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This is Us
This is Us This is us. This is our truth. We are a family. It’s been just about three years since Andy and I decided “not to live together as a married couple”. That is what we said when we sat together as a family and told the kids six months later. And, it was true. …
Read MoreThe Life Givers
The Life Givers – Remembering Tom, 30th in a 30-piece series My sister-in-law, Samantha, and I were talking about blogging the other day. I mentioned the 30-piece series about my dad and referenced having completed it. She said, ‘I thought you had one left”. I was quite sure I had done 30, but I just checked. …
Read MoreMeeting Danny
Meeting Danny ~ A returning home journey to The Beara Peninsula, day 5 Liam and I awoke at 5 AM to a glorious sunrise, a bonfire of color on the northern horizon as the sun, not yet visible behind the emerald, green hills to our east, made its way into our celestial spot on the…
Read MoreMy Wild Atlantic Discovery
My Wild Atlantic Discovery ~ A returning home journey to The Beara Peninsula, Day 4 Special note: I am eternally grateful to John Murphy of Murphy’s in Casteltownbere And Rose and Ollie O’Sullivan of HighField, Adgroom, and to the two gracious folks at Causkey’s Bar for their part in the discovery I share below. I…
Read MoreUncovering the Bones – 100 Years of Stories
Uncovering the Bones – 100 Years of Stories ~ A returning home journey to the Beara Peninsula One of the “things” I do in my professional life, is serve on the NH Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Review Committee. It’s about as horrible as it sounds. Actually, it’s worse. We review the deaths of women who…
Read MoreThe Storyteller of Beara
The Story Teller of Beara ~ A returning home journey to The Beara Peninsula, Day 3 It was raining and chilly today, in the low 50’s. This time of the year the average high is 60 degrees, and low is 49 degrees. The temperature doesn’t change much all year, not by 100 degrees, like back…
Read MoreMining My Story
Mining my Story ~ A Returning Home Journey to The Beara Peninsula, Day 2 We were exhausted yesterday. The 5-hour time change is a bitch. And though I’m not unfamiliar with pulling all-nighters, they eventually cause a hard crash. Plus, the rain and clouds made it easy to sleep for hours. The beds are comfy.…
Read MoreArrival to Beara
Arrival to Beara ~A Returning Home Journey to The Beara Peninsula Arrived in Dublin, Ireland at 4:30 AM yesterday. Secured our red Hyundai rental and took off from the airport. I am quite sure the guy at the rental counter chose red for me, to decrease the likelihood of a head-on collision (see below). I…
Read MoreThe Buried Moon
The Buried Moon The Buried Moon comes out to play on a gorgeous, glorious summer day. We call it night. We look away. And in the stillness shadows stray – revealing her magnificence behind the clouds, her bed of beauty when aroused. She peeks, she’s pink! She tickles the sky. The wind, it…
Read MoreParentdemicing: this is not the time for schooling
Parentdemicing verb 1 :parenting during a pandemic 2 :often includes working from home and schooling children at home, usually through a rapidly created public school, virtual learning system with inefficient platforms. Also, often includes the world telling you to “stay positive” and “take the time” to learn new and exciting things, which are ridiculous…
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