Category Archives: Life Story

Mérida

Posted on April 20, 2022 by Mairead

It’s not all fun and games here. I brought along my Bookkeeping for Dummies book and I’m getting a handle on bookkeeping. Bookkeeping has always been like that big dark tunnel in Béjar – terror inducing. But last year I … Continue reading →

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Balancing Act

Posted on April 18, 2022 by Mairead

You know when a small/annoying/disturbing/upsetting thing happens at the beginning of the day and the rest of your day is off? Like, it’s not balanced, it’s just a bit off? Ok maybe it doesn’t happen to you. It happened to … Continue reading →

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The Tunnel of (Self) Love Part 2

Posted on April 16, 2022 by Mairead

I did it! I walked through the tunnel. I wasn’t sure I would. Denis was with me and I said we needed to stop just inside so I could get a feel of the problem and then we would take … Continue reading →

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The Tunnel of (Self) Love

Posted on April 15, 2022 by Mairead

Yesterday we arrived in the town of Béjar, about 200km west of Madrid. We have never been here before and that’s always exciting. We had set off early, too early for breakfast so I cooked my favourite – porridge, while … Continue reading →

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The rain in Spain…

Posted on April 13, 2022 by Mairead

We’re well into our second week of travelling and it’s time to catch you up on where we are. We spent two nights (Wednesday and Thursday) in Vitoria Gasteiz. The city is a very handy stop for campers as there … Continue reading →

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Too much coffee, too few photos

Posted on April 11, 2022 by Mairead

Did I mention we are in Spain? We left the campsite in Bordeaux on Wednesday (the campsite we found for laundry, water and wifi, terrible wifi.) and spent a long time in slow road works traffic. The journey that should … Continue reading →

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Project Blackbird Snack Bar

Posted on June 2, 2020 by Mairead

I love projects, I have about sixteen on the go at the moment. Yes they are exhausting and yes it is a little sad when I consider that I will never finish them but they were so exciting in the … Continue reading →

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Community Spirit

Posted on April 21, 2020 by Mairead

There’s a bigger prize than normality waiting for us on the far side of this… Continue reading →

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Posted on April 3, 2020 by Mairead

(This is clematis and it is going to look beautiful soon… possibly) New experiences continue here and we’re like children (nice children, not cranky children…) as we discover different ways to be in the world together. Denis has returned to … Continue reading →

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The Journey

Posted on March 27, 2020 by Mairead

Today is the day we were booked to travel on the ferry from Rosslare to France ❤️ then onto Spain ❤️ on our journey to Portugal ❤️. Right about now I would be writing my first post from the car … Continue reading →

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What if life was just about being?

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Mairead

I often think about the messages life brings us… not necessarily the hard messages, the illnesses or the problems. But the small warm and gentle encouraging messages. Messages that in a normal day, we can miss. Continue reading →

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Fearlessness in Baby Steps

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Mairead

(French window) Ok….. so, I’m supposed to be practicing (from the dictionary: the actual application or use of an idea, belief, or method as opposed to theories about such application or use) my fearlessness this week. I was figuring that might include … Continue reading →

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I’m bursting to share this thing…..

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Mairead

(Lavender) AAAAAh I was taking to someone over the weekend and they asked me what I was up to and I mentioned my Kickstart you Creativity course was starting in November. And as I mumbled and stuttered through some kind … Continue reading →

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What’s the story? Part 2

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Mairead

(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 Mairead

(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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The rainy season has arrived…. time for a story change!

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Mairead

(Lovely day in Cashel, Co. Tipperary on Saturday) It rained all day yesterday and it looks like it’s ready to do the same today. As always it’s funny how I get used to the weather and think it’ll never be … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Mammy!

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Mairead

(This way. This way.) It’s a bank holiday weekend in Ireland so we celebrated and had our lunch out and now we’re having coffee (for him) and green tea (for me) as well. My sister-in-law (Hi Helen!) thinks I spend … Continue reading →

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We’re Back in Ireland

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Mairead

(We didn’t take think it was worth the risk) We’re back on Irish soil again and for a few days it’s been very hot and sunny. Today is rainy but I have high hopes for tomorrow. I also have high … Continue reading →

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Birds and Toddlers do it.

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Mairead

(A Robin) The birds are singing outside the window again as I write and I continue to be amazed at how much their singing affects me. For the better. I’m cheered just listening to them do their thing. They have … Continue reading →

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Hello blog, whatcha got today?

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Mairead

(Brooklodge Hotel near Aughrim, Co. Wicklow) Every day to write this blog, I sit down facing a window with a view to the sky. I never know what I’m going to write about. I never know if anything will turn … Continue reading →

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A belief is only an opinion we think is true…

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Mairead

(3fe Abbey Street Dublin) Still here at 3fe, it’s very busy but they haven’t asked me to leave…yet! So yesterday, I was talking about tying ourselves to a belief. I have another belief to share. When I was eighteen and … Continue reading →

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Coffee shop writing…..

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Mairead

(Coffee Time) Since I’ve been sitting on the sofa resting for the past four days, I’m a bit stir-crazy. So today Denis dropped me to the door of a coffee shop in Dublin and I can get back to my … Continue reading →

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Ok we’re home now….

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Mairead

(Charlottenburg Palace) Right, let’s get a few things straight. I will want you to remind me of these if I mention another holiday. So pay close attention: 1. Irish-type weather suits me, even though I love sunshine…. it’s not my … Continue reading →

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Taxi Tour Guide

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Mairead

(Lunch…. looking like a green moustached little man?) We had a very interesting conversation with our taxi driver on the way to the airport. He’d lived in Berlin for sixteen years and loved it. As a teenager he’d been taken on … Continue reading →

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