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Family/Poetry
I listened to a discussion recently about family and poetry, and how family is depicted in its many different guises in poetry. No two families are alike, especially these days. There are so many units that come under the term ‘family’, conventional, nuclear, one parent, same-sex, happy, unhappy, and many more. A lot has been written over the […]
Getting Back To Blogging……Again!
July 21, 2012
I haven’t written a post for a long time. I seem to have developed writers block at least as far as WordPress goes! I am quite tied up in another writing project at the moment, so maybe I just can’t multi task when it comes to writing! Anyway to get me back in, so to speak, […]
The Only Surviving Photos taken On the Titanic- By Irish Trainee Jesuit Priest 1912.
April 9, 2012
These days all I seem to read in the papers are articles relating to the Titanic. We seem to be eternally fascinated by the fate of the ship and the people on board.I am particularly interested in the Irish connections to the event, and the Irish people on board. A new book has just been re released revealing the only […]
Advice From Hemingway!
March 20, 2012
Try to learn to breath deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep, really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. […]
Books.
January 15, 2012
One of the great pleasures for me at Christmas is receiving presents of books, or book tokens. Every year without fail I get a lot of books,always books from my children, my husband, and my mother. There is nothing quite like putting them on my bedside table, and deciding which one to start with, then […]
Traditional Irish Houses.
October 28, 2011
Pictures taken from Romantic Irish Homes, by Robert O’Byrne, and photographs by Simon Brown. I love old period houses, and I love the way each country has their own particular architecture distinctive to them. Ireland is no different. One would imagine that the houses found in Ireland would not be much different from those on the neighbouring […]
Books.
September 25, 2011
I just finished reading a great book which I would like to recommend, it’s called ‘A Tree Grows In Brooklyn’. It was written in 1943 by Betty Smith, and it sold 300,000 in the first six weeks after publication. Today is can be found on the curriculum of many American schools, and the New York Public Library chose it […]
Guinness Recipes You might like To Try.
September 12, 2011
Guinness Recipes. These are some really lovely recipes taken from a book called ‘Guinness’ An official Celebration Of 250 Remarkable Years. By Rory Guinness. Click on recipe to read.
When does an Interest Become an Obsession?
August 23, 2011
I am interested in a lot of things; books, culture, politics, quilt-making, furniture restoration, and loads more, however a big interest of mine is History. I love World War 2 History in particular, and I have a deep interest in the Third Reich. I am not unusual in that respect. The fascination with Hitler has never waned, […]
The French Riviera. A Literary Guide For Travellers.
August 21, 2011
I have just finished reading The French Riviera, A literary Guide For Travellers. It is an ideal book for anyone who loves the Riviera, and who also loves reading, as I do. I am a total “Francophile”, so I read anything I can about France. I first visited the Riviera when I was 16, staying in a […]
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