A friend of mine joked recently about “How can you survive without broadband! Oh yeah, I’ve seen the view from your garden.” Last night Gabe and I walked up to the windfarm a few hills over. It is the tallest point near our house and we watched the sun set over several counties. It was [...]

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I have to admit, this story had me hooked from the opening line: “In a major breakthrough in bovine linguistic research …” cows have regional accents. See if you can tell the difference by listening to samples from the BBC. However stunning the proof of cows having dialectical variations, other related research has shown that [...]

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Remember the Salmon of Knowledge post? There is a sculpture of the salmon outside the entrance to IT Sligo that I walk by every morning. It is featured in the current logo of the school. (We may be taking part in a new branding campaign for the IT.) New students were back on campus today [...]

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Parking is an issue in Sligo. There simply isn’t enough. My least favorite place to find parking is in the Tesco parking lot. Irish drivers do not set a good example and cars appear strewn everywhere on curbs. I haven’t learned what you can get away with and dutifully buy my parking discs. … parking [...]

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Recently we attended the celebration of our friends’ 25th wedding anniversary. The intimate and lovely service took place in Newtown Castle on the grounds of the Burren College of Art. There were readings and selections of music from their personal collection. It reminded me of our own service, when Lisa and I were married. I [...]

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