I have headed off again- this time back to Corris in Wales for four weeks. The last month has been full of all kinds of stuff other than creative pursuits not least being ongoing problems with the car. I have had everything fixed that could be fixed in relation to the oil and last Friday…
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It’s been a while again. I should do shorter less considered posts I suppose. I was thinking about changing the title to ramblings into the life of a middleaged/ older woman and just documenting stuff… any ideas? Maybe that could be interesting. At the moment I am in Tralee, my friend is practising instrumental pieces…
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On sunny mornings and lunchtimes I ate at this stone bench overlooking the sea, with the buzz of bees on the fuchsia bush at my back. On the grassy slope, tall fronds of purple loosestrife swayed in the breeze, the calm sea stretched out towards Scariff and the smaller Duinis island. Behind the islands the…
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I am on a residency in Cill Rialaig in Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry. It’s over ten months since I was in Wales and last updated this blog though it’s often been on my mind. Blame it on settling in to the new house, on getting my studio built and organised, on trying to plant and structure…
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The boxes are not all unpacked in the new house but I have left it again to come back to beautiful Corris in Wales. The residency was booked long before I thought of selling and moving and naively when my house sold very quickly I assumed I would be well settled by September. Roll…
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Arise O sun God and Greet thy People: A week in Annamaghkerrig. Arise O sun God and Greet thy People. (Garrison Keillor) According to a composer I met in Annamaghkerrig these are the only words an artist wants to hear when he/she has unveiled a new work. He was staying in Annamaghkerrig for…
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Before Christmas I spent a few weeks working on some prints for the exhibition ‘Little stories; Little prints’ which is opening at the Little museum in Stephen’s Green in our fair capital city on next Saturday at 5 pm. You are of course all invited and if you follow this blog and I don’t personally…
DetailsI went to revisit Cow’s lane market yesterday before a meet up in Dunne and Crescenzi’s in South Frederick street with some friends from college in Galway many Moons ago. We call ourselves the Galway girls..duh! I love Cow’s lane market. It’s on Saturday mornings at the Christchurch end of Temple bar- I won’t attempt…
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Some months ago I visited a friend’s house and her young daughter brought me to her playroom to show me her ‘Sylvanian families’ house. She did not have any of the furniture or Sylvanians for it and hoped to be able to save for them. The fervent tone of her voice reminded me of myself…
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I’ve been thinking about those wonderful people, often creative souls themselves- who allow random strangers to sleep on their couch/ spare bed and in so doing allow them the space to nurture their creativity or just to help them along when life is tough. It was one of the things that struck me when I…
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