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Memories of Tomatoes in the Sun, since the fripples are back

I know I haven’t written in a bit, but nobody seems to have missed me anyway since there are no new comments, ah well. At least I enjoy this, and maybe when I head off for mad parts of the world people will start reading it again. Especially cos I won’t be on the networking […]

Pucked up or: Let’s go Pucking mental!!!

To stave off the horror at being at home while my better thirds, Lids and Dee, enjoy their holiday road-tripping in the north of the USA, and hanging out with Dee’s mate Kate in Vancouver, I decided that this year Tongie and I would do what we promised each other 3 years ago, and that […]

Croatian sun and Bosnian fun: part 1

Well, I finally got around to another holiday this year, of course it was all in the name of a wedding, but what a wedding! Left on Saturday 21st June, with a high alcohol content in my blood due to the previous night’s shenanigans in Dublin city centre with various people, which was sparked off […]

Summer Solstice at the Hill of Tara

Just got some pictures of the summer solstice evening that friends and I went out to a few weeks back and thought I’d put up some photos. Gonna be putting up photos from over the last few months, cos I’ve just got my hands on a few lately, due to not having my own camera, […]

Celtic spirtitualism

Yesterday was the summer solstice, and as such I felt compelled to celebrate it at the Hill of Tara with some Celtic spiritual shenanigans. A mate Peter through CouchSurfing pointed me towards this day and night of Celtic rituals. A Druid gave blessings over Ireland, and its people, and we joined in by dancing, chanting […]

Northern Ireland moves forward

I have to say that while watching the coverage of the Assembly electing the new power-sharing Executive,of the DUP and Sinn Fein, that will sit at Stormont, and the evening of retrospective looks at the history of Northern Ireland, I felt truly elated that there’s now the chance for Northern Ireland to move forward. Seeing […]

Go West, where the air is clear…

( Personal and Australia and History and Work )

Well we’re west, where the air is indeed clear. We’ve been on a roll since leaving Perth. Really enjoying the good weather and many activities. Finding it easier to bond with the travellers than the locals though, but that’s most likely due to the fact that there are few locals in the places where we […]