That Curious Love of Green
Monday May 8th 2017 This weekend we had first communion which is ironic because when it comes to religion my view can be summed up by saying that as a woman in particular I feel it’s my duty to have nothing to do with any church. […]
Dear friends, it’s Friday, I’m sitting in my new favourite place in the garden, behind the delphiniums. It’s a beautiful morning, my favourite kind, blustery. Here’s a snapshot of my day so far, as you can see it’s heavy on #creativity… Goodbye Adrian Coffee Closed […]
In 1920’s Ireland, my grandmother Mary Susan Logan came home from dances through dewy grass as the sun was rising. All night dances, hard for us to imagine. It was in her day that dances moved from peoples homes to the dance halls. The move […]
Aisling Fitzgibbon aka The Girl Against Fluoride is taking legal action against the Irish government to prevent them from adding fluoride to the water supply. The policy of mandatory water fluoridation has been practised in Ireland since 1964. In the run up to the court […]
The journey west from Leitrim to Louisburgh, Co Mayo did not seem long. Mum, Dad, my brother Colm and I were for Clare Island in Clew Bay. This was the home of the pirate queen Grace O’Malley and her clan, is home to 160 people […]
Margaret O’Farrell cautions against keeping goats but everything else? ‘Why not?’ she says… ‘Every suburban garden should at least have a couple of hens.’ Margaret and Alfie run Oldfarm in Tipperary where they rear free range, gmo free pigs. Whether you want to sample one […]