I don’t panic easily or I don’t get excited quickly; I’m a slow burn. I’m always calm during a crisis but after the event, given...
Nichola’s Week
Picnic nostalgia is in the summer air
Picnic nostalgia is in the summer air
I think I’ve been watching too many of those lifestyle-y cookery programmes again. Dipping in and out is fine, but with...
Green shoots appearing in Waterford
Green shoots appearing in Waterford
At the risk of sounding like one of the Dail Eireann mutterers, I think I can see the green shoots. Not, perhaps, green shoots...
Compare and Contrast
Compare and Contrast
‘Compare and contrast’ was a very popular English essay mechanic during my secondary school years. It came to mind as I...
Compare and Contrast
Compare and Contrast
‘Compare and contrast’ was a very popular English essay mechanic during my secondary school years. It came to mind as I...
It’s a good job we humans learned how to cook!
It’s a good job we humans learned how to cook!
It’s all very well going away on holiday but, while a break is intended to recharge the batteries, it can also fry your brain...
What’s in a Name?
What’s in a Name?
There is no doubt that life has its own peculiar sense of humour. The joke has been on me over the past few months. I have been...
Are you ready to shed your mortal coil?
Are you ready to shed your mortal coil?
Death doesn’t frighten me as I am sure and content about where I’m going and that there is some place to go. Some of my family...
Written love
Written love
At a function over the weekend I was sitting beside a woman who mentioned that she had recently discovered a bundle of love...
Fabulous Food in Dungarvan
Fabulous Food in Dungarvan
The Waterford Festival of Food was a great success once again this year. Thankfully the elements also cooperated and it...
Silence is Golden
Silence is Golden
I often think that trials, no matter how small, can always teach us something we don’t know about ourselves or highlight...
Simple is good
Simple is good
I had to be away from home for a few days recently and left at very short notice. There was no time to think too much about what...
