The Hearth Nook

A cozy place to read

Go Touch Some Grass

It’s curious how social media has gradually shaped, with invisible hands, the face of our generation. Our attention span has shrunk like a night-blooming flower at dawn; outdoor activities fade more and more each day, like a distant echo, a forgotten postcard. We find ourselves immersed in an artificial world—not only digitally—but also in the […]

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4 mins read

Madness: Hope or Darkness?

There is a light that follows me,an unseen eye that watches.Darkness floods my chest,yet the glow gives me relief. Pages.Pages and more pages.Paper as shelter,words as comfort. Life:desire, danger,hope…and disappointment. An echo in my mindkeeps me from knowing who I am—or who I might become.That perfect version of melives only in thought,in dream. And in […]

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1 min read

On the Other Side of the Glass

Behind the glass, everything looks different.When I look outside, I seepeople smiling,children running aroundthe luminous green—almost phosphorescent—of trees caught betweenthe end of spring and the beginning of summer. But on my side of the glass,things don’t look as vibrantor as warm.All I see areshades of gray around me. Time moves forward,though sometimes I feel it freeze,leaving me […]

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1 min read

The colour of your voice

What does a blind person see when an image is described to them?When did we stop truly observing with our eyes and start merely labelling what we see, without really looking? Could it be that we are the ones who are blind—unable to see the colours of a word?What is the texture of an emotion?What […]

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1 min read

Do Birds Have Vocal Cords? 

There are questions that arise at unexpected moments, almost outside the realm of everyday life, but that open unexpected windows onto fascinating worlds. It happened to me on the highway, while traveling with a couple of friends along rural roads, and the song of a bird, floating in the air like an invisible caress, completely […]

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3 mins read

No Doubting Allowed!

No doubting allowed! Why is it that, as children, we find so many things fascinating—drawn in by their novelty—yet as we grow older, many people seem to lose that sense of wonder? From a young age, we’re taught countless truths meant to help us understand the world. We absorb them from teachers, parents, and other […]

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4 mins read

Is Listening to an Audiobook Cheating?

Is listening to an audiobook cheating? Not long ago, I came across the story of a young man named Douglas Lawrence, from Toronto, Canada. He belongs to a small neighborhood book club—a quiet circle of people who don’t just discuss literature, but share in that ancient ritual of stepping into distant worlds together. During one […]

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5 mins read