It’s blackberry time again, autumn is here, but I still have a foot in summer. On Saturday night, I slept out in the garden, snug in my sleeping bag covered with a tarp to keep dry. It was almost full moon and I walked outside to my bed in the silvery light. For the...
I’m sitting in the morning sunshine oustside our airbnb chalet, loooking up at a bright blue sky with a smattering of white wispy clouds. The tulips my friend Sal helped me plant last year are in full bloom. Tara cat is sunbathing next to me. The birds are...
After midnight, my lovely designated night midwife would bring Alan up from the morgue. I could hold him and study his little face so I could learn it and imprint it in my memory. I accepted that it had to be like this, seeing my baby in the dead of night. ...
What an amazing day at the Network Ireland National Conference in the celtic ross Hotel! #StepUp I feed on inspiration! It fills my cup, gifts me with ideas. Shows me possibilities. Hints at possibilities I can’t even envision yet. When Grace O’Rourke said...
Jamie helps me make the muffins. His speciality, is checking that the chocolate chips are okay before we add them to the mixture. Jamie and Cillian, both do extensive tests of the final mixture while I put dollops into the paper cases. Gardening tools, flask of hot...
