Lost and Found

Four and half years ago I had a job based on the other side of the city. It was a long journey. At first I tried cycling but discovered I couldn’t cycle there more than three days a week, my knee couldn’t take the strain.
So I compromised. I cycled into the city centre, left my [...]

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July Books

Inspired by the lists of books bought and read at the start of each article in the Polysyllabic Spree and intrigued by the relationships (or lack of) between the two lists, I’ve decided to keep a track of my books bought and read each month, this is what happened in July:
Books Bought
First Among Sequels – [...]

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Colours

OrangeYellowTangerineLemonAmberOchreCrimsonSalmonGoldVermillion
On a good day, I sit back and wait for the show to begin.
I mooch around a little, trying to find the comfort spot on the couch, never once taking my eyes off the skies before me, as the shades perform their dances flitting from cloud to cloud, their movements leaving swashes in their wake.
Each [...]

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Reach for the Sky

When I took this photo there was still a lot of scaffolding around O’Connell St, so to hide all that I had to point upwards and it works but what’s exciting for me is there’s an added dimension to this picture. I would love to say that I chose the three subjects intentionally but it [...]

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Love me, adore me…..

It’s the eyes, they pull you in and speak reams about innocence….

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Come with me

Let me take you by the hand and lead you on a journey…

We start off on a broad tree-lined avenue where the canopy shades you from the heat of the sun and protects you from the fall of the rain. Choose a friendly tree and wrap your arms wide around it. Rest your cheek [...]

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A Good Day

Today I had a good day, it seems like it’s been so long since I came home from work full of life and vigour. I feel alive. I didn’t even want to leave, I wanted to stay there until they threw me out.
I worked the whole day through, I didn’t check my email, I didn’t [...]

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Spoke too soon

Three hours later and it’s raining….

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Something happened

Something happened today.
Or rather, something didn’t happen. It didn’t rain. It’s rained every day for weeks now, and we’re not even supposed to have monsoon weather in an Irish Summer. There’s even a theory that it’s supposed to be sunny in Summer…
Though even as I type this the wind is strenghtening, a portent of rain, [...]

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Holy Footprint Batman!

It’s 2am, we’ve had 2 hours sleep and it’s time to get up. It’s like walking into a gale trying to get out of that bed, my body is quite attached to it but after much struggling separation is achieved, we wipe the barely deposited sleep from our eyes, pull on some clothes [...]

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