Just a quick note to let you know that I am still alive, I've just been insanely busy... working full time, having a third baby, moving back to Ireland! I plan on giving the ol' blog a little facelift and hopefully bringing you more new and interesting content and commentary within the coming weeks. Watch …
Category: Family
Making time, the Irish way
I was driving home last night with a shameful haul of used books from a local second-hand shop - it's an addiction, really - when I looked into my rearview mirror and noticed the sun setting behind a row of palm trees. It occurred to me that we've lived in California more than 2 1/2 …
An Irish Christmas
It's dark and quiet as I sit and listen to the clock tick this early morning while I drink my tea. I'm back in the corner of the couch in the kitchen I've sat in a thousand times before, contemplating Christmas, family, and jet lag. We're home in Ireland for Christmas!! This is the first …
Another Perspective
It's that time of year again - I am officially an "Apple Widow," as Frank works late most nights and into the weekend, trying to get ready for Apple's biggest launch and keynote of the year. His job there has a lot of great perks - plenty of vacation and sick time, free outdoor concerts …
Be who you are, be the change
I remember Election Night 1992 very well. My sisters and I stayed up late to watch Rocky IV (as you do) while my parents were out at a party, and we switched it off to hear the final results. We heard the newscaster read the percentages and say that Beverly Barnhart had won our precinct, and …
Welcome Spring
My thoughts are a jumble these days, thus why I have not done much writing. If you could open my brain, it would look like that corner drawer in your kitchen, overflowing with nails and screws, dried up glue and birthday candles, tangled string and electrical cords that belong to something, pens that don't work …
‘One Day in December’ – a Kickstarter film campaign
I met an Irishman today. He was an environmental health and safety worker, giving out to someone in the room next door, and my ears perked up to his Dublin accent right away. I couldn’t help but interrupt their conversation, watching as his gruff demeanor melted away when he started telling stories about “the old …
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