Quirky Memories And Some Romance
My childhood home was a rambling rectory deep in the Irish countryside. The arrival of the postman was a very significant event, as was the occasional appearance of a bat, but more of that...
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Love and Cars
An English friend of mine likes songs about love and cars. It’s one of the reasons why he adores Bruce Springsteen, who sings of love and cars most eloquently. He doesn’t own a flash...
Old Songs and Jet Planes
One of my favourite songs as a teenager was ‘Leaving On A Jet Plane’ by Peter Paul and Mary. When I danced to it at school hops it lent a magnificent poignancy to the...
Characters
When I first met Ava Lavelle I didn’t like her. I thought she was a bossy, highly opinionated woman in her seventies and that her awfulness would be entertaining….she was, after all, a fictional...
