by Barbara | Nov 19, 2020 | Covid, How to stay sane, Pandemic
Episode Two with Declan Buckley Another 30 minutes of craic, books, movies and podcast recommendations.. along with some travel ideas for when this is all over. Grab a coffee / wine / gin, as appropriate and enjoy! And if you do, please share....
by Barbara | Nov 11, 2020 | How to stay sane
Episode One – Caroline Grace Cassidy Today I began a new weekly webcast which will be broadcast every Wednesday at 4:15pm on Twitter and YouTube. This is the link to the first episode with my first guinea pig… sorry guest, Caroline Grace Cassidy. Some...
by Barbara | Oct 21, 2020 | Covid
What is it about baking? What is it about baking? It has been my ‘go to’ activity when stressed for decades. I first realised this about 15 years ago. We were on our way to Bray, I was driving, the kids who were small, were in the back and we were involved in a...
by Barbara | Jun 22, 2020 | Modern Irish History
26th June 1920 One hundred years ago, on the 26th of June 1920, one of the most extraordinary events of the War of Independence began to unfold on the banks of the beautiful River Blackwater just outside the north Cork town of Fermoy. Fermoy was a major garrison town...
by Barbara | May 11, 2020 | Covid
THE PAUSE Mother Earth has settled, No longer rocked by our busyness She embraces the new quiet, Inhaling forgotten fume free air. ______ Her animals are curious now Goats venture into a somnolent town, Urban foxes relax And explore our iconic buildings &...
