Category: the particular
Flannery and Dante – a poem by Angela Alaimo O’Donnell
At The Other Journal I come across this poem “riffing on Flannery O’Connor’s fandom for Dante” as the site itself puts it: Flannery and Dante For my money Dante is about as…
Happy 91st Birthday Jim Lovell Apollo 13 Mission Commander
Today Jim Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 and, along with his fellow astronauts Jack Swigart and Fred Haise the human who has been furthest from Earth, is 91. Like…
The lost worlds of Debois and Julieta Guipeal at the Tipperary County Museum
This is Portrait of a Man, by Julieta Guipeal: Apologies for the photo quality – this was taken with my phone’s camera in a well-lit (and thereby reflective) space. It…
You are not alone: the word “sonder”
I recently came across the word “sonder” Coined in 2012 by John Koenig, whose project, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, aims to come up with new words for emotions that…
“F***lands 1982”, E J Peters
Currently this piece by the late E J Peters – based apparently on an actual small ad – is on displayin Tipperary County Museum in Clonmel as part of their…
The water-filled River Clashawley, Fethard, in February
Last September I posted eerie photos of the dried up bed of the Clashawley River at Fethard. As contrast, here are some February photos showing the river in good flow:
“Being in space is like a child’s dream with adult problems” : We Need To Talk About Cosmos, a short film by Raphaël Bluzet
A charming, witty short film on astronaut life by Raphaël Bluzet well worth three and a bit minutes of your life.
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