'm either completely ecstatic and joyous and absolutely high as a kite or I'm a bit morbid. Paloma Faith: 'I wish I was more stupid' 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z I want to hike and hike — that’s free — but the Upper Engadin also offers mountain biking, sailing, kite surfing, spa treatments, equestrian competitions, gourmet festivals and cultural arts programming. Finding real summer deals in the deluxe Swiss ski resort of St. Moritz 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Affixed to poles were a bunch of colorful kites shaped like pterodactyls, each gently rising and falling in the breeze. From pterodactyls to flying fighters, kites are more fun than ever 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Sandy Island is one of a number of small, uninhabited offshore islands, or cays — all accessible by boat — that are popular with beachcombers, snorkelers and kite surfers. In laid-back Anguilla, Caribbean travelers find the right mix of bistro and beach 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Surfers love the place, as do dog walkers, horse riders, anglers and kite fliers. The 50 best beaches in the world 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z Yet I felt most at peace while leisurely hunting for sand dollars with my parents along wide coastal stretches peppered with exuberant dogs and bright kites. For a Seattle writer, trips to the Olympic Peninsula made time to reconnect with outdoors, others 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z The aerial routine in which the lovers literally become as high as kites leads to a painful hangover accompanied by a lugubrious Nick Cave ballad. Tristan and Yseult – review 2013-06-24T17:06:35Z This year’s peak bloom is expected to be March 17 to 20, but the city celebrates for more than a month with a parade, a kite festival, exhibitions and performances related to Japanese culture. 5 ways to cheer on the cherry blossoms 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Kite clubs around Seattle and Whidbey Island can help you get involved in group events — or check our list of top kiting spots and go solo. From pterodactyls to flying fighters, kites are more fun than ever 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z The thought was replaced by exhilaration as I surfed under kite power for a few seconds before tumbling into the water with an anticlimactic splash. Explorer: Kiteboarding in the Dominican Republic 2010-12-04T05:01:00Z At this event participants will learn more about this festival and make their own kites. Spare Times for Jan. 9-15 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z The tent, designed for solo backpacking, was as sleek as a kite. A Globe-Trotting Couple Expands Their Tent for Three 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Worlds Within Worlds, Both Real and Imagined Just what exactly is a hungry kite? Dance Review: Deganit Shemy & Company at the Chocolate Factory 2012-06-22T21:21:15Z Last year, an effort known as “the kite project” brought together sixth-graders from two schools in the area, the private Catherine Cook and the public Manierre Elementary. Art helps bring a divided Chicago neighborhood together 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Base yourself at Alankuda Beach, which from November through April is the launching point for dolphin and sperm whale watching expeditions; May brings wind and kite surfing. The 46 Places to Go in 2013 2013-01-11T16:15:59Z It was battered from years of use and patched with Gorilla Tape, yet of the 50 kites he owns, it’s still his favorite. From pterodactyls to flying fighters, kites are more fun than ever 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Add a few embellishments to match the theme of the photos, in this case a palm tree, a few waves and a kite made of mirror-image stickers and colored wire. Hobbies: The art of paperback art 2010-08-16T20:47:00Z Two giant fabric sails occasionally descend from on high, resembling wings of a kite, but they are mostly distracting. Review: ‘The Kite Runner’ Trips From Page to Stage 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z He takes them to a barn, they fly kites, they stare at the Date Rose for an unhealthy amount of time. Ben Kisses The Girls And Makes Them Cry on 'The Bachelor' 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z He encouraged us to picnic on the sprawling lawn and even offered us kites to fly. Journeys: Vineyard Hopping, in Maryland? 