by Barbara | Jun 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
An item on the RTE News the other night, triggered a deluge of very happy childhood memories for me although the story itself was sad. It featured the little Waterford village of Passage East, on the River Suir and the herd of feral goats who live on the steep hill...
by Barbara | Jun 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
I have a short and light article on the writing.ie website today. Entitled ‘My Curtains’ it recalls some of my dear mother’s adventures in making my clothes when I was a child!It’s one to read over your coffee… enjoy.You can find it...
by Barbara | Jun 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
Well, I have to say that Evans were very prompt in their reply to my sending them a link to my previous blog post BRITISH STORES RIPPING US OFF? I reproduce below the nice reply from Audrey (she doesn’t sign her second name).Dear Ms Scully,Thank you for your...
by Barbara | Jun 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
First of all, apologies for the gap in my blogging! I have had a very surreal two weeks with 2 trips to the UK in one week and my eldest daughter, Carla leaving for Australia this week. I have regained my energy and am working on putting my emotional self back...
by Barbara | May 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
After a remarkable few days, yesterday I found my brain reeling from all the visual images and the ‘sound bytes’ which have dominated our media for the last week or so and which culminated with the visit of US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle. But whereas...
by Barbara | May 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
The Queen is very small! When she smiles her whole face lights up. And when she does smile it seems to be genuine because she doesn’t do it too often! Mary McAleese is some President – and then some. Our defence forces are great. They look smart, do a great drill and...
