Wilderness Survival and Me
Can someone explain to me the purpose of camping? Seriously. I'm not sure I get the point of leaving a perfectly good house with perfectly good […]
Travel
Harry Potter, Crepes, and Baklava
Do you want to see why I gain eight hundred pounds every time I go to Seattle? Well, check this out. We had just come […]
Dear Seattle: I’m Coming! Leave the Light On!
What do you get when you cross an aging soprano (you should never cross an aging soprano), a brilliant organist/pianist/all-around-musician, a wonderful English Handbell-ist . . […]
Farewell, on this Memorial Day, to Éire
Dear Ireland: This Memorial Day, I would like to remember a few things about you. One, that my ancestors came from an incredibly hard-working nation […]
Wonderful Waterford, and Kilkenny Castle
All right, dear ones. We're back in Ireland for a brief visit to Waterford and her people, as well as Kilkenny Castle. And then, it […]
Kilkenny. (Why? What Did Kenny Do?) (get it?)
Haw Haw. But seriously, one of my little dudes asked me why the Irish are so violent – naming their towns like a hit list: […]
Carol Cronin of Dunquin Paints the Ocean
Clearly, I adored Ireland. Felt like I had come home to my people. And I feel very much like everyone should go there. You should. […]
Dingle All The Way!
Doolin was amazing. The Burren – the geological area in which the town and Cliffs are situated – was gorgeous and green and lush, yet […]
The Cliffs of Moher: Music and Midges
A hundred years and I couldn't show you everything we did and learned and loved about Ireland. Besides which, you would likely get bored. I […]
Doolin: Winding Our Way to O’Connor’s and Eileen’s
Dublin was pretty cool, but I had yet to see more than a handful of Ireland's 40 shades of green. And I wanted me some […]