A sideways look at life by an Irish Grandad
The youngest had her Confirmation at the weekend. That s the last of the obligatory church ceremonies, the red tape needed to get them into local schools. Will there be weddings, or will the next generation be wiser and happily live Continue reading
If anyone has tried to access this blog over the last few months, they may have encountered different messages depending on the various breakdowns I ve been encountering. I have had domain names expiring, critical errors, servers not found, you name Continue reading
I enjoy my job a lot, caring for vulnerable people is frustrating and rewarding in equal measures. It s REAL, you know? I worked in offices and shops for years, cleaned windows and drove taxis, there s a lot under my belt. Continue reading
I m sorry. I haven t written on this page for a long time. I ve had The Fear. This looks like many things: 1. Every time I open up dad s laptop I m instantly overwhelmed by 500 new messages, some of which are Continue reading
Everything in the smoking room was brown. Everything from the walls, to the sticky floor, to the public health information poster on the wall (which was pretty much illegible from all the brown), to the glass of the barred window Continue reading
Is it just an Irish thing to feel a little bit resentful when someone tells you they re going, or have just been on holidays? I don t get to go away very often but when I do it s entirely deserved but Continue reading
This post is brought to you from beyond the grave a story hidden deep within the document folder of Grandad himself which he seems to have written under the influence of something wonderful. I am delivering it in three Continue reading
This post is brought to you from beyond the grave a story hidden deep within the document folder of Grandad himself which he seems to have written under the influence of something wonderful. I am delivering it in three Continue reading
This post is brought to you from beyond the grave a story hidden deep within the document folder of Grandad himself which he seems to have written under the influence of something wonderful. I am delivering it in three Continue reading
I found something amazing. I was rooting around on this here dad s laptop, looking for passwords and breadcrumbs, and there it was. Like James Joyce s Ulysses, the beauty of what I d found only became apparent once I began to read Continue reading