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The COVID-19 lockdown rulebook in Ireland says outside exercise must be within 2km of home, and suggests a maximum of an hour or so. ...

Does anyone else, in this coronavirus lockdown that besets us, turn to Youtube videos? I happened to chance on Terry Wogan interviewing ...

I am supposed to be teaching woodwork to two boys (not mine!) in our home schooling group and figured it would be fun to introduce them ...

Candied Angelica Did I already mention that in my childhood I had the use of part of my father's workshop in the "top garden...

Everyone now-a-days has a cell-phone. We sit down to dinner, are together in the lounge or in church, and out come the cell-phones. Never mi...

When there is unresolved disagreement with an otherwise respected colleague, when there is estrangement from a loved one, when there is imag...

Talking about agonisingly beautiful I was reminded of the amazing sculpture "The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa". It is almos...

Some while ago our tractor was used to heap up a pile of wood and got a puncture in the front offside tire. It's a small tractor an...

New Bailey infant aka Joey My Australian daughter K has finally produced. It had to be a C-section but both mother and baby girl are f...

Yesterday, as a community we decided to isolate our four dwelling places with immediate effect. There were of course many practical issues t...

The governments of the world are at their wits end, employers are dismissing staff, many shops are closed, there are limited transport ...

I've been at the barn the last couple of days preparing a space for 50 or so chickens we plan to get "at point of lay". Coming...

I have offered to help our home-schoolers next year by teaching "Music Appreciation" once per week. If it goes ahead, four childre...

At age 13 he gained international recognition at the 8th International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians held in Moscow in 20...

During our last visit to Willand I attempted the Wellington monument and kind of implied that I would actually get there some other time. A...