2010-09-04T04:45:00Z Hashimoto’s prints depict what appear to be tiny paper kites, dangling with string loose and knotted, tacked to a faded, splintering wood backdrop. Jacob Hashimoto's work takes flight at Mixografia 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z She also packs downtime items, such as a journal, kite, slingshot or deck of tarot cards. How to take an overnight trip with your two-wheeled vehicle 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z The beach is crawling with sandcastle builders, kite flyers, surfers and children covered in ice-cream, straddling the various stages between euphoria and meltdown. New Zeeland: happy returns to the Netherlands coast 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Kite Day, Vashon: Fly your kite on the beach, tours of lighthouse, music, food and kites for purchase, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Low-tide walks and vintage aircraft | Community Corner 2013-05-24T15:45:54Z SAT Fly your kite on the beach, tours of lighthouse by Capt. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2013-05-22T21:47:05Z She sings about kites, nightmares and, of course, love. February's best music from across the MAP 2013-02-15T09:17:22Z What the hell is the catch?/It’s the feeling of freedom, of seeing the light/It’s Ben Franklin with a key and a kite/You see it right? Six Lyrics That Show Why ‘Hamilton’ Is Tough to Translate 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z In early fall we cycled across Kreuzberg to attend the Drachenfest, or kite festival, which fills the skies over the airport with giant lobsters, stingrays, sharks and teddy bears. My Berlin: Reckoning With the Past 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z But as he rose to his feet, the wind lifted his surfboard into the air like a kite. Gerard Butler in the Surfing Movie ‘Chasing Mavericks’ 2012-10-20T23:07:19Z Women’s clothing hung like colorful kites waiting for a breeze to lift them up. In India, surrendering to Delhi’s market madness 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z The back of his S.U.V. was littered with kites. A D.I.Y. Trip Through Alaska’s Inside Passage 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z One day, when flying kites, Riley nearly gets carried away but luckily Grandpa pulls him back down. Willow Valley: A Seaside Rescue by Tracey Corderoy - review 2013-07-09T11:00:00Z You could fly a kite in it, but it wouldn’t knock you down. How scientifically accurate is The Martian? 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z At the convenient approach of a lightning storm, he uses kite power to raise the late Sparky to the sizzling heavens and, voilà!, we have a full-fledged Frankenstein pastiche. Tim Burton's Frankenweenie: A Re-animated Delight 2012-10-04T12:00:18Z Seattle's Freeway Park is getting a lift this summer with "Flying Freeway," a series of sculptural kites created by local artists. 14 top entertainment picks for July 1-7, 2012 2012-06-27T21:42:04Z But once you’re into the world of modern kites, you soon realize that the hobby isn’t all Mary Poppins and whimsy. From pterodactyls to flying fighters, kites are more fun than ever 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Nestled in the park amid joggers, kite fliers and picnicking families, the outdoor restaurant is an oasis of healthy sandwiches and smoothies. My Rome: Still a Classic Beauty 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z The inhabitants reside in “great towers” presided over by dancing colorful kites. A Parable About Good, Evil and the Inevitable 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z "It takes us back to the past, teaching Hasan and remembering the games we played together, flying kites, Monopoly, puzzles," Djanuadi said. Indonesian film portrays Obama's early years 2010-05-20T16:45:00Z He says there’s a fast learning curve when it come to learning a performance kite. From pterodactyls to flying fighters, kites are more fun than ever 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z What to expect: August skies filled with hundreds of kites of all shapes and sizes. Kites are coming to Long Beach 2011-08-03T23:09:55Z He was one of the first to raise the plight of the red kite, since so triumphantly reversed, and to fight Margaret Thatcher's short-sighted plan to axe the Soil Survey of England and Wales. Bill Condry's legacy lives on at Festival of Nature Writing 2010-10-22T15:07:00Z Joe, music by Geordies’ Byre, food and kites for purchase, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2013-05-22T21:47:05Z He pointedly reminds me that otters, beavers and red kites have been successfully reintroduced in Britain. Tim Flannery: A life in books 2011-03-14T07:59:01Z One day, while he was struggling in primary school, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds visited to talk about reintroducing red kites to Northern Ireland. A Young Naturalist Inspires With Joy, Not Doom 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z That exuberance carried over into Mozart’s Sonata in D Major, K. 311, and even at such speed, the music had buoyancy, like a kite held aloft in a breeze. Review: A Young Pianist Finds His Way