I always feel a little melancholy as Summer begins to come to an end. I get angsty as each GAA senior county championship match gets played and another tier is eradicated. We've only got the All-Ireland finals left now - a sure sign that Autumn has his feet well settled under the table. We've now … Continue reading Her Days May Be Numbered
Having a birthday is really quite nice. It's a special day, just for you. Well, unless you happen to be a twin or your birthday falls on December 25th (NIGHTmare!). I've always liked celebrating the anniversary of the birth of me. I always get at least a couple of cards - some with cash in, … Continue reading It’s My Party And I’ll Pass If I Want To
We Irish are self-professed obsessives when it comes to the weather. We talk about it, scrutinise it, plan around it. When the sun shines, Ireland is the best country you could possibly live in - unless it shines too much and we suddenly run out of water and berate ourselves for not installing an in-home … Continue reading The Weather Girls
A night out is a much-coveted affair, am I right? And I'm talking a car-free, dressed-up, who-knows-where-the-night-will-take-us kind of evening. There's the planning and plotting, the daydreaming whereby you delusionally see yourself out and about as one might do in London or New York - not to mention the humming and hawing over what to … Continue reading Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
If you are a very small child, congratulations! Roll out the banner, as they say. (And might I also commend your reading skills?). Babies being born today, tomorrow, yesterday, barring accidents or serious illness, can now realistically hope to live to 104 years old. I think this is good news, although I appreciate not everyone … Continue reading Use It Or Lose It People
I often resolve to do things and just don't get around to them. Printing out photographs and framing them, baking and icing a Christmas cake, sitting down and playing the piano for 10 minutes in a day. However, making elderflower cordial - long on the list - can be proudly ticked off this June. I … Continue reading A Little Taste of Summer
I lost my phone recently. I mean 'lost' in the RIP sense - I'm that sensitive about it. Cliché I know, it fell out of my back pocket and into the loo. It was only in there for, like, two seconds; but that's all it took. Several hundred spells of holding down the power button, … Continue reading Before I Was The Person I Now Am
I fear I may be developing an addiction. Another one. Okay, I'm being flippant with my use of the word 'addiction', but as per the dictionary's take on things, technically, the label is correct. My name is Laurie and I find it hard to pass a garden centre, in May, when there's (any, tiny hint … Continue reading All This Talk of Mental Health
I feel it's safe to say that April is a good month. One of those months that's, you know, popular. You can't help but like that it's starting to get warm and Spring can officially be felt - but it's not quite Summer, so there's a lot of excited anticipation going on without any of … Continue reading Good Times Happen In April
We took a trip... away to sunny Spain. We pressed the 'off' button. We wanted - correction, we needed - to reboot. It was that or crash and burn (or at least fall over and find it really hard to get up). There's something about knowing you're going on holiday to make it seem like … Continue reading Wish We Were There
