Two and a half years ago, the World lost the incredibly gifted singer Sinéad O’Connor at the early age of 56. I was a huge…

This year will be our first Christmas without a pet. Back in 2001 my partner and I had our first Christmas together. We shared that…

This morning I woke up with a bit of a heavy heart because there was a chore waiting for me that I do not enjoy.…

Here in Ireland there is a wonderful television series that follows individual teenagers as they stay with a new family for a week. The teenagers…

Something I find quite amazing, is how much walking everyone did when I was young. We didn’t have a car until I was quite old,…

Very few people in my street had a car when I was little in the mid-sixties. In fact, only one person had one – a…

I remember my first day at school very clearly. I grew up in England. My Mum held my hand as we walked to the infant…

In my blog ‘Good News’ I talked about a terrible storm we had last winter when the local wind speed reached 184 km per hour.…

I’m a vivid dreamer. My dreams are complex, highly symbolic and often rather psychedelic. But they leave me so swiftly that I am usually only left…

In my last blog I wrote about parting with old things I no longer need and how I hope to tackle my attic soon. One…