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A Child Is Born

December 24, 2019 ~ myedinburghpress ~ 2 Comments

‘I don’t like it when you write about any of that fluffy stuff.  If it’s a piece on trees and the sky and nature I don’t bother to read to the end.  It’s the same with babies; they’re of no interest to me until they are two or three-years old, only then do I bother … Continue reading A Child Is Born

Meeting Ourselves

June 16, 2019 ~ myedinburghpress ~ Leave a comment

Today, June 16th, is Bloomsday.  It has become aday for Dublin to commemorate and celebrate the life of Irish writer, James Joyce - because this is the very date, in 1904, when the events of Joyce’s novel, Ulysses, unfold.  From 8am on the 16thof June, through to the wee small hours of the next day, … Continue reading Meeting Ourselves

Blanket

February 28, 2018February 28, 2018 ~ myedinburghpress ~ 1 Comment

It’s snowing outside. It wasn’t falling when I woke up, but there is light feathery confetti coming down now. I feel relieved. Like a child who has been told too early about Christmas and then keeps asking when Santa is coming, I felt we were told too early about the snow and the time delay … Continue reading Blanket

Devil In The Detail

February 6, 2018 ~ myedinburghpress ~ Leave a comment

‘The devil is in the detail’ - it’s an awfully cautious expression. Used to alert us to tripwires made from words, to snare traps hidden in contracts or agreements. It makes an assumption that ‘they’ are out to get you in the small print. I don't think it’s a great training for life if we … Continue reading Devil In The Detail

The Dead

January 6, 2018June 13, 2020 ~ myedinburghpress ~ Leave a comment

Today is the twelfth day of Christmas, the end of the season, the Epiphany, marking the arrival of the three Kings to the birth of Jesus. In Ireland, this day is known as ‘Little Christmas’ - also called Nollaig na mBan, which translates as Women’s Christmas. It used to be quite widely celebrated and apparently … Continue reading The Dead

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