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  • 23 Kilos of Imagination

    23 Kilos of Imagination

    I recently travelled with a 23-kilo suitcase from Europe to rural Canada. It took seven legs…

  • The Best of Irish Men

    The Best of Irish Men

    Dear Kevin, I found you!  Almost four months later. At the university bus stop, on the…

  • Geography of Pathlessness

    Geography of Pathlessness

    As soon as I dumped my bags, I went straight up the hill to the web…

  • Beautiful Irish Man

    Beautiful Irish Man

    Dear Kevin, One month ago today, I accosted you at Dublin airport at 5h00 something. You…

  • How I became a bleeding heart

    How I became a bleeding heart

    Are the Irish Different? I’m in Ireland, studying, and taking a class called: Are the Irish…

  • Take Heart in Ageing

    Take Heart in Ageing

    Our relationship with time.  As we age, our future shrinks.  In our youth, we feel wealthy…

  • Word with a sideward glance

    Word with a sideward glance

    There are not many ways of talking about positive ageing without sounding like you’re arguing.  That’s…

  • Narrating Death

    Narrating Death

    Elle died last week, 25 days after being told she had a month. During that time,…

  • Elle and I

    Elle and I

    My friend Elle, from two blogs ago, has less than three months of life on earth.…

  • The Slow and the Swift Under the Sun

    The Slow and the Swift Under the Sun

    It is spring and the gardens are edged. Eight years of tending them, jubilantly gouging new…