My Autumn Lovely

On Friday I was having a beautiful and restful walk through the grounds of Kilkenny Castle. I was surrounded by tall, strong, wise, old trees. Leaves were drifting to the ground with every gust of the wind, see-sawing their way to the leaf-covered floor of the forest. Apart from the whispering trees there were no [...]

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1955 or 2005?

I’ve just come across this news story and to say I am bewildered is an understatement!
I thought that we, as a nation or society, had moved past this, that these types of attitudes had remained in the last century where they belonged but apparently I was wrong. According to this news story students in Northern [...]

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Parallel Parking for Girls

Ever seen someone try to parallel park…badly?
It’s a cringeworthy moment and yet I have to watch. I can’t tear my eyes away, hoping that this time she (invariably it is a she) will turn the wheel the correct way so that she is not doing the same manouevre a hundred times and wondering why it [...]

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I lick my cheese

If any of you have been living under a rock and never heard of this book by Oonagh O’Hagan, I personally do not lick my cheese It is the title of a collaborative book put together by Ms O’Hagan some time ago with the hilarious & sometimes worrying notes that people left for [...]

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A Walk in the (Phoenix) Park

Inspired by Grannymar’s retelling yesterday of taking her digital camera for a walk in the park, and also inspired by the fabulous weather, I took a spin down to the Phoenix Park by myself to top up my Vitamin D and freckles.
Normally I’d just have had a ramble around and sat down on a bench [...]

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Lovely new hair

I took a much-needed trip to the hairdressers yesterday. I hadn’t been there for several months and my age was beginning to show in my hair, grey bits appearing everywhere as some people liked to keep reminding me. So off with it to the hairdressers. My usual hairdresser was not available so I was booked [...]

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Blonde moment #1

I know a lot of bloggers have their Thoughts of the Day type posts. But I thought I might as well share a little of me and give you a laugh while I’m at it. Before reading on, please note that I am an intelligent and sensible human being most of the time
Unfortunately [...]

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Wow

I’m dumb-founded. I’ve just read this on breakingnews.ie

The founder of the social networking website Facebook has made it on to a respected list of the 400 richest Americans.
Mark Zuckerberg, 24, is the youngest person on the Forbes 400, entering the list at number 321 with a net worth of $1.5bn (€1bn).
Facebook was founded in February [...]

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Giving Blood

I did it! For the first time ever I donated a pint of my finest in the IBTS on Monday. Incidentally, it is also their Blood For Life week 14th-21st September.
I wasn’t really sure what to expect and when one of the medics ‘attacked’ me with a stapler type thing to my finger to squeeze [...]

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Strangeness

So there I am walking down a street in Dublin city centre minding my own business.
I feel good.
I’ve just done a good deed, I’m happy with myself and I am heading to meet friends for drinks-what could be better? All of a sudden my reverie is broken by an ‘average’ looking man coming the other [...]

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