to Carnegie Hall 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z My only distractions from this cheerful scene were several birds of prey — eagles, black kites, and kestrels — soaring above the majestic clifftops. In Portugal’s mountains, an ecotourist haven rises from abandoned stone villages 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Under 24-hour lockdown, they still communicated easily, by “using strips of torn sheets to pass kites from cell to cell,” the prisoner says. Inside the Aryan Brotherhood’s prison heroin empire 2013-03-19T17:58:00Z Strangely, Dygert’s description of kite flying reminds me of Alpine skiing. From pterodactyls to flying fighters, kites are more fun than ever 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Years ago, kite strings were glued with crushed glass to make it easier to cut down a competitor, says Williams. From pterodactyls to flying fighters, kites are more fun than ever 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Speeding up the exercise produced enough power to make me lose my footing, even though the kite had a wingspan of only about two feet. Explorer: Kiteboarding in the Dominican Republic 2010-12-04T05:01:00Z She faults herself again, portraying her husband as the older, grounded one who tended the garden and ran the literary journal they co-founded, while she was the "recklessly soaring kite." 'A Widow's Story': Joyce Carol Oates' memoir of life after her husband's sudden death 2011-04-14T21:50:05Z Work with artist to construct a kite, no experience necessary, ages 14 and younger must be accompanied by adult, 1 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2013-06-12T23:05:39Z I ambled around the hotel’s grassy grounds and marveled at the enormous marabou storks circling above Kampala like grand kites. Next Stop: Overcoming the Past in Lively Kampala 2013-08-15T21:56:49Z I spent my first 90 minutes struggling to kite through a relentless, pounding beach break before finally reaching the river. An adrenaline-starved adventure traveler looks back at five close calls 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Then return to the grandstand, watch the kites idly swooping overhead, and wait for the thoroughbreds to approach the starting gate. In Transit: Where the Horses Race and Mumbaikars Bet 2011-01-07T11:00:10Z You string a kite too long upon its string, sooner or later it ends up stranded on the moon. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – the full transcript 2012-10-11T09:18:54Z There, Chinese kites shaped like Buzz Lightyear and Slinky Dog hung from the ceiling; Chinese ideograms identified the different kinds of pastry. At Shanghai Disney Resort, Mulan, Mickey and Dumplings 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z The three principal human characters in Shaunak Sen’s film have devoted their lives to caring for black kites, birds of prey almost as unloved in Delhi as scavenging rodents and canines. ‘All That Breathes’ Review: Hope Is the Thing With Feathers 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z October winds at the Washington coast will put some punch in the One Sky, One World Kite Fly for Peace, a worldwide event in which kites are flown as a symbol of unity. 3 getaways for this weekend, from Long Beach kites to B.C. market 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z SAT Kite flying for all ages, competitions, displays of traditional kites, fly your own kite or buy one, music and cultural activities, 2-6 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2013-08-08T15:21:18Z Andreas, the designated last man back, patiently coaxes me along and, eventually, adjusts my kite lines to quicken the steering, allowing me to — finally — zip downwind. Along Brazil’s northeast coast, a kitesurfin’ safari 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z The first time I ever witnessed a sport kite in action I saw something that blew my mind. From pterodactyls to flying fighters, kites are more fun than ever 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z In spring birds — perhaps the descendants of the warblers and kites that captivated Audubon — are noisy in the woods. Following Audubon?s Footsteps in Louisiana 2010-04-15T21:58:00Z Generally, Sam’s rapport with Hally is almost fatherly; in a particularly touching passage, they recall with affection a day they shared flying a kite. Review: ‘“Master Harold” … and the Boys,’ a Searing Indictment of Racism 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z I looked at her, then back up at the kite, and said, “No.” Cropped Out of My Own Fantasy 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z I spent much of those six months feeling like a kite dangling on a string. Every woman should travel alone 2012-07-24T00:00:00Z “Dragon in Progress”, a 50-metre-long bamboo and silk kite hung from the