I’m no huge storyteller, despite being mostly Irish but there’s a couple of little life defining stories that I like to tell often so I’m writing them here for posterity. Both school based and both key moments in my life. This blog was prompted by going through some old schoolbooks that recently resurfaced. Primary School […]
I’ve travelled a lot the past few years and hope to travel a lot more in the years to come so it made sense to document my journeys! Most of my trips are short city breaks of two or three nights with the occasional longer family trip. I plan to include any trips I make […]
My favourite style of music to sing is Swing! Cause it’s gotta rhyme.. The crooner style seems to suit me and my influences range from the whole Rat Pack/Sinatra era to Jack L and Jim Morrison who were both in turn influenced by the former of course. So in the summer of 2019 I came […]
I don’t recall any issues with getting children to school before Covid and lockdowns. There were problems for sure, kids struggling to make friends, a little bit of bullying etc but I don’t remember having hour long debates, shouting matches, tears, panic attacks and major mental health issues every single morning trying to get them […]
I added a recipes section yesterday then realised that I had all other personal creative bases covered except my photography so there’s now a gallery page with some of my better photos over the last 15 years or so! Check it out here..
I love to cook. And even more so I love to eat! I’ve a load of recipes hanging around all over the place, between stuff friends have sent me, stuff I have bookmarked online and various folders and recipe books in the house so I just thought I’d add them all in one place for […]
Some years ago after a cousin of mine had a major blood pressure related incident that eventually resulted in his death, his doctor suggested that extended family have their blood pressure checked. I had mine checked, not thinking for a minute there would be any issues. I was a fairly healthy weight, didn’t smoke, eat […]
I’m feeling a little presumptuous writing this despite being heavily in the dating game the last few years! I’m no expert, but I’ve been in long term relationships and marriages, had success and failures and have extensive experience of the modern online dating trend in particular. There’s a pile of stuff I’ve learned over the […]
Our cover of “Such A Simple Thing”. Ray LaMontagne is probably my favourite singer. I feel a bit presumptuous trying to cover one of his songs but he makes me raise my singing game and if I only get a small percentage of the way towards one of the best, I’ll be happy enough. This […]
I have to start with a disclaimer and say that if you’ve landed here looking for a magic bullet answer on how to overcome and conquer feelings of rejection, abandonment and uselessness, you may or may not find it here. But I’ll be outlining my own experiences with rejection and abandonment and how I’ve “tried” […]