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Posted on December 3, 2018December 3, 2018

“I’m actually a quite different person, I just never get around to being him.”

I came across this quote by Jonathan Trejo-Mathys via The Frailest Thing blog – the concept of the “ever denser web of deadlines required by the various social spheres” reminded…

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Posted on November 30, 2018November 30, 2018

Lincoln Allison on Belloc and the lost art of declamation

Looking for something else entirely, I come across this piece from 2005 on the Social Affairs Unit Blog by Lincoln Allison on Hilaire Belloc’s Cautionary Verses. Allison begins with a…

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Posted on November 30, 2018November 30, 2018

Could horse racing survive without betting?

In the current Irish Field, a thought provoking piece interviewing Noel Hayes and Darren McGrath, founders of Sunday, ” a three-tiered process to bring people on a journey to get…

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Posted on November 30, 2018November 30, 2018

“SUPERB, SOFT-PLUMAGED, SHAPE-SHIFTING, STARLING-SIZED, SUPERMARKET SOFT-FRUIT-SCOFFERS BY THE SCORE, SOMETIME SOON”

In the current issue of BirdWatching Magazine I came across this item on the Waxwing, one of the “Five To Find in December”: The anonymously-published text is: As we say…

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Posted on November 29, 2018March 17, 2019

Poem: Magheragallon

A while back I posted a link to Non-Binary Review’s call for submissions for pieces inspired directly by Dante’s Inferno. Unfortunately (or not) my own efforts in this line were…

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Posted on November 29, 2018

A thought on bookshops.

I had a recent visit to The Winding Stair bookshop in Dublin. It was a highly pleasurable experience – which was reassuring, because I had found recent trips to bookshops…

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Posted on November 26, 2018November 25, 2018

Monday Monster Movie – Godzilla vs Megalon (1973)

Monday Monster Movie – Megalon macerates metropolis. Godzilla goes go-go!

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Posted on November 25, 2018November 25, 2018

Stained Glass from Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Newcastle, Co Tipperary

Following recent reflection (possibly navel gazing) and specific reflection on my stained glass related posts, I am trying to be more selective and focused in posting pictures from specific Churches.…

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