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• Solace In Familiar Places

  Posted on Monday November 30th, 2009 at 18:55 in dublin, francis bacon, o'connell street, garden of remembrance, dublin writers museum, parnell street, the hugh lane gallery

  The journey along Dublin's main O'Connell Street onto Parnell Street was an uphill struggle against battering winds and heavy rain made all the worse by the fact that I was trying to hold up an umbrella. While the end of my journey brought some phy...

• After A Long Absence

  Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 06:19 in writing, alzheimer's disease

  Usually when something profound is happening in my life I tend to write, write, write. Over the past few weeks my husband and I have watched his one remaining aunt slowly die from Alzheimer's Disease but it was a severe chest infection which finally ...

• My First Visit To London - August 1973

  Posted on Wednesday August 19th, 2009 at 15:00 in holidays, London, England, trafalgar square, westminster abbey

  This was my first trip abroad, first time ever to leave Irish soil and first time to set foot inside an aeroplane! Life would never be the same again.My fiance (future hubby) and I set off on a wet Sunday evening bound for Dublin Airport. He of cours...

• Things That Make Me Happy

  Posted on Sunday August 9th, 2009 at 08:07 in family, poetry, work, beach, happiness, summer, andrew motion, ringsend, wood pigeon, sandymount strand

  The following is a list of six things that make me happy, pretty much in order of preference although they could change from time to time but never the top one!1) Having the whole family together for dinner.2) The cooing of the wood pigeon.3) T...

• A Study In Apprehension

  Posted on Thursday July 30th, 2009 at 18:34 in anxiety, school, winter, memory, dublin, childhood

  Turning into the lanewaymy six year old mindis once again filled with anxiety.What shall I learn today?more to the pointwhat will I not understand?.Almost there now,past the red bricksand the four stone slit windowsthen sharp turn leftI'm on the fina...

• My Dad - A Soldier To The End

  Posted on Thursday July 23rd, 2009 at 06:15 in adoption, soldier, hospital, bronchoscopy, adoptive father, irish army

  Recently I've been thinking a lot about my Dad who passed away just over nine years ago. Although he wasn't my natural father he was my adoptive Dad and I loved him very much. The one thing that makes me sad is that he didn't live to see his grandchi...

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