I explore the important of Randomness in everyday life
Month: November 2025
A Place to Sit
The Retirement of CX25A
I am close to “that time” moving from the world of work to the world of the retired. I am not that keen on the idea, it does have its appeal but it does come with the idea that I am not “useful” anymore, it will be replaced by new shiny and younger versions of myself, that does not feel totally a “good” thing, This story examines that move from useful to not useful
Why the Irish have a Harp as a national symbol
Of how we Irish got magic harps, Portstewart and the first recorded Irish “wifely flounce and door slam” and Guinness
Vampires in Garvagh
The possible origin of Bram Stoker’s Dracula may have come from this tale which he had access to when a archivist in Dublin.
The Ravens under the hill
An ancient Celtic goddess is reborn into a living modern woman when innocent blood is split. A tale of retribution and battered sausages