Category Archives: regular

Free trip to the barracks.

Posted on March 3, 2013 by

(Decorative Arts and History Museum, Collins Barracks, Dublin 7) We went to visit Collins’ Barracks in Dublin yesterday. I had never been. It’s just twenty minutes walk from O’Connell Street and right beside Heuston Train Station. It has free parking … Continue reading →

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Good Morning!

Posted on February 4, 2013 by

(We went to Dublin on Saturday and saw some socks) Good morning (no it’s not Sunday afternoon…) I’m sitting looking out the window as the sun is breaking through from behind a cloud – lots of bright rays, like the … Continue reading →

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Turn off your DLPFC!

Posted on January 27, 2013 by

(Mixed media in progress…) I’ve been reading and listening to Jonah Lehrer’s book Imagine How Creativity Works. I listened to it last summer with the hens in the forest. They weren’t hugely impressed with Jonah but I really like him … Continue reading →

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My dark January.

Posted on January 14, 2013 by

(From winter in Cashel 2010) It’s January. For me that’s the time of year when my energy is at its lowest. When the winter has been long enough and I want some spring….. now! I want it now like my … Continue reading →

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Christmas Eve, the seagull.

Posted on December 24, 2012 by

(The doubly recycled Christmas Tree from Paris, last year) It’s Christmas Eve! Just saw a huge seagull flying over our house. Even though we live near the sea they don’t fly over our house very often. I think it means … Continue reading →

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What’s Christmas?

Posted on December 17, 2012 by

(Christmas is warm…) It’s almost Christmas, just another week and I’ve had very little time to prepare in the usual way, but I’ve had a lot of time to prepare in a different way. The usual way involves copious grocery … Continue reading →

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What’s the story? Part 2

Posted on December 10, 2012 by

(Widen your focus… and see the big picture) The story of us is part of a big Map. The Map is the representation we have created in our mind of the real world outside our mind. It’s just a representation, … Continue reading →

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What’s your story?

Posted on December 3, 2012 by

(Mount Usher in Ashford, Co. Wicklow) The story of our lives is not the story of what happened… It’s the story of what we are. The story that starts “I am….” The story we think we became because of our … Continue reading →

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Leonard and Leonardo…….

Posted on November 19, 2012 by

(Botanic Gardens, succulents) We were looking at a very good documentary about Leonard Cohen on Saturday night. It was called I’m your Man and had other people singing his songs from a concert tour, while he chatted to the interviewer … Continue reading →

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Down memory lane with buttons….

Posted on November 12, 2012 by

(A Sony Walkman picture  - can’t find mine – too small…) Yesterday we went to the market in Dun Laoghaire. It’s held in the People’s Park and there’s food, books, music (live and recorded), vegetables, meat (cooked and raw), crafts, … Continue reading →

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