I first visited Ireland in 1993 and one of the most moving experiences was visiting the Boyne Valley, and in particular, Newgrange. This morning on the Solstice, a shaft of light would have crawled it’s way up the main passage to illuminate a burial chamber at the back of the mound. This will continue to [...]

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Tom Hanks as a Russian immigrant? I know this is supposed to be a fluff movie, but I struggled to get through to the predictable happy ending of The Terminal. I only underestimated Spielberg once. Not for the fact that Viktor builds a replica of a fountain Napoleon gave to Josephine with materials he found [...]

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The last few weeks have been some of the wettest in Irish memory. There has been significant flooding in the Northwest, particularly County Mayo. It has rained every day but one over the last 4-6 weeks. To be honest, I really haven’t noticed. The persistent moisture has created a breeding ground for lichen, which is [...]

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Lisa is pulling together a pretty nice collection of snow globes. We’ll see what Santa has in his bag this year.

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We had some difficulty squeezing our tree into the house, but found a great spot in the sunroom so it can be seen from the kitchen in the serve-through. Every tree here appears to have big gaps between the branches and Lisa wired in cuttings from our trees to fill out the tree. The different [...]

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