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The Albania Riviera: New builds and daydreamers
I like to think that I can spot potential. In plans. In people. In property. Especially in property. I’m not for a minute suggesting that

2023 Grateful 27: JFK in Ireland
‘Why did you never make a play for my son’, she asked me, all four foot ten of her seventy-seven years looking up at my

Art is so Marmite
Someone once told me that their birthday was on 16 June. Ah, I said, you were born on Bloomsday. They looked at me, cluelessly. In

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 30: Falusi vendégasztal
Today was a good day in the village. Coming back from a long walk to the open day at the Buffalo Reserve, I walked by

Out of seasand and the air
I’m a firm believer in old souls and past lives. Some of us – not all of us, but some of us – have been

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

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

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