New Blog Theme
I have had a go at designing a new blog template this evening – not too shabby for a first try.
Might just leave it awhile and see if I like it. Please feel free to leave comments about it…
The excerpt below is taken from the website of the relocalization organisation, I have neither added nor changed it… It is beautiful and so very clear… http://relocalize.net/about/relocalization Community Works A Hopi Elder Speaks “You have been telling the people that this is the Eleventh Hour. Now you must go back and tell the people that…
I spent yesterday creating a bank in which to plant a hedge (whitethorn) to fill a gap that used to be a gateway and is no longer used. I was using a large pile of cow dung and straw that a neighbour kindly delivered to us last year when he was cleaning out a cowshed…
Wow, it’s been ages since I’ve posted! What have you all been up to? I have been helping out at an amazing week long workshop where eighteen guys were learning to build a wind turbine – how cool is that? The workshop was organised by a locally based couple, the Leitrim Renewable Energy people Eirbyte. …
Death comes to us all My mother passed away at the end of May, just a few short weeks ago. She had been trapped in the strange world of Alzheimer’s disease for a number of years, slowing disappearing, little by little. We were so lucky that she didn’t lose her sweet character, her love of…
It’s still Seachtain na Gaeilge – Irish language week or is it fortnight? Anyway I am going to attempt to write bilingual blog posts for a while to see how it goes. B’fheidir go mbeadh mo spellings uafásach ach is maith liom iarracht a dheanamh nios mó Gaeilge a usáid so tá súil agam go bfhuil…