Yesterday I was sure this was not a blog day. Somehow the weeks have flown by but the days – some of the days were so long. By the start of last week the heat finally began to fade away and there were tiny signs rain might be on the way. Ah, tricky vain hope! […]
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The weeks were short but the days so long
Posted by Jennie Finch on August 9, 2026
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/the-weeks-were-short-but-the-days-so-long/
Happiness is rain – and a new fly screen
Living in Ireland which is famous (or infamous) for its rain I never expected to greet even the tiniest of showers with enthusiasm. Today I’m looking out of my study window and smiling at the clouds hopefully. Like all of you we’ve had days of scorching weather, sunshine that has become relentless and nights too […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on July 26, 2026
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/happiness-is-rain-and-a-new-fly-screen/
Mainly about (not) writing, despite a lot of encouragement
Hello and apologies to you all for missing the last Tipperary Tales episode. Life has been rather busy here and not in the usual way either. We have had the usual run of vile weather, hospital and vet visits and occasional health glitches but it is writing that has caused the biggest upset. As you […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on May 24, 2026
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/mainly-about-not-writing-despite-a-lot-of-encouragement/
Short and sweet this week, I hope
It’s going to be short – and hopefully sweet – episode this week as life has been both very busy and rather repetitive. In addition we are experiencing a large number of wifi failures and the occasional power cut so I hope I manage to get this sent! I don’t know what is causing the […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on April 26, 2026
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/short-and-sweet-this-week-i-hope/
It’s a busy time in rural Tipperary
Well, life is busy as usual here at our “quiet retirement” retreat. The weather continues to tease us with a few hours of sunshine, occasionally a whole day, with heavy rain in between. The land doesn’t have time to dry out and so when Fergus, our tree surgeon, arrived we were rather worried about his […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on April 12, 2026
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/its-a-busy-time-in-rural-tipperary/
In like a lion, out like a (bi-polar) lamb
Well, spring is supposedly upon us and there are a number of promising signs. This last week we managed to get our new trees in, finally. After the scramble to get some from the “Free Trees Ireland” site there was a long delay. The weather has been so bad the poor growers haven’t been able […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on March 29, 2026
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/in-like-a-lion-out-like-a-bi-polar-lamb/
To the wood, to the wood – again.
Hello, welcome back and I hope you are all safe and dry after this spell of appalling weather. We have been rather quiet this last few weeks, partly through necessity and partly due to the return of the ‘flu we had before Christmas. We’ve christened it “shark ‘flu” because after taking a bite it circles […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on February 8, 2026
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/to-the-wood-to-the-wood-again/
The joys of living on a learning curve
I have said before, Ireland is not just “England with a funny accent” (though the accent isn’t funny. In fact it is rather lyrical after a while). Ireland is a very different country and even after more than four years we are still living on a learning curve. It is not just moving from a […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on June 8, 2025
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/the-joys-of-living-on-a-learning-curve/
Comments on the state of publishing – and other news
After the hiatus last month, welcome back to a slightly different offering. I do have some regular news on the state of life here in Tipperary but a lot of my concerns at the moment have been centred around the awful state of publishing. I expect most of you know I have been an author […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on May 11, 2025
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/comments-on-the-state-of-publishing-and-other-news/
Surviving the zombie cow apocalypse and other oddities
I’m sorry this episode is a day late but I’ve had rather an interesting 24 hours. As most of you know we live deep in rural Ireland and that means we are surrounded by fields. This being Ireland thas also means we are surrounded by cows. Lots of cows. Last night not long after midnight […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on January 20, 2025
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/surviving-the-zombie-cow-apocalypse-and-other-oddities/