When you’ve been absent from blogging for as long as I have, it’s really difficult to know where to begin again! I had every intention of sharing all my experiences when I moved back to Northern Ireland in 2017 to help look after my elderly father. But when the going gets tough for me, I clam up.

I received a message just before the holidays via my ( Read more... )

My penultimate day in Northern Ireland before heading back to the States. Yesterday we had much excitement at Robin Hill. I was out in the back yard, gathering an assortment of Dad’s garden statues that he wants painted. He was wandering around the edge of the lawn, pulling stray weeds here and there from the dense soil beds along the wall. Several ( Read more... )

Day 3, Northern Ireland, September 2, 2013 ( Read more... )