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2023 Grateful 48: El Greco

I’m still kicking myself that I missed the Hieronymus Bosch exhibition in Budapest last year. Not because I’m a fan of the man’s work (I

A photo in thirds. Bottom third is a band of green gras with three clock dandelions to the right. The next is a brown tilled field. And top is a grey sky against which stands a leafless tree

2022 Grateful 1: The practice of gratefulness

Fifty-two times a year, I blog about something I’m grateful for. For the last twenty-something days, I’ve been doing a gratitude challenge with the lovely

Interior of the church - empty pews facing an altar with magenta lights as a background for a nativity scene

2022 Grateful 2: Mary’s dream

Never one with a strong sense of direction, or any sense of direction for that matter, I took a wrong turn in Dublin recently and

Monument set behind a stone wall. A bell inscribed with the words THEY WILL NEVER SILENCE US in a metal cage. The sun has cast shadows on the ground in front of it.

2022 Grateful 3: Giving all you can give

As with the way of the universe, two things crossed my path this week that talk to how much we can give, when we give,

Advent wreath at night with two candles lighting

2022 Grateful 4: A new village tradition?

Advent wreaths? They’re lovely. Advent calendars? They’re great. But Advent houses? That’s a new thing entirely. For me, at least. Turns out the Lutherans had

2022 Grateful 5: Adelaide Ristori

I get a nice warm feeling when I see a client’s work published, knowing that I had a hand in their creation, be it an

2022 Grateful 6: Finding balance at Kreinbacher Birtok

It was my third visit to Kreinbacher Birtok in Somló, a relatively new wine estate founded by József Kreinbacher in 2002. It has grown to

Man standing on a stage gesturing. He's wearing a black tshirt with white writing: Sex, drugs and sausage rolls and blue jeans

2022 Grateful 7: A great step forward for Anglo-Irish relations

It was back in 2014. I asked him. And he said yes. Back then, I could clear a pub just by walking into it. People

Misty fog hangs over a small river with grassy banks on either side and a tree in the left foreground

2022 Grateful 8: A home inside myself

I have friends who are struggling. Health issues. Financial issues. Relationship issues. I’m struggling to make sense of the world we’re living in. I tell

2022 Grateful 9: Freedom

We watched the South African film Wild is the Wind on Netflix the other night. Filmed in Eastern Cape and Great Karoo, parts of South

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