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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
Swedish Meatballs, Wild Strawberries & Lists of Five
This post is a week late. Due to family life, my mind could not focus on a suitable theme, so am combining my comfort things into one happy post. 1. Ingmar Bergman films 2. Great Grandma’s recipe for brown sugar (Swedish) … Continue reading
Posted in Astrology, Biodynamic, Family, Uncategorized, Weird
Tagged ascendent, Astrid Lindgren, breakfast, cheese, fermentation, five, food, Ingmar Bergman, ingmar bergman films, Kefir, kefir grains, rising sign, Sweden, Swedish, Volvos, Wallander, West Cork
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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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Why is marriage alot like sourdough?
Why is marriage a lot like sourdough? Because it doesn’t always work. See, in making sourdough, you need time, warmth, labour, plus the basic ingredients – Isn’t that exactly what marriage needs too? Certain family members are gluten intolerant, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged baking, bread, family life, hudson wholefoods, marriage, rye, sourdough, sourdough starter, spelt, West Cork
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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
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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Christmas Eve
A Very Merry Christmas to you all from us here in Friendly Cove, Durrus, Ireland
Posted in Cork, Family
Tagged children, durrus, friendly cove, Hope, house, West Cork
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Trounce Those Budget Blues, Lads
When I looked at this chart, the first thing that I see is that giant glob of planets in Capricorn in the 3rd house. Wow, Mars, Pluto, the Moon, Mercury and the N Node all bunched there together. What a … Continue reading
Fairy houses in Myross
Late this summer, my sons and I walked around myross woods and filmed the experience. Such a new thing for me to do! Supposedly it was to be a birthday present for my sister (2nd Sept) and I am only … Continue reading
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