by Barbara | Feb 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
Friday 13th February 1981 was a regular night. I had recently turned 19 and was working for JWT in their head office in Baggot Street. I very likely went for a drink after work – a habit that used to drive my mother mad in the days before mobile phones and microwave...
by Barbara | Feb 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
Yesterday I tweeted something reflecting my frustration with the man who may well be our next Taoiseach, Enda Kenny. His reluctance to engage in the leader’s debate tomorrow night on TV3 with the bulldog of Irish journalism, Vincent Browne leaves me breathless…....
by Barbara | Feb 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
As I sit here at my kitchen table this morning writing these words, the world outside my kitchen window is bright. The sky is washed in a delicate blue and the newly risen sun is spilling it’s weak light at the bottom of the garden.Last Saturday, for the first time in...
by Barbara | Jan 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
On Wednesday last, 19th January, I got up at 5am. I headed straight for the kitchen for a glass of ice cold orange juice to wake me up. As I arrived downstairs I wondered who had left what light on. The kitchen was glowing in the darkness of the pre dawn. I suspected...
by Barbara | Jan 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
Today I attended the funeral of a man I didn’t know well but who was a constant if irregular presence in my life since the mid 70’s.I first saw Paul Ashford when my mother brought me to see Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. The production was meant to take...
by Barbara | Jan 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
This piece was broadcast on Sunday Miscellany, RTE Radio 1 on Sunday 9th of January.The recent snowfall, which caused such travel chaos, also brought with it some unexpected and beautiful gifts, which was very appropriate in the run up to the Festive Season.The...
