Well… it’s a tower, I said thoughtfully. And it’s… round. But what is it? A Round Tower, replied Billy, helpfully. She set off in search of the entrance, walking all the way around the tower and returning to her original starting point approximately 8 seconds later. It seems that Irish Round Towers are actual “Things”, [...]
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Ice cream, I decided, having spent the day writing numerous informative articles about poison ivy. Ice cream. It wasn’t much of a descision, as decisions go, in the world history of decisions. I mean, it certainly wasn’t up there with “abolish slavery” or “invent the internet”, for example. But I felt that it was the [...]
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Ladies and gentlemen, as promised, I am staging a comeback. I am determinedly shaking off the past and filling my days with productive work, family, and friends, instead of sitting glumly feeling hard-done-by and rejected and sad. This has only been happening for a couple of days, mind you, but I already feel slightly better, [...]
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Oh dear. I really need to get out more. I’ve had so much enjoyment from this video that it’s making me fear for my sanity. Mind you, it was, once again, my father who introduced it to me. Watch this, it’s so funny… it‘s Kat! This recluse-style living has really got to stop, for all [...]
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Once upon a time, when I was off in some far-flung land, The Parents arrived home one night in the torrential rain. Nothing too unusual about that, you might suppose, since it is Always Bloody Raining in this country. However, it is a slightly rarer occurrence for someone (e.g. The Parents) to discover said torrential [...]
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This morning I woke up after a rather disturbed night’s sleep and found that the headache and eye strain that come with spending too much time writing/staring at a computer screen were still making their presence felt. With another day’s work ahead of me, I staggered downstairs for a healthy breakfast of Nurofen and nicotine [...]
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Typically, I’ve started getting a steady stream of work coming in. This means that my career as a freelance writer is finally taking off properly just as I’ve decided to go and be an English teacher for a year! But I won’t complain. It’s still not great pay, but it’s going to give me a [...]
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I am writing this post purely as an attempt to get my brain to wind down sufficiently for me to go to sleep. I worked a twelve-hour day today, which is a fairly new concept to someone who’s struggled to find enough writing work up until now, and my eyes are actually aching from staring [...]
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There is a sudden commotion in the back yard, scuffling and crashing followed by a shrill squealing noise. I look up in alarm from my 14th article on the health benefits of green tea, and see Kat the Cat’s tail waving suspiciously amongst the shrubbery. I can’t help but remember how proud and superior I [...]
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As much as I have generally negative feelings about The Twelfth, I did love it when I was younger. A diary entry from a very young Hails reads: I woke up because there were drums outside and we went outside and waved at the orange people. Then we put on our new clothes and went [...]
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You Say Goodbye, I Say… Historical Snapshots It Just Makes Me Happy
