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Walking The Sugarloaf
In a previous post I wrote about how down I felt to find myself wearing the dreaded ‘Beckham Boot’ yet again. I think at the time of writing I was despairing but at least I managed to end that post on a positive note – by setting goals. Well it took me longer than I […]
The Court of Social Media and #Me Too
In the wake of this tsunami of #Me Too harassment claims, I’m starting to feel like my conscience is pulled in two directions. Women have at last been freed up to say it like it is… and it is absolutely is as they say. I do want women to be able to speak up but, […]
The Tuam Babies Scandal
Everything about the Tuam babies scandal is deeply disturbing. In 1975 two boys playing in a field found a hole ‘full of skeletons of children.’ A local priest said a mass and the area was covered up again. No investigation took place – why not? If somebody found one skeleton in my garden I am […]
Wild Animal Rescue
Wild animal rescue supporters are increasingly being encouraged to comment on photographs of abused animals. Often these photographs are of a wild animal, killed and brutally mutilated by some wealthy adventure-hunter on a ‘safari’ holiday. Often the poor animal is being held up by the grinning killer – like a trophy. Like it was funny. […]
Generation Snowflake
Generation Snowflake is a phrase used to describe those who get prickly when confronted by ideas which contradict their own. It has also been used to describe over protected young people who expect to be told they are special at every turn. Students who agree with the NUS no platform policy have also been targeted […]
AA Gill – the underdog
AA Gill has died and today I realized that I will genuinely miss him. Of course, I only knew him through his writing. I don’t usually feel anything when a famous person dies – nothing at all. I tend towards pragmatism in that regard. If I didn’t know the person that died – why would […]
How to reconnect your children with nature
We are having a beautiful blue skied winter here in Galway. This is the first time since I moved here that there hasn’t been relentless rain, storms and winds that would literally knock you off your feet. I am loving every second of this winter. Even more so since I am back on my feet […]
How to Write a Best Seller
The question ‘how to write a best seller’ is always one I have had to avoid in the past. That’s because I have never had one before. Well, today everything changed and Piggy Monk Square made Best Seller status on Amazon for the first time. Piggy, as I call it, was first published in 2006 […]