….Having long exhausted the phrase ‘the last place God ever made’, here I am in Gleann Cholm Cille, west Donegal.
Category: Travels and Rambles
What was it like?
Someone asked me a few weeks ago what living on the island was like. It took a while to come up with an answer better than, ‘I dunno, eh grand I suppose, fine like.’
Inisbofin, and the view of Inis Meáin
…for it was in Bofin a fortnight ago that I saw my time on Inis Meáin with pure clarity.
The boat.
From the boat, the unlikelihood of living on an offshore island is laid bare.
Sitting a while in churches.
Time passed, and travels amassed, but the habit of stopping in churches never left me.
The time I went to Mexico…
Mexico is above all vibrant, but the real joy was the adventure; the rucksack on the back again.
The time I went to Tory
To every island there is a wildness, but to Tory there is a rareness.
The time I visited Bere Island
…and whilst I wouldn’t write that everything is perfect all the time on Bere Island (or any other island), for the few days I was there, it was indeed perfect.
Inisturk, and realities of island living
There was never a shortage of fine words and lip service but piers, ferries, electricity and bridges were far less forthcoming
A facewash, an election and a year in America.
I was trying to see if all that I’d seen mattered, if it fitted into a bigger picture – particularly the one painted last week.
All the heritage sites in Roscommon I’ve never visited, and rectifying that in 2020.
Maybe if we go and visit these places, we might get a bit better at selling Roscommon – not just to tourists, but to ourselves too
Actual California Dreamin’
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The time I went to Iowa. Iowa and Ohio are two different states. You don’t need to go to Iowa.
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Years of Midwest Radio had me ready for Nashville
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Where I write about my first Thanksgiving in America!
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Where I wonder if life here is really all that different to life at home? (Spoiler: no, but I’ve loads of nice photos)
I write all the time here about things that are different from home, but I was thinking this week that … More
Land of the free! Home of the brave! Cans of wine! Independence Day 2019 and the stories nations tell themselves
I didn’t buy into the whole sea-to-shining-sea business on Thursday but I was more than happy to participate and be swept up in it. Like a big Yank.
The time I visited Springfield Illinois and wondered where all the people were.
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A time I went to Texas.
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