Walking a new line

I’m a little saddened today. I’m saddened after reading a story on movies.ie about Joaquin Phoenix quitting acting to pursue a music career.
I’m not a huge film buff and although I love the cinema, I go through phases of going all the time or not at all – feast or famine! Currently I am going [...]

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An unexpected stop

A few days ago I was having a very busy day. I spent most of the day in the car in fact, driving from A to B and back again, only to do it all over again. On my way to a 4pm appointment I found myself in an unusual situation-I was really early! By [...]

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Strange men in the night

It’s early morning and I wake up. It’s still dark, inside and out.
“This is not my bed”, I think, a little confused. “What’s going on here?”
I struggle to my feet. Hands scrunched into two fists, I rub my eyes and look around.

I peer into the darkness to the bed beside mine. A strange unfamiliar grunt, [...]

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Moeraki

Earlier in the year I took a trip. A long, once in a lifetime (though hopefully not ) trip around the world. I took probably thousands of photographs of the wonderful things I saw. At the time many of my favourite photographs were of stunning sunsets, tropical islands, beautiful coastal views.
But my favourites [...]

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Affordable childcare?!

All of us, whether with or without kids are surely aware of the phenomenal rates people are paying to have their children taken care of in a kind, caring and safe environment away from the home while Mammy and Daddy go off to earn the big bucks. They have to be big bucks to pay [...]

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B.A.D. Blog Action Day

“Personal Blog might document a personal activity of the blogger that is helping the disadvantaged”
According to the Blog Action Day website this is what the personal blogger (i.e. me) should be writing about today to highlight poverty in the world.
I’m not sure if I am doing anything to alleviate poverty, save my own. I no [...]

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Back to the Future Two-Letter to Me

No, no, not the sequel to the film, just part two to this post yesterday where I wondered what I might advise a fifteen year old me about life, love, career and all things in between to make her teenage and early twenties years less painful.
There is the school of thought that would say that [...]

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Back to the Future

Or rather Back to the Past.
What if you could write a letter to a younger you at what you now know to be a crucial point in your life with guidance and advice on what to do next? I woke up thinking of this this morning for some reason and have composed a letter several [...]

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Entrepreneurial genius?

Or just chancing his arm?
Spotted this in the recent issue of Northside People (a local Dublin community newspaper, for those of you who don’t know it).

‘Genius’ might be pushing it of course…but I still thought it was brilliant!
I foresee many parents going to Stephen with Santas iPods to have songs loaded up & ready to [...]

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Coolest. Beds. Ever.

How cool are these beds? They’re awesome and most of them look pretty comfy too!
How many times have you had that dream that you are flying or floating in the air? Now you can do it for real with a floating bed

I love the little legs on this one, though they are ever so slightly [...]

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