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Posted on May 5, 2019

“Circle”, a poem by Holly Day

via Rabid Oak, Issue 12,  a poem about recurrence in history. And crows: History gathers up in a swirl of images seemingly unconnected as individual incidents clumping together to form a…

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Posted on January 9, 2019January 9, 2019

Review of “Kafkaesque” edited by John Kessel and James Patrick Kelly, SF Site, 2012

I previously blogged a shorter piece, adapted from this review, on Kafka and alternate history. Here is a full review of what was an enjoyable book to read, : “Kafkaesque”…

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Posted on July 21, 2018July 21, 2018

“The knowledge of a raven’s head” – Celtic language T-Shirts from Mireog, Ring, Waterford

I recently came across Mireog, a company based in Ring, Co Waterford . I first came across their T-shirts  but they have a whole range of products. More info on Mireog:  Mireog…

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Posted on July 16, 2017

Bird feeding notes, mid July

I have sheepishly avoided posting anything on bird feeding since this fatal illustration of the principle of unintended consequences. Disposing of the prior feeders (although this may have been overkill) and…

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Posted on October 9, 2016

Where are the magpies? October edition

At the end of March, I wondered, where are the magpies? In July, I noted that there were indeed magpies and helpfully I reblogged James Common’s excellent post on whether magpies do indeed “kill all…

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Posted on July 16, 2016

Three a girl … – the return of magpies

I have blogged here and here about the relative lack of magpies in my garden. As is probably obvious, I have recently been in Donegal and in the last week was away again. So my focus…

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Posted on March 30, 2016

Where are the magpies?

Since getting back into  birding, the daily species count in my garden is usually in the low to mid teens. But there is one notable absentee – the magpie. The…

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