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2023 Grateful 28: Is it a poppy or a poppy?

A field of poppies, I said. Red and purple. I’ll take you to see them. I said it in Hungarian though. Piros és lila mák.

2023 Grateful 29: Dublin pubs

There’s a certain something about the older generation of Dublin pubs that has a magic all of its own. The nooks. The crannies. The sheen

2023 Grateful 31: Opinions

People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first dictates the conclusion, then commands

2023 Grateful 32: The long way home

I love to drive. Especially when I’m not in any particular hurry to get to where I’m going. Coming back from Gétye, buoyed by finding

A giant field of wild daisies in Gétye blooming with a purple flower in the middle of the shot. A thin ribbon of blue sky is broken by a tiny outlne of an electricity pylon

2023 Grateful 33: Gétye margarétás

On my way to the shop, I ran into one of my neighbours. I’d noticed he’d been gone for a few weeks. I’d been mildly

Snoopy picture. Black and white cartoon dog lying on its belly on a brown floor. About it is written: I always knew I'd get old. How fast it happened was a bit of a surprise though. Above this is the foilage from two pink trees

2023 Grateful 34: Getting old

When someone younger stands up on a bus and offers me their seat, I look surprised. Always. I don’t feel any older than 35 –

Yellow peanut character with blue dungarees and one eye - a minion. Text says 'my entire life can be summed up in one sentence ... "Well, that didn't go as planned.' Expectations.

2023 Grateful 35: Expectations

My mother, a fount of wisdom, has repeatedly told me over the years: Blessed is she who expects nothing for she shall never be disappointed.

2023 Grateful 36: Change the channel

There was a time when I swore to the world and anyone else listening that I’d never, ever, ever, go digital when it came to

2023 Grateful 37: St Adalbert

As a card-carrying Catholic, I’m pretty well up on my saints. I can’t say I know them all, but I thought I’d heard of most

2023 Grateful 38: James Stockdale

I’ve a rather vivid imagination. I’ve spent many an idle hour borrowing lives, wondering what I would have done were I in a particular situation.

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