My mom was born in Galway, and my Dad's mother in Banagher, so I've been to the west fairly often to visit Mom's family (and once to visit Dad's). I have, however, never been to the North of Ireland. This month, when I went over to Galway to visit my aunt, I told her I'd like to go on a literary pilgrimage to Belfast. This picture shows why.
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I am trying to be very careful and exact in what I say here. I have no intention of offending anyone, but I do think this is important ( Read more... )

To everyone on the east Coast of the U.S. and Canada, stay warm and dry! I was out a bit earlier - walking to our local Rite Aid - and it was quite pleasant out; just a normal light snowstorm so far, and not yet too cold or windy. But they do expect that to change. I'm hoping my little sister, who's up in CT where they have blizzard warnings out, ( Read more... )

Glancing down the page, I notice that St. Thomas Aquinas is supposed to be the saint "against storms". This is his feast day. He isn't working very hard, however, because it's snowing as I write! :)

Okay - this is about the election, so skip it if you are fed up with the whole thing. I have rather a lot to say! But I will try to keep it short. :) ( Read more... )

It was making me sad looking at my empty bowl and tank, so my sister and I went to Petco - I was planning to get a betta. While there, I saw something new to me: baby bettas in cups. Several of these little ones looked ill, or even dead; several more were lively. On impulse, I got a cute, lively little one from the middle of the rank of fish. As I ( Read more... )

To everyone in Sandy's path: I hope we all weather this okay. I'm getting very anxious waiting, and have candles ready to light all over the apartment - in spite of which, it's my fervent hope that we don't lose power. But we probably will. Anyway, best wishes to everyone in the storm's path - hang on and stay dry ( Read more... )

My sister, deirdrej and her colleague have a minicast up of the baby chicks they raised in the library. It's the cutest thing ever! Note: I tried to embed the podcast, but it wouldn't work, so here is the link. http://minicasts.podomatic.com/play/1014997/4171162

Okay - I am also going to try for one more six sentence Sunday, if I have time. But first, I am going to express a little puzzlement and confusion. I have been so baffled by what I've seen a couple of bicyclists do recently that I actually went and looked up the traffic laws to see if what I remembered was right. ( Read more... )

I got this!


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