Archive for the ‘Idle Stuff’ Category

Supermarket Sweetie

Wednesday, September 27th, 2006

I've never been a huge fan of Supermarkets or Chinese restaurants for similar reasons. The choices are too vast for one sitting, and I'm far to disorganised to arrive in either with even a vague notion of what I actually want.

Cuccumber Sandwiches & Kayaking in the Surf

Wednesday, September 27th, 2006

This morning I felt the need to cycle to Castlebellingham, to a local farmers market that takes place there on the first Sunday of every month. I opened my curtains at 7.30am and decided against it. The rain was falling in slanting sheets that buckled the Fusia bush in my back ...

ipod, therefore I Sane.

Sunday, September 17th, 2006

Last week I took a train to Dublin to vist a few favourite book stores and generally amble about a bit. A suggestion of Christmas shopping is hurridly packed away in the back of my mind with the christmas tree lights as I decide I'm not quite up to that ...

Laytown Races

Saturday, September 9th, 2006

Time to lose my shirt. Laytown races have the proud boast to be the only (legal) beach races in Europe. From 3.30pm to 6.15 six races are held every year on the strand between Bettystown and Laytown, a distance of a mile or two. Furlongs bedamned, it looks like a long ...

Reunion

Friday, September 8th, 2006

Thursday night I went to my first ever class reunion at my old college in Dubin.I didn't have any Idea what to expect, and almost backed out of it at the last minute, worried that it might be a bit awkward. I had only kept in touch with one of them, Bren, ...