I know that I have mentioned a few times that we are building a home for ourselves. Usually in Ireland when someone self-builds it either means hiring a contractor to organise the job and supply all the labour or hiring all the builders, carpenters, roofers etc yourself. Well, we don’t usually do things the “normal”…
I thought that it was worth posting this information on behalf of a group called CUBE (Campaign to Use Buildings that are Empty) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Carbery Housing Association was set…
Is this really 2008? you wouldn’t think so if you read this sad and horrifying article about the current and past treatment of Aboriginal people by the police and prison authorities in Queensland Australia. Perhaps the clue is in the name “queens”land, it is not unusual for ill-treatment and injustice to follow the colonial rule,…
Sometimes when you work at home one day can blend into the next without you noticing. To make today, being Sunday, a little different we had a late breakfast of buckwheat pancakes. Sorry that I don’t have a yummylicious photograph however none of the pancakes lasted long enough to photographed! I found a basic pancake recipe and substituted 300 gr buckwheat flour…
Loss is never easy. Letting go can be difficult too. I lost a wonderful friend and teacher last week when after a long illness she passed away peacefully. I am grateful to have had this friend in my life for the last seven years or so, I can’t count the blessings that have followed me…
TARAWATCH PRESS RELEASE 09 October 2009 ‘Protests Planned for Green Convention at RDS Tomorrow’ TaraWatch is calling for demonstrations at the Green party Special Convention at the RDS tomorrow, to protest against the lack of protections for the environment in the proposed Programme for Government. Education and electoral reform are not core Green issues. The…
