by Barbara | Mar 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
Having recently cleared out our family home I am now the proud custodian of some of our family photos. There is a very battered fake leather album into which my mother stuck the ‘good photos’, each one held in place by black corner sticky hinge things. The photos that...
by Barbara | Nov 15, 2021 | Animals, Geese, Uncategorized
This is the longer text of my script which was broadcast on RTE Radio One, Sunday Miscellany on 14 November 2021. A link to the programme is here https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22029731/ Photo by Jan Rod It’s in November I hear them first. It begins as an echo...
by Barbara | Jul 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
A guide for ole wans! Greenways are on the increase in Ireland. They are combined walking and cycling routes which often follow a former railway line or sometimes canal or even a river. What all these have in common is that they are reasonably flat. Not completely...
by Barbara | Apr 22, 2021 | Covid, How to stay sane, Uncategorized
With Dr Lollie Mancey Dr Lollie Mancey is a cultural anthropologist and academic who teaches innovation at UCD. She is also an expert in Rites of Passage with a passion for story telling and learning. https://youtu.be/eq__9x4q13A Lollie’s book recommendations...
by Barbara | Apr 15, 2021 | Covid, How to stay sane, Uncategorized
With Pat Dawson, CEO Irish Travel Agents Association Pat Dawson is a well known voice on radio in his position as CEO of the ITAA (Irish Travel Agents Association) and this timely chat includes his insight into how the Irish travel business has been decimated by the...
by Barbara | Feb 4, 2021 | How to stay sane, Uncategorized
Episode 9 with MARY COUGHLAN Mary Coughlan is one of Ireland’s most respected singers with a worldwide reputation. She joined me and talked about her journey to heal and to find confidence through connection with the land and being a medicine woman. Mary is the...
