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My daughter and husband were both away recently (James giving bronze casting demonstrations at a museum in West Cork, Elise at a sleepover)...

Before my husband, James, went to West Cork for a few days to give some bronze casting demonstrations, he helped me put up some of that pap...

I recently finished two more paintings in the "Moments" series. This is "Climbing", acrylic on raw canvas, approx 92 cm...

Along with so many others, I was saddened to hear the news of Seamus Heaney's death a few days ago (Fri Aug 30). Obituaries for this am...

National Heritage Week is an event celebrated annually in Ireland, this year taking place August 17 - 25. We usually go to one of the event...

The annual astronomical event of the Perseid meteor shower took place last week. I had thought that having the brilliant summer we were hav...

While in Dublin last week, I couldn't resist this book of Fairy Tales illustrated beautifully by Harry Clarke. It was only when I moved...