Penny is really ‘out there’. She’s been working hard in Penneys Stores Galway for some time now and she is beginning to get noticed. At first customers did not see her or if they noticed something at all it was some vague form underneath the latest impossible to wear fashion offering. Over time she began […]
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Mo
Mo’s cool. He’s been hanging around Hindley Street for a few years now so he almost seems part of the furniture. When I first met Mo he caught me completely by surprise. Not his fault though as I should really have been looking where I was going. Being the gentleman he is thought he did […]
Read MoreThe Last of the Light
Fifteen minutes after sunset the colour in the west reddened and deepened becoming more and more intense. Despite the richness of colour on the horizon there was not enough light to remove the stormy gloom making he sky all the more surreal. … and then she ran out into the surf chasing the last of […]
Read MoreBehind Bars
When I was presented with the wine list I knew we were somewhere special. I grew up in the picturesque German heritage town of Tanunda in the Barossa Valley, a region of vineyards, wineries and winemakers. As a child the idea of an Asian restaurant anywhere in the Barossa would have skirted the realm of […]
Read MoreThe Colour of Water
What colour is water anyway when it is supposed to be colourless. Yet we talk about the deep blue ocean, or sea green, or a golden pond at sunset or dawn. Water reflects and refracts and absorbs and distorts and yet colours our world without any colour at all. Actually this image really isn’t about […]
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