Blog Posts
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Ants and Bridges
This was originally posted on my old blog on 12 January 2013. Years ago, as a child, a snippet of a nature documentary stuck in my memory. I’ve thought of it often since. Today, I thought of this snippet again. I Googled it, and found the origin of the remembered film footage. It was more…
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Syrupy sweet, and not true
This was originally posted on my old blog on 16 May 2012. I just saw this on a friend’s Facebook wall: When you have faith in yourself, you don’t need others to believe in you. That’s simply not true. We’re interconnected creatures, we need each other. It’s only the most exceptionally exceptional among us who…
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Switzerland Cycling Trip
This was originally posted on my old blog on 13 August 2008. I just returned yesterday from a cycling trip in Switzerland. It was… an experience. The adventure started on Friday, 8 August, really, when I went to my local bike shop to have the bicycle packed for the flight. It was a busy time…
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Idiots in Opels and Zen Moments
This was originally posted on my old blog on 13 July 2008. I have this theory about Opels from the early nineties: they bring out the arsehole in anyone who gets behind the wheel. This theory was borne out again yesterday when I cycled from Dundalk to Shercock. My wrists and back were aching, and,…
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Four day cycling trip through Northern Ireland
Cycling Trip This entry was originally posted in our family blog on 19 March 2008. In the process of moving blogs, I lost all the photos, though I still had most of them stored elsewhere. The order may be somewhat messed up, but as far as I remember, these are the pics I posted with…