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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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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Monday 16 May Sunshine is not good when you are in a residency in a beautiful place. You need rain and wind and a bit of sleet even so that you do not feel guilty for sitting at your desk when the sun is blazing down outside. Because we Irish are rain soaked creatures we…
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Saturday 7th may This day last week I drove to Dunlaoire to get the ferry. I arrived there at 7.30 am and was very surprised at how little traffic there was. When I drove up to the Stena line gates everything was locked and there was not a soul in sight. I knew something had…
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I wrote the following piece in Achill last week. I was exhausted after working hard all summer and the break was great. There was no wifi in the house so I paid regular trips to Marty Mac’s in the evenings. Needless to say I’ve been so busy since I got back that I’m only getting…
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A few weeks ago I went away for the weekend to Argentré-du-Plessis in Brittany on a trip that I wouldn’t even have considered a few years ago. Fly off with a bunch of strangers and stay with a French family I’d never met for the weekend?? Not me. I’m way too cool for that sort…
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