ceiling, transforms a traditional symbol of Chinese imperial power with quotes from imprisoned or exiled activists including Nelson Mandela, Edward Snowden and Ai. Ai Wei-Wei critical of China at opening of Swiss exhibit 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z An enclosed sidewalk area, with 65 spots, is strung with sparkly lights and little Malaysian moon kites called “wau,” the inspiration for the name. Wau, From the Laut Chef, Opens on the Upper West Side 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z In Helen Frederick’s installation, prints of bodies tumble down a wall, one nearly hitting the floor; multiples of the same image simulate falling, while around them, diamond-shaped kites appear to ascend. In the galleries: Remapping the boundaries of drawing 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z Dr Townsend said that as well as watching TV and films as recreation, the crew at the base enjoyed cross-country skiing or kiting and visiting the nearby Emperor penguin colony. Curious Incident reaches Antarctica 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z That meant reaching an accommodation with bold statements such as the living room’s welded-steel ceiling, which she describes as “a giant Japanese paper kite hovering above the voluminous space.” Tour Edythe and Eli Broad's Frank Gehry–Designed Brentwood Estate 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z I was a young boy visiting the Washington Coast, watching a kite flyer zoom his triangular kite in a strong breeze a few feet above the sand. From pterodactyls to flying fighters, kites are more fun than ever 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Fighter kites can be seen in action at the annual Washington State International Kite Festival at Long Beach, Pacific County. From pterodactyls to flying fighters, kites are more fun than ever 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z The arcing melodies on notable “Dirt of Luck” songs such as “Pat’s Trick” and “Honeycomb” contort like a kite twisting in the sky, as Timony’s dusky voice and noisy guitar hum add a steadying presence. For ’90s indie faves Helium, a simple reissue became a second act 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z But otherwise he consistently skirts the sublime, whether in the oceanic washes of Open Up Your Door, Tonight the Streets Are Ours' breezy hula, or hallucinogenic kiting tune Don't Stare At The Sun. Richard Hawley – review 2013-07-15T17:09:24Z Herc remembered flying kites with his friends in Clason Point Park in the late 1960s and early 1970s; to get there, they would hitch rides or hop on various buses. This Hip-Hop Legend’s True Passion? Kites 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z The book’s hero is Ludovic Fleury, an orphan being raised by his eccentric uncle, a postmaster and kite maker, in a small town in Normandy. Underneath Romain Gary’s Many Masks 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Teresa O’Neill, an owner of the store and an avid kite flyer herself, tells customers where to launch. Old-Time California Lives in Pismo Beach 2010-04-08T21:49:00Z “And I eventually want to fly a kite in heaven. I want to fly a big kite there one day.” This Hip-Hop Legend’s True Passion? Kites 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Taking the boy out for a walk, what with him floating at the end of a string like a kite, is shaming. The Terrible Thing that Happened to Barnaby Brocket by John Boyne - review 2012-08-03T21:55:06Z And to my disbelief she was there, too, standing next to me, flying a makeshift kite. Modern Love: A Free Spirit Who Couldn?t Be Tethered 2010-07-29T21:55:00Z It will host a Fun Fly at Fort Casey State Park on May 21 and June 18, and a Memorial Day kite fly on May 30. From pterodactyls to flying fighters, kites are more fun than ever 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z The kites will remain on display into September. 14 top entertainment picks for July 1-7, 2012 2012-06-27T21:42:04Z The day will also include science activities, kite building and readings by Susan Hood from her book “Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World.” 9 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Moving the kite slowly through these positions, along the edge of what kiteboarders call the “wind window,” produced almost no power. Explorer: Kiteboarding in the Dominican Republic 2010-12-04T05:01:00Z Watching Rune keep his giant kites in the air is a lot like watching Enger keep this spindly plot aloft: mildly diverting but not particularly consequential. Review | Leif Enger’s fans have waited 10 years for ‘Virgil Wander.’ Was it worth it? 