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Sunday Rugby
We don’t have a television. There is a tiny bit of deep hidden political meaning in this non-ownership. It means that we have a lot of freedom in how we view entertainment, but on the other hand, we are also … Continue reading
A Reflection on Funerals
We have had a month of deaths. Special people who made the world different and people who matter to my dear friends are gone. Mortality is on my mind. I’ve gone to funerals before now. I’ve felt that awful sense … Continue reading
Posted in Cork, Family, Health, Skibbereen, West Cork
Tagged ceremonies, death, Family, freedom of choice, funeral, funeral arrangements, god, goddess, grief, Hope, house, humanism, humanist, mortality, passing on, sadness, secular, West Cork
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Fermenting in the Spring Equinox
After a nice long hibernation from the world, blogging and life, I am renewed and determined to post more regularly. So…today I will be sharing my latest craze – home fermentation. Along the sideboard in the kitchen are various pots … Continue reading
Posted in Biodynamic, Family, Gardening, Parenting, Recipes, West Cork
Tagged cabbage, carrots, children, dinner, Family, food, kim chee, lacto fermentation, sauerkraut, sourdough, witch
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The Grinding of the Teeth
I went to the dentist recently. A molar that turned into an emergency root canal right after baby no. 1, with the birth of baby no. 4, broke in half. Four kids and only destroyed one tooth… The point being is that the … Continue reading
Posted in Astrology, Health, Saturn, Weird, West Cork
Tagged bruxism, Capricorn, Dentist, Great Lakes Proving, homeopathy, Saturn
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Giving Thanks
Liz Green says about Capricorns ‘ But to most goats, life is a serious business, because it has to be mastered if you want to survive’ ( Astrology for Lovers). I do take life seriously, so seriously that I have … Continue reading
…..possible career?
I just finished a Haiku workshop in the Schull Library Amongst the wonderful lively exchanges, a eight year old boy asked me; ” Is this your job? Do you travel all over the world and show kids how to do … Continue reading
Posted in Eve Richards, West Cork
Tagged animal, career, haiku, humour, library, Schull, workshop
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Summer of the Sheep
A lot has happened since my last entry on this blog. Being the Goat that I am, I nearly packed it all in blogwise. My initial thinking ran: ‘ you haven’t made a weekly entry, much less an entry per … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Mental Health, Uncategorized, West Cork
Tagged baby, Capricorn, crazy husband, durrus, farming, Saturn, Sheep
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How to get a good pinch
How to get a good pinch in six easy steps: 1. Have a goose 2. Have her nesting behind a large square rabbit hutch squished into the corner of the house, where you have to get on your hands and … Continue reading
Moving a zoo…
I came home late Saturday night after spending two weeks caring for my father at his home. It was an awkward two weeks. Instead of it simply being about providing care and continuity for my dad, an Alzheimer’s sufferer, it … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Gardening, Mental Health, Uncategorized, West Cork
Tagged Alzheimer's, Capricorn, chicks, children, Family, Father, fourth house sun, gardening, Moving, okra, Rabbits
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a little bit of nothing and too much…
I haven’t been able to write anything since Christmas. Every time I start a subject, another pops up and demands to be dealt with in my real life. So maybe I can excuse it by stating that I have been … Continue reading
Posted in Cork, Family, Ireland, Parenting, Uncategorized, Weird, West Cork
Tagged birthday party, Brian Cowen, children, death, depression, durrus, escape, green party, guinea pig, Happiness, homebirth, Hope, hospital, house, kale, laughing, Love, parential alienation, pregnancy, rabbit, Silky hens, stepson, swearing, West Cork
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