On the Black Hill

This is a book by Bruce Chatwin about inseparable Welsh Twins who never leave their farm; It is entirely more beautiful and engrossing than it sounds.

Brush and Chinese ink.

“From time to time, with a show of mock solemnity they would consult their pocket watches - not to tell the hour but to see whose watch was beating faster. On Saturdays they took turns to have a hip bath in front of the fire; and they lived for the memory of their mother.” Bruce Chatwin