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z The Oaxaca institute is giving some poster and kite proceeds to the families of the 43 victims to help their search for answers. A poster exhibit stopping in L.A. gives voice to Mexico's missing 43 students 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z And she sure doesn’t make any headway while high as a kite on Nate’s brain, but she sure is entertaining. 'iZombie' recap: 'Dead Rat, Live Rat, Brown Rat, White Rat' 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z In some parts of the world, especially the Middle East and India, kite fighting is a popular pastime, and the tradition has arrived on our shores. From pterodactyls to flying fighters, kites are more fun than ever 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z To build a kite, father and son obtained the bamboo rods from a neighbor’s door curtain and “collected string from all families nearby,” Mr. Ai wrote. Ai Weiwei Takes His Work to a Prison 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z At Jackson Hole in Wyoming there is not only cat-accessed skiing but now snow kite boarding as well. Getting Up Pretty Early in Pursuit of Untouched Powder 2010-02-19T06:13:00Z Letters left in books for other prisoners have a name, it turns out — they’re called kites. Books of The Times: True Tales of a Prison Librarian 2010-10-19T16:13:00Z It will host a Father’s Day kite fly at Seattle’s Magnuson Park on June 19. From pterodactyls to flying fighters, kites are more fun than ever 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Abandoning the kite and taking up a red marker, the girl draws a door in the wall of her room an then leaves a trail for her father to look for her. The best children’s and young adult books this month 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z We flew kites at the Berkeley Marina and went sailing under the Golden Gate Bridge. Modern Love: From a Moment of Fear, a Lifetime of Clarity 2010-12-30T22:14:53Z Once you register you can find virtual kite-making workshops, as well as videos on kite history. 7 Ways to Keep Your Kids Entertained During Spring Break 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z Over the weekend, when the choice of movies was severely limited just before MoviePass crashed again, Mr. Lin did something very different: He went to fly a kite. These MoviePass Superfans Found Each Other. But What’s Next? 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z I saw the email from my agent and was high as a kite. 2013 Olivier award nominees: 'No, I haven't written a speech' 2013-04-25T05:30:01Z His tiny output overflows with tender rhapsody, each song wistful and airborne like a fluttering kite. BBC Prom 54; La fanciulla del West; Joyce DiDonato; Simon Keenlyside; Kronos Quartet 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z Unsurprisingly, the most memorable image in “The Kite Runner,” which opened at the Helen Hayes Theater on Thursday night, is of the kites. Review: ‘The Kite Runner’ Trips From Page to Stage 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z “But you need to fly the kite more aggressively or you will lose power and sink.” Explorer: Kiteboarding in the Dominican Republic 2010-12-04T05:01:00Z Atop the tree sits a nest; Ms. Henson designed bird kites that will fly around it. Themes for a March: Solar City, Natural Haven 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Thousands of years after their invention, kites are still mesmerizing humanity with their wonder. From pterodactyls to flying fighters, kites are more fun than ever 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z The brothers, who began experimenting with flight, in 1896, at their bicycle shop, had experimented with gliders and kites, but only achieved sustained flight once they added a small engine to their machines. Gliders, Kites, and Planes: The Wright Brothers at Work 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z Padded jackets suggested armor, but trailing undone laces behind them like kite strings, even those laden with flaglike standards conveyed fragility as much as aggression. At London Men’s Fashion Week, Designers Fly the Flag for Individuality 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z So in the past three weeks, I’ve been kite surfing in Hawaii, heli-skiing in British Columbia, kayaking in Baja California and mountain biking in the Arizona desert. Amid the pandemic, an adventure addict finds solace in imagination 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z He vanishes while he and his new father are observing kites in a crowded city square. Movie Review: Three Programs in ?Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012? 