Tomorrow will be a sad day for me as Chapters, one of my favourite coffee shops in Sligo, is closing down. Chapters holds many happy memories for me. I've met with friends there, listened to poetry and readings there, been filmed for TV there, chilled out there. I remember sitting in Chapters many times updating... Continue Reading →
Trumpets and Knickers
Yes I know it's an odd blog title...but it's to do with the Spike Sligo stories I'm working on. All will be revealed when the time comes 😉 The good people of twitter must think I'm going slightly mad with my talk of trumpets and knickers.It's been really interesting though, Spike Milligan was a real... Continue Reading →
TV and toenails
It's been a very busy week. I haven't had time to bless my self, as my granny would have said (not that I ever do bless myself but you get the idea). We had a few days of ice/snow/sleet/hail. The usual Irish four seasons in one day weather but the photo above came out of... Continue Reading →
Coming Home
Following on my the reason I went to Galway blog and the journey to Galway blog here's the returning home blog 😉 It was one of the most awful days weather wise - the winds made Storm Rachel look like a breeze. In my wisdom I decided to drive home through Connemara (as only I... Continue Reading →
Spike Milligan Sligo Stories
I'm preparing an exhibition of portraits for the forthcoming Spike Sligo festival (8-12 April). I'm looking for people from Sligo who met Spike and have a story to tell. "Since we started the spike Sligo project we keep meeting people who say "oh I met spike once..." There's a real warmth and range of personal... Continue Reading →
Skating and Squirrels
This morning started off very icy. It was so bad that when I 'walked' Rocket-dog we ended up re-enacting Ravel's Bolero. I did such a great triple salco I'm thinking of embellishing my reflective jacket with sequins so I can really look the part! I think the village people will love it. (Village people as... Continue Reading →
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