Author: Grace

I had a lovely picnic in a friend’s big back garden yesterday. Amongst the treats were delicious black olives. Earlier in the day we’d sat near the sea and enjoyed some cuppas…I’d had a...

This morning I decided to bring my ‘light box’ down to the sitting room. It was in storage in a cupboard upstairs. I switched it on and now the room is much brighter. It...

Went into Dublin today for an appointment and then went to visit my pal Philip Casey for a lovely chat and some nice cups of tea. It was warm and sometimes sunny outside. Yippee!...

A savvy website person has advised me to put more of my articles in the links part of this website…so I’ve added some of them. There are loads more to be added if I...

If you go to the links on this homepage you can download a free copy of Philip Casey’s great book The Fabulists. Just click on the relevant thingy. Philip is a very talented and...

I’ve admitted to being a middle-aged hippie in an article in The Irish Independent. It’s a ‘Guest Columnist’ piece in today’s ‘Weekend’ magazine. I don’t look like a hippie in the accompanying photo. I...

I wrote an article about a phenomenon called BookCrossing recently. BookCrossers leave books around in public places for people to pick up and read and then pass on to others. Look up BookCrossing.com for...

Hi there! You can listen to the radio documentary I made about the Hill of Tara on this website if you click on the icon thingy on the right hand side of the home...

Hi there, It’s a nice sunny day here today in Co. Wicklow, Ireland. The plants in my little patio garden look quite lush and the Honeysuckle bush is really big! Later on the summer...

I haven’t yet read ‘The Power of Now’ by Eckhart Tolle though I was once a volunteer gardener at a Buddhist retreat centre and I had to try to ‘stay in the moment’ while...

(You can listen to the Tara radio documentary I made if you click on the relevant icon at the right hand side of this page.) I had a wonderful time last Friday. I was...

(You can listen to the Tara radio documentary I made if you click on the relevant icon at the right hand side of this page.) Two robins regularly visit my little patio garden. One...