2012-02-09T23:35:18Z This year’s National Cherry Blossom Festival, which includes a kite festival and parade, is scheduled for March 25 through April 9, weeks after the Tidal Basin blossoms are expected to peak. Washington’s cherry blossoms may bloom earlier than ever this year 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Big open stretches of beach allow for safe flying areas, and the steady winds are ideal for keeping kites aloft. From pterodactyls to flying fighters, kites are more fun than ever 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z When the young man walks off, the camera follows him all the way to a lake, where a group of young people has gathered to fly kites, which is where the movie gets wonderfully weird. Critic’s Notebook: New Directors/New Films Highlights Include ‘Fish & Cat’ 2014-03-24T22:13:52Z But if you listen to the lyrics, it’s about a guy who’s high as a kite on drugs stalking someone’s girlfriend on the Tube. James Blunt: 'I’m always ready for the enemy to come over the hill' 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z "You're a kite dancing in a hurricane, Mr. Bond," White says ominously. 'Spectre' trailer: Daniel Craig's James Bond is haunted by the past 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Things ease off later though when Stan takes the boys kite flying: it's merely miserably overcast. The Killing: episode seven 2011-08-11T21:04:01Z Mr. Mitchell’s subjects swim, or fly kites, or engage, for reasons that are unimportant, in synchronized hula-hooping. Tyler Mitchell: ‘Black Beauty Is an Act of Justice’ 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z In the ensuing frantic search my kite pops off my harness and dives toward the water, dragging me through this maelstrom like a rag doll. An adrenaline-starved adventure traveler looks back at five close calls 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z In those days, they would build their own kites with bamboo, string and heavy paper. This Hip-Hop Legend’s True Passion? Kites 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Famously, American politician and scientist Benjamin Franklin is said to have tested lightning's nature by flying a kite in a thunderstorm. What goes on when lightning strikes? 2013-05-25T23:07:12Z Greeks like to fly kites here on Clean Monday, but it’s usually crowd-free, with good views of the Acropolis and the city. 36 Hours in Athens 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Frustrated, Elly ends up flying a kite with some of the children, resulting in a scene that showcases Farhadi's cinematic virtuosity. In 'About Elly,' genial fibs grow to an intense reality 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z “When I first witnessed the entire city on their rooftops, staring up at the sky, their kites dueling ferociously, dancing without inhibition, I knew I had to make this film in Ahmedabad,” Mr. Bhargava said. Prashant Bhargava, Filmmaker of ‘Patang (The Kite),’ Dies at 42 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z I've never seen a production that so clearly captures the internalised world of the adolescent: high as a kite one moment and in the depths of despair the next. Romeo and Juliet ? review 2012-02-08T19:16:29Z Locals believe the colorful kites help guide the souls of their loved ones to heaven. Guatemalans remember their dead with giant kites as Day of the Dead begins 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z The kites look so real, as if they might blow off the print, but in fact they are made from embossed paper sculpted during the printing process. Jacob Hashimoto's work takes flight at Mixografia 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z If all this sounds too daunting, then live vicariously and fly a kite on North Carolina's Outer Banks, where Wilbur and Orville took their first flight. Things Every Southerner Must Do! 2010-07-14T22:49:00Z Topics they talk about and demonstrate include the Wright brothers, hot-air balloons, the Tuskegee Airmen, kites and moon rocks. Astronaut encourages kids to flip for STEM 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z His “kite paintings,” first exhibited in 1971, formed crosses, zigzags and arcs from overlapping planes and repeated square, rectangular and curved shapes. Richard Smith, British Painter Who Turned Toward Pure Color, Dies at 84 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Their efforts on behalf of the kites were the subject of an article in The New York Times in 2020. ‘All That Breathes’ Review: Hope Is the Thing With Feathers 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z With a real kiteboarding kite, 20 feet across or wider, the force of the wind in the kite would be enough to flick me into the air, or pull me smoothly atop the water. Explorer: Kiteboarding in the Dominican Republic 2010-12-04T05:01:00Z At the time I had no idea that kites could be controlled with such precision, let alone give someone the ability to fly. From pterodactyls to flying fighters, kites are more fun than ever 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z |
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