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Posted on April 27, 2017April 27, 2017

First Known When Lost on Spring and mortality, with Herrick, Wallace Stevens, and Epictetus

Original here Spring beautifully — and gently — counsels us to be mindful of our mortality. This is sound advice. In fact, we are well-advised to consider our mortality on…

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Posted on April 9, 2017

From “The Long, Long Life of Trees”, Fiona Stafford

  In spring, you can feel life stirring in the barest twigs and the silhouetted catkins look as if a diminutive duck has run across the sky. One day the…

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Posted on February 14, 2017March 20, 2017

Bird feeding mid February

My last “Bird feeding notes”, was from mid November. One of the nice things about bird feeding is the heightened awareness of the passage of the seasons, and how even…

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Posted on October 11, 2016October 11, 2016

 St Patrick’s Well, Marlfield, Clonmel, Tipperary

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Posted on February 29, 2016February 29, 2016

St Berrihert’s Kyle and Well

A little while ago I reblogged a post from Pilgrimage in Medieval Ireland on St Berrihert’s Kyle . Others have written about this site and generally describe it as in various ways magical. My…

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