The Irish Blogging Scene
As Ireland enters its 3rd day without pork (if you were good and threw away all the sausages, rashers and the Christmas ham like you were supposed to - hands up who designated them “thrown away” but held on pending an announcement?) here are some highlights of the blogging scene in Ireland this chilly December.
And when I say December I probably mean November as well. And October for good measure.
I’m doing this because I feel guilty for not blogging as I dived into the self-absorption that is my sale of paintings.
1. First and foremost, Homepages - Tales from the Irish Blogosphere has been published. Organized by BackPedalBrakes, the book was compiled at a time when I was suffering from the fallout of the loss of the cottage - perfect thematically to inspire me to submit a piece for consideration for the book, but not so perfect from a practical point of view. It’s a highly impressive list of contributors, and it’s for a cause that is only good. Buy it.
2. Sweary is back. The Swearing Lady is once again holding court from The Arse End of Ireland. And to judge by the length of her paragraphs it’s like she really has been away from computer screens all this time. While she was away we lost Bertie, Twenty Major, and well loads of things to be honest. Some people even lost wealth.
3. Annie is also back. Not that she went away from blogging - she just went away. To a place called America. If you haven’t read the journey you should follow it from here on Oct 13. Seemingly there was some election or other on when she was over there. There’s even a handy map for you to see at glance where she did damage.
4. The first Irish circumnavigation of the globe by bicycle is being blogged. People have told me that I have cycled around the world - but there are more than 2 rings on the Oylmpic flag so I’m kinda jealous. And I would have loved some of today’s technology to have been around back when I was taller and thinner. The boys are on Twitter too.
5. The Thursday guest posts on Peter’s Donegan Landscaping Blog are turning into one of the best series of blogposts out there. The posts by Pixie Von Dust and DebbieMet are standout pieces but there’s excellent stuff there too by Bohoe, Damien, Rick and Adrian - with another 4 to come.
6. It’s 2 months since I first read it, but Gimme’s post on Carlton and Chester still resonates. It reads like a short film.
7. Once upon a time he asked for lots of comments. And he deserved them, but as if granted by a Monkey’s Paw, Declan got them on this post. You know the way I hate cars (you don’t, but I really do) and yet can find Car Talk very entertaining, or even TopGear for that matter? Well I don’t read crime novels (unless I think about it and list the exceptions) yet I love reading Declan’s blog and it’s all about crime fiction.
8. Christmas is coming. GingerPixel and a cat tweet, if you know what I mean.
9. Christmas is really coming. There’s a fair few Irish bloggers in here. Courtesy of Walter, you can put yourself in there too. I’m waiting until Christmas Eve.
Eolaí gan Fhéile:
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