Disease finds you out. All the wishful thinking in the world will not make up for lack of knowledge and experience.

Always wonderful to hear the best of Irish Traditional music. The fiddler from Inishbofin Island putting his heart, soul and skill into the music. Fantastic community spirit in such a welcoming place. Newman’s Bar, Cleggan, Connemara

An excellent summary.

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Why doctors & nurses should use more plain language & less jargon. Good piece on the importance of the language we use and the Ask Me 3® programme. rte.ie/brainstorm/202…

“I can't think of a case where poems changed the world, but what they do is they change people's understanding of what's going on in the world.” ― Seamus Heaney who died August 30, 2013

Ireland and the Choctaw Nation are bound by an incredible gesture during 1847, the worst year of the Irish Famine. The Choctaw, despite having endured The Trail of Tears and dreadful hardship, raised a donation which was sent to Irish Famine Relief.

This morning I saw this glorious Rowan tree and was reminded of Seamus Heaney’s glorious poem ‘Song’. ‘A rowan like a lipsticked girl. Between the by-road and the main road Alder trees at a wet and dripping distance Stand off among the rushes. There are the mud-flowers of

A Seamus Heaney poem unknown to me until now. The imagery, the weight of our ancestors past lives. Wonderful.

The night time beach vibe of Cefalu, Sicily.

Street life, Cefalu, Sicily

Pantocrator Christ (1148) Cefalù Cathedral, Sicily. The words written in Greek and Latin read ‘I am the light of the world: those who follow me will not wander in darkness but will have the light of life’.

Those eyes!

bjgp.org/content/72/715… As Henry Moore highlighted: ‘Length of RGP–patient relationship is significantly associated with lower use of OOH services, fewer acute hospital admissions, and lower mortality’ Disinvestment in core GP in the UK is dangerous

My Room with a View, Cefalù

Channelling Hopper in a fin de siècle way. Cefalù, Sicily.

Saw this fabulous painting by Antonello da Messina at Museo Mandralisca, Cefalu, Sicily. The ‘Unknown Sailor’ mid 15th century. A smile similar to La Giaconda for its mystery.

Arrivedérci Cefalù.

There’s something about a scooter. Hot sun on limbs, long hair in the breeze, the danger, the intimacy of arms around the waist. The feeling when young that just about anything is possible. Cefalu, Sicily # Captain Corelli’s Mandolin

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