The Collapse of Complex Societies – Joseph Tainter
Somewhere along the way I came across references to Joseph Tainter’s The Collapse of Complex Societies and finally read it in recent weeks. Tainter’s prose style reminded me a little of John…
Falling Back in Love With Biodiversity data submitting
I posted a while back about my reservations about submitting biodiversity data. I hoped it was clear from that this was more a personal reservation about a certain habit of…
A Short Walk In The Linguan River
Formerly the boundary betweent the kingdoms of Osraige (Ossory) and Eóganacht Chaisal (Cashel), the Linguan is a Suir tributary that for much of its course marks the Kilkenny -Tipperary county…
Castletownroche, Co. Cork – labyrinths, dinosaurs, and spies.
At the labyrinthos site article about Irish labyrinths, I came across a discussion of a labyrinth no longer visible but nevertheless preserved in a farmhouse in Castletownroche, Co Cork: A further…
A Labyrinth on the Rock of Cashel
Following a family visit to the Rock of Cashel yesterday, I came across this interesting paper by Peter Harbison – the full text of which contains a concise overview of…
Stealth cat
This morning I sat looking out at the garden, at the patch of grass I previously mentioned here as a hiding place for the local cat. Or a local cat. This morning,…
An eerie silence in the garden.
Early today I saw a rustle in the patch of grass in the middle of the garden, and a cat emerged, lethargically fleeing. Probably not coincidentally, there were far fewer…
Perpetual Motion. Part 5 of 5. Nthposition, Sept 2010
Part 1 here. Part 2 here Part 3 here . Part 4 here Full story here. This story is fairly typical of my rushed efforts of a rather threadbare narrative and characterisation all around…
Séamus Sweeney 