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On looking at an abandoned house

Posted on November 17, 2025November 17, 2025 by admin

Near by my house is an abandoned house that I pass regularly, i stopped to look at it and did some thinking

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Remember to be a child one in a while

Posted on November 17, 2025November 17, 2025 by admin

A gentle reminder to find your inner child from time to time

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An alpaca called Georgie

Posted on November 17, 2025November 17, 2025 by admin

I explore the important of Randomness in everyday life

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Ballycastle BEach Co.Antrim

A Place to Sit

Posted on November 17, 2025November 17, 2025 by admin

Preventing what I call a “Self-Infarc” like a cardiac infarc but for the soul

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The Retirement of CX25A

Posted on November 16, 2025November 17, 2025 by admin

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

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Why the Irish have a Harp as a national symbol

Posted on November 15, 2025November 15, 2025 by admin

Of how we Irish got magic harps, Portstewart and the first recorded Irish “wifely flounce and door slam” and Guinness

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Vampires in Garvagh

Posted on November 15, 2025November 15, 2025 by admin

The possible origin of Bram Stoker’s Dracula may have come from this tale which he had access to when a archivist in Dublin.

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The Ravens under the hill

Posted on November 15, 2025November 15, 2025 by admin

An ancient Celtic goddess is reborn into a living modern woman when innocent blood is split. A tale of retribution and battered sausages

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Monkey Puzzle Trees

Posted on November 15, 2025November 15, 2025 by admin

I remember family picnics in Downhill Forest amd oh being 10 and invincible.

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Always carry a trowel

Posted on November 15, 2025November 15, 2025 by admin

I think about creation and hope and gardening

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