Month: March 2025

  • #i’m_numb_therefore_I_am!

    The age of the Enlightenment was characterised by the phrase of Descartes ‘I think therefore I am’. We are in an age of the supremacy of the mind. But the…

  • #hurleys

    One of most memorable childhood activities for me was travelling out to various ditches around the country to find ash trees suitable to make hurleys. No one doubts the magnificence…

  • #goldfish

    I’m looking at beautiful goldfish in a garden pond. Some are completely motionless, others seem to be dancing with the sunbeams that break into the water. They look quite content…

  • #frankenstein

    I pretended I wasn’t scared when I watched an old black and white Frankenstein movie but I certainly lost a few hours’ sleep after watching one as a child. The…

  • #identity

    I often wonder how St Patrick would describe himself. Did he see himself as a constant migrant? Did he come back to Ireland because he felt an affinity with the…

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