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Welcome to Autumn! Yep, old lore has it that 1st of August is actually the first of autumn. And the 1st of August is also the pagan festival of Lughnasa which is the first harvest festival, celebrating the end of the growing season.But we are clearly not ready for...

What are the things in your life that you really could not bear to be without? What are the little pleasures that you indulge in regularly? The things that make your day or week complete. Kids and partners/family don’t count. But list just 5!Here are mine (in no...

Cabinteely Crossroads Ceili is always a bit of craic and a great chance to catch up with neighbours and friends.Last night we gathered at the Horse and Hound Pub and enjoyed the music, the mad Irish jigging about on the road, a few jars (drinks) and plenty of craic...

The other day I twittered that I have been neglecting my spiritual self. Twitter can be a very useful tool to excavate, very quickly, just how you are feeling, particularly if you are very spontaneous in your tweeting.So how do I know that I have neglected my...

I was very thrilled and flattered to have been asked to 'Guest Blog' on one of my favourite blogs - 'Writer on the way Home' - a blog written by Niamh Griffin. Niamh spent many years living abroad and so her blog is all about moving to Ireland - whether you are...

So, then what to tell you?England was full of…. Hot sunshine (30 last week – thank God for air conditioning in the car).Flowers, flowers, flowers.Pretty villages with cricket greens and sagging ancient houses.Red bricked pubs with great food and peculiar names (we owe...

I have so much to write about and no time at the moment to do so. I was without broadband for 4 days and nearly lost the plot altogether. That's a bit worrying? Need to work that out. It was like losing my mobile... I felt bereft!And I really am bereft about the death...

And so we have reached one of the two turning points of the natural year.The Summer Solstice.Longest day.High Summer.I am pretty sure that in a previous life I was a witch or a Pagan Priestess as the Solstices (and indeed Halloween) in particular resonate with some...

Monday afternoon.Almost midsummer.The Solstice waits in the wings of the approaching weekend.I sit by the open patio door.Cat is curled up on his chair beside mine.The smell of the rain drifts in from the garden.Bringing with it the plop, plop of rain drops falling on...

Sometimes it's hard to remember to count your blessings... especially on Mondays! Which is how come I am posting this on a Tuesday!Here's one of my best blessings..... looking all serious since I explained to him that I was posting his photo on my blog and that he...

Oh… the excitement… summer is here.The weather has been so wonderful for the last week.Sunshine, blue skies and (in Irish terms) hot temperatures.Coffee, lunch and dinner in the garden.Bare feet all day.Windows thrown open from early morning.Washing drying naturally...

You would really just have to laugh. You don't need to be a photographer's wife (like me) or be an expert at digital manipulation (on the computer.. you know Photoshop or similar) in order to see just how effective computer enhancements can be! If you live in Ireland...