Happy St Valentine’s Day!
Happy Saint Valentine’s Day! Really hope that you receive some gorgeous flowers and a romantic card. But if you don’t it’s a fabulous excuse to buy yourself a nice wee gift! Lots of love...
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Some Helpful Words About Christmas by Elizabeth Lesser
Elizabeth Lesser is co-founder and senior advisor of the Omega Institute and the author of Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow and The Seeker’s Guide. You can find out more about...
Men and sheds
According to a survey conducted by the DIY chain B&Q more than a quarter of men questioned confessed to using their garden shed as a refuge, and a third admitted to visiting it more...
The Cosy AGA
The old rambling rectory in which I spent much of my childhood had a large AGA cooker in the kitchen. The kitchen was always warm and cosy because of it and its presence was...
Great Advice from J.K. Rowling
It seems that Rowling might never have written her fabulous Harry Potter books if she had been more successful early on in life. She got enough points to go to university and in a...
The Royal Wedding
‘I’d hate to be a royal,’ a woman is announcing to a friend in the seat in front of me. She makes it sound as if being a royal were once, somehow, an option....
Happy Easter
Have already eaten a good part of one Easter egg. It is a 70% cocoa solids one so could almost be described as virtuous…dark chocolate just doesn’t taste as naughty as Maltesers. (Have a...
Armchair, sea and cappuccino
I went for a lovely beachside walk in Greystones with some friends on Saturday. The ocean was…well just very pretty and very blue with picturesque and frothy white waves greeting the shore and that...
If you are in the mood for being read to…
If you are in the mood for some quirky intimate humour there’s a podcast of me reading from ‘Ordinary Miracles’ on podcasts.ie. Someone once said it was a bit like ‘Victoria Wood meets Shirley...
May You Have A Happy New Year
May you have a Happy New Year dear website friends. The snow has gone from this part of Ireland. For the time being anyway. Still enjoy feeding the birdies in the local park. They...
Bord Gais Energy Book Club
Bord Gais Energy Book Club has decided to include my novel ‘Ordinary Miracles’ in ‘Laura’s Corner’. Many thanks Laura! http://url.ie/7zld
Teach Us To Sit Still by Tim Parks
Have just finished reading a book called ‘Teach Us To Sit Still’ by Tim Parks. The book’s subtitle is ‘A Sceptic’s Search for Health and Healing’. It is hard to sum up, which is...
Cat Charisma
Found myself doing some genealogical research recently and understand why so many people are enthralled by it. Had to virtually prise myself away from the computer and into the kitchen with bribe of digestive...
Handmade and vintage
If you like handmade and vintage items then you’ll enjoy browsing through www.etsy.com It may even bring out the inner quilter in you! (One of my favourite films is ‘How To Make An American...
