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Continue reading →: inspiration or perspiration?
I trot out the odd rhyme, particularly for friends and family. What intrigues me is the variation in how long it takes me to find the words that sound ok to my ears. On occasion, there is a flow of verbiage that can be rearranged into what passes for poetry.…
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Continue reading →: Chance Encounter
The beauty of chance encounters is the rich pool of other people’s experiences that just happen to come your way. It was my good fortune to meet a couple of people having a leisurely glass of wine at House on Botanic. The gentleman was reared in Belfast but now lives…
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Continue reading →: Special Collections
There is something charmingly ritualistic about entering the inner sanctum of Special Collections in the McClay library. You are given a key and a smart pass by the librarian and accompanied to your desk. The book(s) you requested are brought to you. The books I had asked to see were…
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Continue reading →: Friday is story time
I have the germ of an idea, and I hope it will be of interest to my discerning readership. Every Friday, I will publish installments of a story about…well, you’ll have to read it to find that out. I may try to stick to a word limit, but that has…
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Continue reading →: Evidence of Design
A weekend visit to IKEA with my better half was the typical mixture of appreciation for simple, effective design and annoyance at the one-way system imposed on customers as they file through the store. The new IKEA catalogue failed to impress. There was something about the drab colours and clutter…
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Continue reading →: Who me – shellfish?
Yes, there are people who disagree about the merits of shellfish. I love mussels, crabs, langoustines, lobsters, sea snails (boules), prawns, oysters; in short, I cannot think of any shellfish that I would turn my nose up to. Scallops are so popular with TV chefs and restaurants hereabouts that premium…
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