by Barbara | Jan 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
Today, 6th of January is the feast of the epiphany but here in Ireland it is also Women’s Christmas – Nollaig na mBan.To mark the occasion I have written a guest post for the Anti Room Blog which you can read here.Enjoy!
by Barbara | Jan 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
Long, long ago, in a galaxy far away, I was about 20 and working for JWT, at that time Ireland’s largest tour operator. It was a great job which I loved very much. Most travel companies at that time were staffed mainly by people in their 20s and early 30s and so the...
by Barbara | Jan 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
Finally, we have arrived at the New Year. I love the fresh feeling and hope that the dawn of a new year brings and this year we also mark a new decade. It is a time for looking forward. It is time to stop wasting time with regrets or worrying about the year that has...
by Barbara | Dec 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
Christmas is a time for memories. I was very lucky to grow up in a reasonably normal home where we had a fairly traditional Christmas. Christmas was a far more modest event back then. Our decorations were of the paper variety and were strung from the four corners of...
by Barbara | Dec 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
Finally we have something different to talk about! And to think about.Snow.Tons of it.Snow like I am not sure I have ever seen before in Dublin and I am very old!This morning as I write this, there is a white out here in Cabinteely. My world has been gifted a thick...
by Barbara | Nov 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
7 Billion, 24 billion, 35 billion….Bail Out,ECB,Bond Markets,Ollie Rehn,Front loaded adjustments,Budget deficit,Blah Blah Blah,Gobbeldy gookIt streams from my radio.It jumps from the pages of my newspapers.It scares me to death and yet it is...
