Hello folks
Thank you for the lovely comments on my last post - it's lovely to hear from you all. I've been following along, occasionally dropping in and reading your blogs but I just haven't had the energy to write.
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Nov 23 2020
Nov 8 2020
Bottom of the Garden
On a lovely day in August we socially distanced at the bottom of the garden with my friends Csilla Toldy and Tommy Sands to make a tv programme based on our show The Emigrant Woman's Tale.
On the other side…
Aug 3 2020
John Hume Rest in Peace
Jun 25 2020
June 2020 Photo Scavenger Hunt
I love this monthly photo challenge run by Kate from I Live I Love I Craft.
These are the prompts for June
My garden
At the start of lockdown I was very enthusiastic about getting on top of our…
Jun 24 2020
More Books Around the World Reviews
So ... I've now done 34 countries on my Round the World Reading Challenge - hooray for lockdown :) Only another 160+ to go ... and I confess I am dipping into my normal repertoire of UK/Irish/American books and well…
Jun 24 2020
Books Around the World Update
And yet more titles from my reading challenge ticked off this year so far.
Malaya
The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo ***
I picked this book up from looking at Reese Witherspoon's Book Club list and frankly it wasn't entirely…
Jun 15 2020
Bloomsday
Life is starting to slowly picking up speed again around here, with lots of the sessions moving online and our local craft shop opening up for a few days this week. Like everywhere else, the parks and beaches are packed…
Jun 4 2020
YouTube link
Hi all,
I promised to put up our YouTube link a bit quicker this time from our concert online on Monday night.
It's such a strange way to do a gig, but once we started to see some messages coming…
Jun 4 2020
Book Review: Books from the Middle East
Some more titles ticked off from my round the world reading challenge.
These are two more titles from the charity book club ShelterBox which I wrote more about in my last book review post.
Kuwait
The Pact We Made…
Jun 1 2020
Join us online tonight
Hello everyone,
Just a quick note to let you know that Tom and I will be doing a short online set at 8pm Irish time this evening, representing our local folk club. The concert will be available on You Tube…
May 29 2020
May 2020 Photo Scavenger Hunt
Hello everyone,
How are you all coping with the continuing lockdown? I'm finding that it's taking me even longer to get anything done and after 10 weeks I'm really relaxing into this pace of life.
A few weeks back I…
A few weeks back I…
Apr 30 2020
