Category Archives: random doodlings

Louis MacNeice – Prayer before Birth

Posted on May 8, 2013 by

I am not yet born; O hear me. Let not the bloodsucking bat or the rat or the stoat or the club-footed ghoul come near me. I am not yet born, console me. I fear that the human race may … Continue reading →

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Shhh… don’t tell my daughter

Posted on April 25, 2013 by

Shhhhh… don’t tell my daughter, but this is a detail from her 19th birthday cake. I’m only showing a little detail because the entire cake is to be a surprise (not that she reads my blog anyway! But just in … Continue reading →

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Snow, Writing & Palmerstown CS Graphic Novel Project

Posted on January 18, 2013 by

So this is what it looks like outside my window at the moment! (Vurry pretty, though potentially quite damaging to tonight’s planned trip to Dublin and  popcorn-guzzling enjoyment of Les Mis.  Ah well…) I won’t blind your eyes with an interior … Continue reading →

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Apologies to my workshop kids!

Posted on November 20, 2012 by

Guys, I’m so so sorry! I know you’ve been waiting some while now to see your drawings and stories up online. You must think I’ve forgotten all about you, but I haven’t! I’ve just been a touch overwhelmed. Event season … Continue reading →

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WiP Wordle

Posted on October 3, 2012 by

Heee. I should be working ( and I will be. I SWEAR IT. Any minute now I’m about to settle down and pump out today’s requisite word count) but I got a teensy bit distracted. At the weekend writing course … Continue reading →

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Dublin Pride Parade Saturday

Posted on June 28, 2012 by

Unfortunately Ireland is still a country where teachers, doctors and members of the armed forces (to name a very small few) still feel very uncomfortable coming out as gay*. Many folks, especially of my generation and older are still convinced they’d be … Continue reading →

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A Change of Perspective

Posted on February 24, 2012 by

So, I sat back down to the new book today. I did this with a mingled sense of anticipation and fear as I haven’t written a word on it since 3pm the 8th of January 2012, and – as far … Continue reading →

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Thanks, apologies, and a Shelob cocooned baby Jesus

Posted on December 27, 2011 by

So, I got up early this morning with the best of intentions and a long list of things-to-do. I climbed from the haze of last night’s ‘Sherlock Holmes Two’ disappointment and subsequent one-too-many gin and tonics, and stumbled downstairs while the family slept the … Continue reading →

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Dee Snider defends Heavy Metal at the 1985 Senate hearings.

Posted on June 13, 2011 by

Thanks to my son for reminding me of this. I love Dee Snider’s articulate and considered response to the 1980′s PMRC inspired panic re Heavy Metal and its influence on teens/society – its also quite timely considering the recent YA … Continue reading →

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won’t somebody pleaaase think of the fragile teen…

Posted on June 5, 2011 by

I linked to this Wall Street Journal Article over on my (personal) facebook page, and made the following comment: I don’t know which is more insulting to the teenage reader, this article about how they need to be protected from harshness, or … Continue reading →

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