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I came across this striking window in St Peter’s Church, Hyndland Street, Glasgow: Here is a reflection by the artist: And another angle of the Saint: And what do you…
At The Frailest Thing, LM Sacasas has a post on digital detox provoked by this New York Times piece by Kevin Roose. The whole thing (in both cases) is worth…
This wonderful short film takes a very simple idea and executes it brilliantly, and in the process brings home forcefully the smallness of our world in the solar system and…
It is Real Bread Week. As I am sure you knew. The Real Bread Campaign is encouraging people to bake their own, or to buy additive free locally made loaves.…
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…
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…
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…
I spied this mosaic on the wall of Callan Fire Station: On closer inspection, it turns out to portray the bringer of fire himself, Prometheus: Here is the website of…
Séamus Sweeney 