Sometimes you go to an art exhibition that speaks to your soul. One that moves you and takes you back to days spent in hospital corridors and nursing homes. Hours sitting beside a bed, listening to rattling breathing. Being handed tea and biscuits. Remembering kind words and sympathy. Looking at walking frames without owners. Hearing... Continue Reading →
Sunday Thoughts
Sunday, Sockies, shook, Squid Game; that kind of sums up this blog post. It's been a really exciting ten days or so. I'm absolutely over the moon to have won a Sockies award, I really didn't expect it and I haven't fully recovered! I won the Social Media Strategy: SME category. It was for the... Continue Reading →
Sunday Thoughts
It's been a week of connections and reconnections, although I'm not the most sociable person in the world I do think the connections were missing during all the lockdowns. I met a new person this week, purely by chance, I knew of them already, but I'd never spoken to them. I felt a very strong... Continue Reading →
The New Art and Craft Fair Sligo
I was delighted to finally get to The New Art and Craft Fair in Sligo town today. I've heard great things about it from so many people so I was delighted to go along to see for myself. It's in the stunning Gillooly Hall, opposite the Cathedral, the hall dates back to the 1880s and... Continue Reading →
The Model Reopens
The Model, Sligo is set to reopen on Thursday 23rd of July and I was delighted to be asked along today for a preview of the exhibitions and to find out more about the plans for opening in our new normal. Emer McGarry, the director of The Model, gave us a guided tour of the... Continue Reading →
An even better day!
For a week that started off pretty badly today turned it all around. There's quite a bit of news on the horizon but I won't tell you about that just yet 😉 I had a meeting this afternoon but before that I went for a bit of a ramble around Roscommon. The first stop was... Continue Reading →