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Ruby Route One Coincidentally bridging our 40th wedding anniversary (it is hard to believe that we've been around that long!), we...

Running in the dark About this time last year I moved my early morning barefoot runs to lunchtime because it's hard to keep tabs o...

One of the difficulties in writing a blog like this that draws rather randomly from my life experiences is trying not to repeat myself un...

Alain Emery, who acted the boy Folco in the film I was telling you about - I wanted to know what happened to him. He was only 11 years old ...

Only having a few hours this Sunday afternoon I decided to explore and ended up following the route of the disused Naas Tullow railway. Tota...

My previous post " In remembrance of me " was a mishmash of notes for a talk I gave and echoes from a book I had read. I'v...

I love this art by  Leonid Afremov ! Partly because I love his use of vibrant colour and the level of realism achieved with bold palet...

Bike ride today: Wicklow Gap, Rathdrum, Aughrim, followed the River Ow , lunch stop at Ballinabarny Gap, Knockanarrigan, N81, Piper Sto...

Having enjoyed The Red Balloon I naturally looked to see what else French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse had produced and so found Crin Blanc ....

After digging potatoes in the morning, yesterday afternoon I run beside and swam briefly in the lake - probably the last time this year ...

View from our home The Adagio from Bruckner's 8th interpreted by Sergiu Celibidache - thirty five minutes of sheer bliss.

Kafka on the Shore I've just finished and enjoyed reading a book  by Haruki Murakami. The translation from Japanese is faultless ...

I may have mentioned this before but, for exercise and stability of mind, I run typically 5 miles or more, barefoot, several times a we...