Author: nearysboy
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Back on the streets
Word had reached My Good Self that the good folk of South King Street were clamouring for the return of their favourite busking classical guitarist. What was I to do? There was simply no choice. And so it came to pass that I dusted off my amp last Saturday, stuck it in my rucksack, grabbed…
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A challenging 5 weeks
It all began in earnest on the afternoon of Thursday April 6. At that stage in proceedings The Kilkenny Lady was on her third hospital in the space of three weeks. To cut a long story short I attended a meeting in the Beaumont Hospital on that fateful Thursday and I emerged from that same…
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Hospitals
The Kilkenny Lady would appear to have itchy feet. Not content with 4 moves in 4 weeks she has opted to continue her hospital odyssey in Blanchardstown with COVID 19 for company. So far so good, she is coping well. This has led me to compare Blanchardstown and Beaumont Hospitals. Heaven and Hell. Spacious corridors…
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On the campaign trail
It seems I have found a new career as a political lobbyist. I am asking various friends and family members to email our Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly at stephen.donnelly@oireachtas.ie stating awareness of a case whereby an 87 year old woman entered the Irish hospital system in March from home with reasonable mobility, exited that…
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Going to bat
The Kilkenny Lady has been on my mind quite a lot this past month. Of late she has been touring around various northside Dublin hospitals and has been slowly losing mobility, and most likely also some weight, in the process. She began her odyssey in the Mater Hospital on Tuesday 14 March on foot of…
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A slightly different ski week, part four
Although I enjoyed my day on the planks with The Woodman I was also happy enough to head back into Salzburg the following morning in the company of The Tour Operator and The Writer for a little more exploring. We wanted to check ou the Mozart Museum and given that I am somewhat taken these…
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A slightly different ski week, part three
Although I had decided to stay off the planks for my week in Austria, it seems that I was open to persuasion on this matter. Wandering into the hotel bar on Sunday evening following a very pleasant excursion in Salzburg with The Tour Operator, I was summoned for an audience with The Woodman. He had…
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A slightly different ski week, part two
Monday morning saw My Good Self and The Tour Operator head for the beautiful town of Zell am see. Set beside a large lake Zell is always a pleasure to visit. Taking a train from Schwarzach we arrived into Zell after about 40 minutes. The train station is situated beside the lake and so the…
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A slightly different ski week, part one
I have been skiing for over 20 years now so it was a tad unusual to fly to Austria last week to meet up with my ski chums having decided before departure that I would not be sticking on the planks and floating around the mountain this time. Our group had decided to upgrade the…
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Getting closer
Although the whole thing of playing the musical piece ‘Cavatina’ at concert speed is not the be all and end all of classical guitar, it is something of a benchmark indicator of progress. And so it is with a small sense of achievement that I have finally made it into that particular arena. I can…
Blind light 