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Coming to a halt
So there I was, happily sauntering along through Summerhill, just about to cross the border into Ballybough, en route to Santry and my weekly audience with Her Holiness, The Kilkenny Lady. I had just gotten off the blower, following a most pleasing catch up with Mister Ethiopia. It was good to hear from him again.…
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Shocking but unsurprising
Donald Trump once stated that people will believe anything you tell them. It would appear that he has an excellent understanding of the human psyche. How else to explain how intelligent, law abiding citizens somehow become deluded insurrectionists? Mr. Trump has many things to answer for. The death of Ashli Babbitt, one of his supporters,…
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A woman dies
People die every day of the week. When it happens in the midst of an attack on American democracy, it means that bit more. The United States is far from a perfect institution. History speaks for itself. But at least it has always attempted to uphold democracy. Until yesterday. Donald Trump is challenging democracy and…
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Reflections
Looking back. Given the current popularity of mindfulness and the whole idea of ‘living in the moment’, the notion of having a glance or two in the rear view mirror is not really that trendy these days. For sure it is good to let go of self critical memories, however there are times when present…
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Finding a flow
Listening back to my ground breaking recording of ‘Greensleeves’, there were several things that pleased me. Notes, timing and speed were all mostly good, to my ear at least, however my playing seemed to lack ‘flow’. The notes were not melting into one another, so to speak. And so this is the next goal in…
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Hiccup
My dear readers, it seems that I have hit a technical glitch. For reasons unknown to My Good Self, it would appear that the link to my recording of ‘Greensleeves’ is not kicking in. For those that are interested in hearing it, I will send it to you by email or text. Just drop me…
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Bonne Annee
2021 will be a great year. I can feel it. In my bones. In my water. Even in my wine To mark the onset of a new dawn My Good Self is making public his take on the old English folk song, ‘Greensleeves’. Link below, listen if you dare. file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/65/05/0839A4EB-E055-4D0D-B9F9-59A95F729883/Greensleeves.m4a
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Trust and doubt
Did I really lock that door properly? Pretty certain that I did, but maybe I’ll just go back and check. In order to be sure. To be sure. There are times in life when doubt is a good thing. A jury should only convict in a court of law when they are beyond reasonable doubt.…
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A new Christmas tune
So there I was of a Stephen’s morning feeling the after affects of the trip to The Land of Luxury. A bit of French listening and then it was over to the fab Lilian Smith on RTE Radio One’s ‘Rising Time’. She played a Christmas tune I had not heard before. I liked it. Jazz…
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Living it up
It has often been stated that money cannot buy happiness. I have my doubts. Check out Christmas at The Westbury And so it came to pass of a pleasant Christmas Eve afternoon that I found myself strolling across town, guitar in hand, up Grafton Street, hanging a gentle right onto Harry Street and exchanging seasons…
Blind light 