It is Easter Saturday. The sun is shining on this quiet day of waiting between Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday.…
Primrose Poems
In the beautiful Spanish language, a language close to my heart, the word Primavera can be used to translate our…
Writing Home
A friend asked me recently if there was a place where the pieces that I write might be found assembled…
Gifts of light
It’s mid December, and the duties of a long, demanding semester have finally come to an end. I’m sitting quietly…
Book-learning? Spread a little joy.
A few weeks ago a good friend of mine sent me a message. It’s always good to get a message…
Creative Conversations … with Pauline Gribben
The time has come to welcome my very first guest, as promised, to Writing Home. I’ve been looking forward to…
About time
Last week, as you do on a dreary lockdown evening in Ireland in darkest January, we had a family summit.…
Back to school: curriculum matters
The sun is shining in an almost cloudless blue sky here in Northern Ireland on the day when many children,…
Morning Light
Not long after lock-down began here in Northern Ireland, I was chatting with my friend Jonathan Rea, Creative Chief Executive…
There’s a river that flows …
We have lived close to a little river for over ten years. It’s called the Kells Water. We have often…
