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How Far I Have Traveled

Promises are not always kept and goals are not always met. Although I am disappointed I did not keep up my blog during the month of...

Teaching Training Week 1, or Weak One

Last night I dreamed I was on the wrong train and it veered off track into a brick building. The train slowly lit up in flames and I...

Tiny Men with Hammers and Other Annoyances

"In like a lion, out like a lamb." Sleep did not come last night due to the rain whipping down on the tiny house. Normally, I love the...

There's Always the Next Bus

There's a sinking feeling in my chest right now; it is similar to the disappointment you feel when you drop a necklace in the deep end of...

Blue February: The Colours of Scotland

"There will be days when you're falling down There will be days when you're inside out They're never gonna hold you back I'm always gonna...

Scene from a Coffee Shop

Scene: Outside a coffee shop by the Luas station. In one hand I am holding a white cup with green tea so that it does not blow away, and...

Animal Dreams and Non-Native Tongues

"Maybe all people have that feeling deep down, that your hometown is something you can never really escape, but can never really go home...

A Bite out of the Blitz

Sheep, potatoes, rainbows, rainbow coloured potato sheep - you name it, it's got Ireland written all over it. However, would you guess...

Don't Let the Wind Blow Away Your Halo

Today was the kind of day where 100 mile per hour wind gusts come at you out of nowhere and literally knock you into the iron fence post...

Nature’s Indulgence

First of #February is a Friday. Naturally then, today is the day I experiment with Le Chocolat de Fred. Now, I hate to be disloyal to...

Hump Day: One of 'Those' Days

Today was one of 'those' days. The kind of day where you wake up a few minutes later than usual and where you order a brownie, but the...

Fall Like a Bird

She had everything that mattered What she had done, she let go and grabbed again. Digging deep with skin-cell nails, she grabbed too hard...

Leisure Library Lunch

What kind of nerd spends her hour of freedom at a library? I do. On rainy days only. Today is one of those soft, Irish days. The rain is...

Cappuccino Man

He levers a boiling waterfall into a Styrofoam land of harmonious green leaves. Twists in his cinnamon bun hair bob along the glassed...

Vacation is Over

I never earned a weekend as much as I earned one this time around. After four solid months of vacation and a long stream of 'Saturdays,'...

2018, Next.

A Guinness-sized toddler just barreled into my shin and flopped onto the food court linoleum. I tried to move out of the way, I really...

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