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  • Oh what a glorious morning

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    and oh what a glorious day, as the song goes… everything’s going my way. Essay and essay plan written, catch up plan drawn up for Psychology and chores done.

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  • Frustration

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    Up early so I have an opportunity to catch up with my studies. Conceit…no, that’s a poetic device popular in the 17th century although one such conceit is called Petrarchan conceit so I’m assuming Roman origins. Coffee drunk, dishwasher unloaded, croissants in the oven, but where is my favourite pen?…

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  • Back to winning ways

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    Ulster rugby fans have been rewarded for their loyalty after a run of losses recently. Last night’s home game against the Stormers showed what they can do against tough opposition. Their number 8 has been consistently good and against his fellow countymen he performed well. The backs moved the ball…

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  • Sleep

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    Sleep deprivation is useful if you happen to be a torturer or masochist. I dream of languishing for eight hours or more in restful sleep. Or I would if dreaming was a memorable state for me. I like fresh air in the bedroom even if it’s freezing outside. Blackout curtains…

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  • Poetry devices

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    My course has given me some knowledge about reading poetry and the traditions that stretch back to Aesop’s Fables. Lovely words like enjambment, metonymy, alliteration and assonance now trip off my tongue. Metaphysical metaphors, anthropomorphism and zoomorphism all feature in our course material as we study Paul Muldoon’s anthology of…

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  • Playing catch up

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    A new year without resolution, except a belated attempt to get sufficient studying done in order to submit my next assignments. Will it be compare and contrast two poems (Bat and The Bear) or a bit of creative writing? I have got two weeks for this assignment so I will…

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  • What price truth?

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    Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s involvement in South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission gave a Christian interpretation to the word reconciliation. Hate the sin and forgive the sinner may not have been the intended meaning by the Commission, but the coming together in peace to resolve differences was less apparent. Did it…

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  • Head Cases

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    For rugby fans, there is controversy about the new proposal to lower the height of tackles from shoulders downwards to waist downwards next season.. The intention is good,. Reducing head injuries was addressed by yellow and red cards being issued for head contact, so this is another measure to protect…

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    Small pleasures

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    I am not surprised that so few of you are interested in a modest bathroom redecoration. You would have to know me very well to appreciate the Herculean effort it took for me to get even this tiny project completed. When I say completed, the grouting is about half done…

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  • One room at a time

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    The ceiling has been plastered and painted. A bright LED light has been fitted flush with the ceiling and a mirror has been fitted along one wall above the waist high tiling. The bathroom had stood neglected for the last couple of years. The leaking ceiling had fused the light…

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