#Grief. In every lived human heart there is a secret place we carry with us, a graveyard for the souls we loved, and sometimes willing, sometimes unwilling, visit along with the mourning for all of the loss of what never was. #BeingHumanBeingMortal #MyFathersWake

A grey #Irish day queuing in the rain around the block today to visit the #dead. Taking #WondersoftheWake to London #CladdaghRing OCT 9 -13th ticketsource.co.uk/-wonders-of-th…

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Another howler of rejection I remember was the Penguin editor in 1991 who said that soon the Northern Irish peace process would be over and no-one would be interested in buying books about Northern Ireland. (And I even had to pay for the lunch.) Tales of #TheGreatBookofNo

‘To be truly human is to bear the burden of our own mortality and to strive, in grace, to help others carry theirs, sometimes lightly, sometimes courageously.’ #MyFathersWake. Officially in #Ireland I am an author. Very pleased. Thanks to Irish Hospice Foundation for their amazing support

Sad to say it wasn’t much better with #MyFathersWake. One agent whilst turning me down said in a crisp English accent: ’Now is not the right time for a book about death.’ And I did I indeed have to wait few more years before I got published. #Death however is always with us.

Reflective sea mist and moonlight

The #dawn

A poisoning of the well of democracy over time by Fox News and Murdoch for profit and some fanatic lottery despair of the heart that the Messiah will come again - rather pitifully in the form of Donald J. Trump #Fallen

Out in the wilds of #achill at #Minuan Cliffs

Going to be fabulous. You can book tickets here: ticketsource.co.uk/-wonders-of-th…

Let’s never forget about East Germany!

Another day of life brightly dawning

Summer has arrived in achill at last, long, long after the visitors have gone.Leaving behind the lifeguard’s locked and lonely loo.

Left over summer toys - abandoned

The ending of days

I wonder would Jim ever think the same trade logic might apply to dividing up say a single geographic entity sort of like - the island of Ireland? And that cleaving this land in two was nothing other than a vain act of perdition? Or would his myopia not even see his own logic?

The still

The carriage out of #MyFathersWake

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