AT THE KITCHEN TABLE The late spring snow catches us off-guard, drifts against the henhouse wall, blots out the distant...
One of the first actions the British Government took after their withdrawal from the EU on the 1st January was...
That works of draining are most ancient and of divine institution we have the testimony of Holy Scripture … That...
The dog had been missing since morning. It was getting late in the day, but I still wasn’t too keen...
When planted, potatoes are laid out in a particular pattern, like the 5 side of a die. Four corners of...
Steven. Steven, is loose. Loose, so I had to go looking for him. I’d been meaning to fix the gate....
Lust in the Time of Covid How can he not sneak out to meet her through the darkened streets his...
Boluisce I root my fingers, burying them back and down. A twist into black, acidic soil, deeper than anything man-made....
Lyrics: Night Shopping Best thing that happened to mom Was Hy-Vee opening all night long So she could use food...
Last days in August The tarmac heats the rubber soles of my boots. It’s hotter here than I had expected...
TOBY’S SOLILOQUY To think what stands against me still is not the harm of falling off a ladder at two-storey...
The Irish are renowned storytellers. From Nobel prize winning literature to pub talk we are saturated in stories. We listen...