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The comfort of warm fires and old friends

The first trip out, post-Covid, was to see our horses.

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Covid showed I married a saint and gave birth to another

Like death and taxes, it’s inevitable.

19.09.2023 10

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Nuala McCann: Covid showed I married a saint and gave birth to another

Like death and taxes, it’s inevitable.

19.09.2023 10

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The camino, said my brother, will teach you. It sure did

It was just the right temperature to walk: not too hot; no rain.

11.09.2023 7

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Nuala McCann: The camino, said my brother, will teach you. It sure did

It was just the right temperature to walk: not too hot; no rain.

11.09.2023 7

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The best kind of party... just don't forget the Child of Prague

We are driving down the road towards our son’s apartment, where my husband is spending a happy retirement painting and decorating.

28.08.2023 10

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Nuala McCann: The best kind of party... just don't forget the Child of Prague

We are driving down the road towards our son’s apartment, where my husband is spending a happy retirement painting and decorating.

28.08.2023 10

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Between the Vaseline, the Epsom salts and the uddermint, I'm hoping all will be well...

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.

21.08.2023 8

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Nuala McCann: Between the Vaseline, the Epsom salts and the uddermint, I'm hoping all will be well...

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.

21.08.2023 8

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Don't light the crematorium fire for me just yet

14.08.2023 9

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Nuala McCann: Don't light the crematorium fire for me just yet

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14.08.2023 10

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Nuala McCann: I'm a stickler for grammar... my bad

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.

09.08.2023 10

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I'm a stickler for grammar... my bad

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.

07.08.2023 9

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Keep rolling, keep clinging, keep getting up – a template for later life

Two weeks into retirement; four books down (two misery memoirs, two deep, thought-provoking tomes about marriage and life and the universe, ho hum).

31.07.2023 5

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Who knows what you'll see in Botanic Gardens?

We believe in the strict division of labour.

24.07.2023 7

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Nuala McCann: Who knows what you'll see in Botanic Gardens?

We believe in the strict division of labour.

24.07.2023 6

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Goodbye my BBC friends... Now it's our time

I got my first blow-up doll last week… and me, 62 years old.

17.07.2023 10

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Nuala McCann: Goodbye my BBC friends... Now it's our time

I got my first blow-up doll last week… and me, 62 years old.

17.07.2023 10

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Nuala McCann: Drinking deep from the cup of culture... in Dublin

A dear friend has headed to Ithaca where the waters sparkle turquoise and the Greeks bear gifts of ouzo and honey.

10.07.2023 8

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Nuala McCann: Home is in my heart now

It was Cemetery Sunday down home last week.

05.07.2023 6

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Savouring the sun on a summer's evening

It’s the stillness of the summer evenings that we love – as if someone has thrown a soft bridal veil over the garden.

26.06.2023 6

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Nuala McCann: Savouring the sun on a summer's evening

It’s the stillness of the summer evenings that we love – as if someone has thrown a soft bridal veil over the garden.

26.06.2023 4

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I think I'll have to send my other half to outer Mongolia

"You need to find things to do," says my other half as I loll in the bed all day Sunday nursing a stomach ache.

20.06.2023 10

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Nuala McCann: I think I'll have to send my other half to outer Mongolia

"You need to find things to do," says my other half as I loll in the bed all day Sunday nursing a stomach ache.

20.06.2023 10

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Love has come slow and late for the blackbird's song and the delicate lace of cow parsley...

A friend and I had been talking about Michael Viney, the Irish Times journalist and natural history writer, in the office the other day.

12.06.2023 8

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Nuala McCann: Love has come slow and late for the blackbird's song and the delicate lace of cow parsley...

A friend and I had been talking about Michael Viney, the Irish Times journalist and natural history writer, in the office the other day.

12.06.2023 10

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Nuala McCann: When it comes to saying goodbyes

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...

08.06.2023 7

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When it comes to saying goodbyes

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...

05.06.2023 5

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Nuala McCann: Between Brexit, Marmite and Philip Larkin, the world is ill divided

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02.06.2023 4

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Between Brexit, Marmite and Philip Larkin, the world is ill divided

A few years ago, weeks after that vote that cut us all out of Europe (what a falling off was there.

30.05.2023 10

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Nuala McCann: I draw the line at dandelions

Between 'No Mow May' and 'Movember', all this hairiness is confusing.

23.05.2023 20

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We were outside the chippy and 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...

15.05.2023 10

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Nuala McCann: We were outside the chippy and 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...

15.05.2023 9

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Never mind Karl Lagerfeld and the Met Gala - there's fresh fashion wisdom sprouting with the daisies on the lawn

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...

08.05.2023 20

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Nuala McCann: Never mind Karl Lagerfeld and the Met Gala - there's fresh fashion wisdom sprouting with the daisies on the lawn

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...

08.05.2023 20

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Nuala McCann: Like the health service I'm on my knees, saying the Nun's Prayer for my sore shoulder

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

02.05.2023 9

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Like the health service I'm on my knees, saying the Nun's Prayer for my sore shoulder

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

01.05.2023 5

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Have I ever told you this before?

My first encounter with actor Richard E Grant was the film How to Get Ahead in Advertising.

24.04.2023 3

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Nuala McCann: Have I ever told you this before?

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24.04.2023 10

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Goodbye Donegall Street and the ghosts of history

This paper – The Irish News – is moving to a new location.

17.04.2023 5

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Nuala McCann: Goodbye Donegall Street and the ghosts of history

This paper – The Irish News – is moving to a new location.

17.04.2023 5

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Nuala McCann: The language is a work in progress... but I've fallen in love with Spain

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...

10.04.2023 5

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The language is a work in progress... but I've fallen in love with Spain

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...

10.04.2023 5

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Nuala McCann: With Crossmaglen, Paris and friendship, it's all about the journey and the laughter along the way

There are friends who just get you.

30.03.2023 5

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With Crossmaglen, Paris and friendship, it's all about the journey and the laughter along the way

There are friends who just get you.

27.03.2023 6

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What is it about this stage in life when people think they can say what they like?

It feels like the world has taken agin me.

21.03.2023 5

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Never mind climbing Slemish – I'm ready to rock the Casbah

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...

14.03.2023 4

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Here's to hand-knits and Hollywood moments

A certain Irish island is having a Hollywood moment.

07.03.2023 6

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Feeling the need for a personal spring clean

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.

28.02.2023 20

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My smiling primrose, frilled and yellow, is a little of home

A SMALL yellow primrose smiles up at me from the front garden.

21.02.2023 10

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