If you are interested in the history of Ireland, poetry and photos of this beautiful country then visit this informative blog. It is incredible what this country and its people went through and what they have achieved: The Battle of Benburb took place during the Irish Confederate Wars, the Irish theatre of the Wars of…… Continue reading Re-blog: #OTD in 1646 – The Battle of Benburb | Eoghan Rua O’Neill, a superb military strategist, defeats Robert Munro’s Scottish army at Benburb in Co Tyrone. By Stair Na hEireann/ History of Ireland
Category: Miscellaneous
Sorry, But I am a Bread Snob!
I mentioned it several times in my blogging life: I am a bread snob. What many in the US and in the UK call “bread” to me is a slab of sawdust, and there are rumours that they use exactly that in industrially produced bread to bulk it up and make it cheaper. But that’s…… Continue reading Sorry, But I am a Bread Snob!
Let’s Be Fair, Here’s To You Gentleman Of A Certain Age
Oh gosh, that woman is hilarious. I simply can’t stop laughing and I hope it cheers the gentlemen readers of my blog up too. https://youtu.be/LJTpkos11JY Video credit: Shirley Serban via YouTube Please stay safe, stay kind & remember it’s aging, men, hallelujah 🤣
Ladies Of A Certain Age This Is For You
And I hope it makes you laugh as much as it did me. https://youtu.be/AcVFtu-ZmmM Video credit: Shirley Serban via YouTube Please stay safe, stay kind and remember… well whatever you need to remember 🤣
The Leitrim Chair
Hello Folks, how are you? I hope you and yours are well. We are well, now that the weather is more excellent. Of course, there are new challenges. We live in the middle of a sheep field in an old mobile home, so we have been troubled by one or two…thousand flies, and it’s already…… Continue reading The Leitrim Chair
Three Things To Watch This Bankholiday
Hello everybody and happy May bank holiday. I hope it is nice weather and you can go out and have some fun. However, if you can’t, or the weather doesn’t play ball, I have three suggestions to watch this bank holiday Monday. But you can watch these any other time too. The first is a…… Continue reading Three Things To Watch This Bankholiday
A Meeting Of A Different Kind/Ein Treffen Der Anderen Art
I love Ireland!!! Only in Leitrim, I guess, LOL, but listen, children: Don't mess with mothers! For readers with visual challenges: transcript at the end of the post. https://youtu.be/gpT6cqz0MNM Video Credit: The Bee Writes via YouTube Ich liebe Irland. Nur in Leitrim, glaube ich, LOL, aber hört zu, Kinder: Legt Euch nicht mit Müttern an!… Continue reading A Meeting Of A Different Kind/Ein Treffen Der Anderen Art
Something Cute/Etwas Süßes
Our neighbours, the sheep, are cheering us up. Hopefully, they do that to you too. Enjoy! For readers with visual challenges: The transcript is at the end of this post https://youtu.be/WUBaVRvSbH4 Unsere Nachbarn, die Schafe, heitern uns auf. Hoffentlich tun sie das auch für Euch . Genießt es! Für Leser mit visuellen Herausforderungen: Das Transkript…… Continue reading Something Cute/Etwas Süßes
Here’s To You/Auf Euer Wohl
Today is International Worker’s Day, and I want to celebrate workers of the world and workers’ rights with a song I listened to a lot when I was young. It is Joan Baez’s & Enrico Morricone’s “Here’s To You” from the film “Sacco & Vancetti”. I am not sure how famous the two are. I…… Continue reading Here’s To You/Auf Euer Wohl
Write like No One is reading it/Schreibe, als ob es niemand lesen wuerde
Happy Wednesday. I love a good quote, and a good quote by a writer is even better. Coleen used to have a “Writers Quote Wednesday”, and I thought I might revive the idea. If anyone else is interested, I’ll make a blog thing of it. “I would advise any beginning writer to write the first…… Continue reading Write like No One is reading it/Schreibe, als ob es niemand lesen wuerde
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