I think there’s an interesting story trying to get out in this column by Hearne Christopher Jnr. in the Kansas City Star.
Basically the artist/photographer Jodi […]

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Here are 12 photographs I’ve taken from my new home or within minutes walk of it.
As I post these it is now raining, as it […]

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A thin layer of clouds hints at a nice day. I can still see the strips of lightness half an hour later when the cold […]

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The first thing I see is a large white van a mile away. Too early for my modem surely, and too near without directions. I […]

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Wake up to the sound of the dog jumping. Windy but another beautiful day. Drink first pot of tea watching a wren in the fuchsia.
It’s […]

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So I’m sheltering from sheets of rain somewhere in Ireland.
Luckily for you however I took some photos yesterday when the weather preferred cameras.
Here’s a […]

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A 15-year-old Abilene, Kansas, girl rated Ireland as her favourite place of a 3-country 3-week People to People International exchange program trip.
One of 15 students […]

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I’m on the move again.
To the mountains.
And the coast.
By the bog.
And the heather.
Among the sheep.
And the clouds.
With the views.
Of the fields.
And the sea.
And the islands.
And […]

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I’m mad busy right now, with something regular readers can probably guess, so here’s a previously unpublished Irish music question and answer from my personal […]

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Rachel is from Abilene, Kansas and is studying English and pre-law.
She’s doing it in Ireland, at UCC, and she’s blogging her experience.
Just over […]

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Waking up on yesterday’s Irish morning I saw sunshine and reeled. In the shock sense, not the dancing sense.
Thrust into sunny happiness I rushed outside […]

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They’re calling it a Fest now.
It’s the biggest day of the year for the tradition in Ireland that is represented by just as much space […]

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Tomorrow the Lakes head back to Kansas. They’ve been in Ireland.
Cork and Kerry again are the chosen places that were toured.
Based in Cobh (pronounced “cove”) […]

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Lisa & Damon are from California but are spending one year in Ireland on work assignment.
Recently cousin Bruce from Kansas came to visit, so […]

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Where is Wei was created to document a year-long trip around the world.
And it all starts at Dublin, Ireland by way of Kansas City, […]

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When I was a kid I used to go with my mother to Moore Street for the week’s fruit and veg. And as I got […]

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Sunday Short time.
I keep forgetting the days have names, and with it that I used to be in the habit of posting Irish film shorts […]

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It’s been a MUDII day in Ireland.
Miasma.
Untenable.
Disquiet.
Implausible.
Inevitable.

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For those of you who like to count, specifically hours, this is just to let you know that once again Ireland is 6 hours ahead […]

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Kansas City’s The Elders are back a while now from their 2008 tour of Ireland with fellow Celtic rockers Enter The Haggis.
So I thought I’d […]

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