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The first trip out, post-Covid, was to see our horses.
Like death and taxes, it’s inevitable.
Like death and taxes, it’s inevitable.
It was just the right temperature to walk: not too hot; no rain.
It was just the right temperature to walk: not too hot; no rain.
We are driving down the road towards our son’s apartment, where my husband is spending a happy retirement painting and decorating.
We are driving down the road towards our son’s apartment, where my husband is spending a happy retirement painting and decorating.
It is a sad reflection of the current state of affairs that by the time you get through to your doctor, you’ve forgotten why you rang.
It is a sad reflection of the current state of affairs that by the time you get through to your doctor, you’ve forgotten why you rang.
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Conscious of the fact that, to quote the great late Leonard Cohen, I ache in the places where I used to play, I’m investing in upkeep.
Conscious of the fact that, to quote the great late Leonard Cohen, I ache in the places where I used to play, I’m investing in upkeep.
Two weeks into retirement; four books down (two misery memoirs, two deep, thought-provoking tomes about marriage and life and the universe, ho hum).
We believe in the strict division of labour.
We believe in the strict division of labour.
I got my first blow-up doll last week… and me, 62 years old.
I got my first blow-up doll last week… and me, 62 years old.
A dear friend has headed to Ithaca where the waters sparkle turquoise and the Greeks bear gifts of ouzo and honey.
It was Cemetery Sunday down home last week.
It’s the stillness of the summer evenings that we love – as if someone has thrown a soft bridal veil over the garden.
It’s the stillness of the summer evenings that we love – as if someone has thrown a soft bridal veil over the garden.
"You need to find things to do," says my other half as I loll in the bed all day Sunday nursing a stomach ache.
"You need to find things to do," says my other half as I loll in the bed all day Sunday nursing a stomach ache.
A friend and I had been talking about Michael Viney, the Irish Times journalist and natural history writer, in the office the other day.
A friend and I had been talking about Michael Viney, the Irish Times journalist and natural history writer, in the office the other day.
The leaving do was in the old pub that we used to visit in our early 20s – back then it had weary carpets, tobacco stained walls, the perfect...
The leaving do was in the old pub that we used to visit in our early 20s – back then it had weary carpets, tobacco stained walls, the perfect...
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A few years ago, weeks after that vote that cut us all out of Europe (what a falling off was there.
Between 'No Mow May' and 'Movember', all this hairiness is confusing.
This is a shaggy dog story - the dog in question is a Collie. It was love at first sight...
This is a shaggy dog story - the dog in question is a Collie. It was love at first sight...
Karl Lagerfeld was asked to mind the cat for two weeks but fell in love with her and never gave her back. Choupette is a diva all on her own with her...
Karl Lagerfeld was asked to mind the cat for two weeks but fell in love with her and never gave her back. Choupette is a diva all on her own with her...
I’m as healthy as a trout and rarely bother a doctor. But at 3am my shoulder nags and sends me downstairs to the cake tin
I’m as healthy as a trout and rarely bother a doctor. But at 3am my shoulder nags and sends me downstairs to the cake tin
My first encounter with actor Richard E Grant was the film How to Get Ahead in Advertising.
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This paper – The Irish News – is moving to a new location.
This paper – The Irish News – is moving to a new location.
We’re just back from 10 days in Spain in an apartment on the beach where waves crashing on the shore lull you to sleep. I have fallen in...
We’re just back from 10 days in Spain in an apartment on the beach where waves crashing on the shore lull you to sleep. I have fallen in...
There are friends who just get you.
There are friends who just get you.
It feels like the world has taken agin me.
You may think Slemish is a hill but with a reluctant child to get up and down, it’s Everest and where you can never find a decent Sherpa about...
A certain Irish island is having a Hollywood moment.
Spring has sprung, the grass is riz and there is an ongoing struggle because the woman in the weight loss club is not over fond.
A SMALL yellow primrose smiles up at me from the front garden.