Louey and I go way back. I’ve lost count of the years he’s been there waiting patiently in the shallows each time I come back to Edithburgh. Sometime he’s sitting high and dry on the low tide sandy bay. Sometimes he’s rocking gently to and fro. And sometime, as I imagine him to night, he’s […]
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A beautiful pelican glides into view as I watch from the tranquil river bank. How strange it seems to me, this green brown waterway so far from the ocean. In the river’s reflection I see another creature, a creature of dry, arid places. A desert dweller lurks here too in the most incongruous of realms; […]
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There is nothing lonesome about being alone. That’s a state of mind, not of place. I have it on good authority that this boatman was as happy in his element as anyone alone could possibly be, … on very good authority!
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Sacred Fixer Upperer Fixer upperer, renovator’s delight, builder’s hobby home. These are all common expressions for a place that needs an extra dose of something special to restore or keep its original charm and glory. Kylemore Abbey, county Galway, ticks all those boxes but keeping it splendid in all its glory might just demand a […]
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At the end of a big day out on the ocean we all get together to eat and to drink and to talk about our adventures. At the end of a big day out on the ocean the boats all get together too. I wonder if there is some hidden spirit in those wooden hulls […]
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