Jennie Finch on the seafront at Saltburn.
Firstly I offer you my deep and profound apologies for the late posting. It’s just that we’ve had one heck of an August so far. August has always been a bit of a problematic month for us in Ireland. Regular readers may recall the plague of flies, repeated each year. The heat and dust from […]
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This has been a strange few weeks with a feeling nothing much has happened. Actually I think stuff has happened but it has been cold and very wet. This has kept us inside for a lot though it has been a busy time, doing the same stuff each day. It has been the most grey […]
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Just when you think things are settling down a bit something comes along to mess it up. And sometimes the first thing knocks up against something else – something more – and everything falls over. Just like a row of dominoes, one problem becomes a heap on the floor! Our main problem came about because […]
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These last few weeks have been a bit of a roller coaster here in rural Tipperary. The weather has been up, down and downright ludicrous, of course. This is Ireland and it’s to be expected. June was blazing hot at times until the sudden arrival of something approaching a tropical storm. Then the days darkened, […]
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This has been a very busy and rather tiring fortnight. We had planned to keep most of the first week free as we had booked a mini-digger but things didn’t quite work out as planned. The digger arrived along with a very patient and helpful man who showed us the basics. It was called a […]
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There is a popular misconception that it always rains in Ireland. Certainly there are some months of the year when this seems to be true. Days of overcast skies, drizzle or the occasional torrential downpour and endless mud can dampen the spirit. However it may rain most days in Ireland but not everywhere. An occasional […]
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Something a bit different this week – a blog mainly about writing. In theory the last few years should have been good for writing. It’s been quiet and we are fairly isolated so there’s time and space to focus. Well, space anyway. Anyone who has read some of these posts will know we’ve been pretty […]
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My apologies for the brevity of this episode, but there are very good reasons for it. I am currently struggling with “the new”. Specifically, the new Google that has imposed itself on the website I use. It has been sending little messages for several months now about “sun setting” some elements. I should move to […]
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This last fortnight there has been a sense of one door closing behind me. A lot of this has to do with writing as well as events in the UK leaving me with a feeling of – not helplessness but certainly being limited in what I can do. Several people we care about have suffered […]
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Today, April 16th 2023, is a beautiful day after several weeks of rain, cloudy skies and strong winds. It is also exactly forty years since Jacqui and I met, in a discotheque in east London. Yes, I really am that old, and who goes to a disco now? Or even calls them that? Forty years […]
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