Milk
-You drank how much milk in America?
-3 gallons a week
-But milk in America is terrible, isn’t it?
-It was fine in the tea
-It’s awful stuff
-Awful?
-Yeah, it’s […]

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With sickness dragging on and declining to visit a doctor, it was time to paint.
Of course I was now over 2 weeks behind everything […]

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It’s a holiday weekend here in Ireland, and I have things to do.
So I’ll leave you with where my thoughts are this weekend. As they […]

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Today is a special day, so I won’t be posting anything in either column.

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Nebraska is a Big State
Part 47 of the Cycle-Across-America series. (Read from the start in Boston or see the full index)

Another day in Nebraska. From […]

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In the Nebraskan Corn: York to Hastings
Part 46 of the Cycle-Across-America series. (Read from the start in Boston or see the full index)

October 1st
Toast with […]

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Just a quick note that I fixed the link to the 2nd half of the most recent Cycling Across America post (#45) - previously it […]

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One of the questions I am asked most often about painting is what process I use to arrive at the final painted image, whether I […]

Read: Kinsale: From a Sketch to a Painting »

Nebraska
Part 45 of the Cycle-Across-America series. (Read from the start in Boston or see the full index)

The next section of the journal is taped and […]

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You are an attractive woman. You have long curling dark hair that spills on your shoulders as you drive. You know you look good when […]

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For those who care about who reads Irish KC, or about numbers in general.
Counted by sitemeter over 2 years:
• Pages viewed are over half a […]

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LEGO
Maybe it’s not an international difference between America and Ireland; maybe it’s personal.
Either way it doesn’t half irk.
In Ireland, in fact in Europe as far […]

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After 5 wonderful days in Italy I’m back in Dublin and as Henry Kelly might have said, I’m playing catch up.
• Irish KC was hacked […]

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Some photos of Genoa, where I am this very moment though I’ll be back in Ireland tomorrow.
Despite the wonderful grandeur, and the sea and the […]

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Iowa
Part 44 of the Cycle-Across-America series. (Read from the start in Boston or see the full index)

The next section of the journal is taped and […]

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Northeast Missouri
Part 43 of the Cycle-Across-America series. (Read from the start in Boston or see the full index)

After the previous not very effective day at […]

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One of the reasons I haven’t brought you pictures and words of this trip to Italy is because I forgot to bring a cable for […]

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North: Beginning The 2nd Half
Part 42 of the Cycle-Across-America series. (Read from the start in Boston or see the full index)

It is time to leave […]

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I’m off to Dublin airport now. Flying to Milan. Then a bus and a train to Genoa. And then a nice walk.
Updates will probably appear […]

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Kansas City, Halfway Rest?
Part 41 of the Cycle-Across-America series. (Read from the start in Boston or see the full index)

When I started the cycle I […]

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