[ Update: Sale is now OVER. I am currently putting available paintings back at ordinary prices and applying shipping charges again.]
I’m ending the big Spring […]

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-How are ya, me oul’ flower?
-I’m grand, thanks
-I’m going to the airport if it’s any use to ya
-Nah, I’m headin’ to town, thanks
You know you’re […]

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Assault on Kansas City
Part 40 of the Cycle-Across-America series. (Read from the start in Boston or see the full index)

The next entry in the journal […]

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The Spring sale of my paintings isn’t finished - Sunday is the final day - but things are relatively quiet now after the thousands who […]

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As we begin our 4th day in succession of blue skies over Dublin West, so grow the bottles on the ground.
It’s the summer weather.
2 days […]

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Part 39 of the Cycle-Across-America series. (Read from the start in Boston or see the full index)

In the summer of 1996 I was attempting to […]

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3 years ago it was 18 months after my divorce was finalised, itself 9 months after my son’s mother and I had separated.
He […]

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For as long as I can remember I use a hat to dry my hair.
No, I don’t use a great big floppy one and use […]

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When staring at the clouds the other day I had an idea. I bounced it off the dog but she wanted to carry on talking […]

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[UPDATE: Sale ENDED May 11 2008. Normal Price now applies, free shipping is discontinued ]
The anti-climax is here. I’ve just put 76 paintings on sale. […]

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Rather than post anything new over here, I’m going to concentrate on getting all the coding and images etc. finished so I can post the […]

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Frequently when setting off to pick up my son during winter in Kansas City, I would fill the birdfeeder that hung from my porch.
So that […]

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Q. Do You Have Thunderstorms in Ireland
Answer: We gave them to you.
Thunderstorms started in Ireland and were brought to America in the mid-18th century […]

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Currently surrounded by a couple of hundred paintings. I am trying to organise a large bunch of them - at least 50, maybe 75, to […]

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Sunday Short time.
The featured Irish short film today is a nice little fable called Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom (My Name Is You Ming). It’s […]

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[ UPDATE: A mere 36 hours later and the site is restored. Onwards. ]
Changes are being made, and despite however different the site may […]

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Because I grew up in Dublin West, due west of O’Connell Street, my initial familiarity with town, Dublin city centre, wasn’t with that part of […]

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5 years ago today, in Kansas City, I wrote these words:
It’s 5 months today since my wife and I separated.
Distractions are a permanent feature […]

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Despite apparent neglect, there has in fact been gentle nurturing of Irish KC on MySpace, which might explain why we’ve just reached the 1,000 friends […]

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Did I tell yehs I was going to Italy?
For a little job. Next month.
Expect sketches, paintings, and presents.
Or maybe just some more photos of […]

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