It seems it is exactly a year since I posted a serious Health Kick Diary posting. I have been sitting here contemplating my big belly, wondering where all the Christmas gourmet food and fine wine has gone, and considering how best to remove at least 3kg (half a stone) from my middle bits. The only … Continue reading health kick diary 2010
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once in a blue moon
New Year, new decade, full moon, blue moon..... geography meant we didn’t get to see the lunar eclipse this side of the world but my Irish family braved the bitter cold to stand in a country field on New Year’s Eve to watch the partial eclipse. The end of the first decade of the twenty-first century: … Continue reading once in a blue moon
a hot night
We lie in bed reading. It is after eleven at night and still in the high thirties temperature-wise. The sash window by my head is open, as is the back door and courtyard door, to catch any chance of a night breeze to cool the house. "What's that noise?", I ask. It has been going on … Continue reading a hot night
the bay #2
Christmas week, down at Altona beach. I have been avoiding exercise for weeks, but that means no quiet time time by the beach either. It is time to get back into my stride. I park the car for the second time today under a shady tree, and start walking. Immediately I can feel myself relaxing, my … Continue reading the bay #2
Máiréad Doyle 