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On the move
It’s into the latter end of July and so it must be time to see what’s happening in Staines Palace. The King and Queen have very kindly freed up their busy schedules to accommodate My Good Self and so I am on the move again. Having made the switch a few seasons back from plane…
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A new benchmark
I used to think that comfortably playing ‘Cavatina’ at full speed was the ultimate benchmark for progress in classical guitar. And in many respects it is, given the technical challenges it presents. But then I happened upon a piece entitled ‘Recuerdos de La Alhambra’. A new Everest had been discovered. Composed by a dude called…
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Champagne days
Mam didn’t drink much, but she did like a glass of champagne from time to time. I guess it went back to her Jammet’s days, a time when she mixed with the high society of Dublin and beyond. And so with a view to keeping her with me I’ve decided to make the bubbly stuff…
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What a woman
They say that cats have nine lives. Mam was a Kilkenny woman. ‘The cats’ is the nickname of the Kilkenny hurling team and so it follows that Mam had more than one life. Sally Dowling’s first life was in the house on the hill in Coolcullen, a few miles outside Castlecomer. Daddy Dowling died young…
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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…
Blind light 