Monthly Archives: February 2011

Election Eve: Between Rant and Renewal

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Clare

As Ireland prepares to take to the polls tomorrow, this evening I sit somewhere between rant and renewal. Banks and borrowings, bonds and bailouts, economic forecasts and fiscal fiascoes- if a country’s measure was just on media coverage and the … Continue reading →

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Mary Oliver: Wise One

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Clare

The Journey One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice—- though the whole house began to tremble and you felt the old tug at your ankles. … Continue reading →

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Finding our Edge

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Clare

I have always felt that the action most worth watching is not at the centre of things but where edges meet. I like shorelines, weather fronts, international borders. There are interesting frictions and incongruities in these places, and often, if … Continue reading →

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Bringing us to Beauty

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Clare

Up we went, some friends and I, climbing and climbing, as the hills of Connemara ran away from under us while the bay took our view to an edge. Each time the climb lends new perspective and offers fresh momentum. … Continue reading →

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Foodie Pauses and Camera Shutters

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Clare

I’m back with Goethe today. He is sharing some wisdom: ‘Man knows himself only to the extent that he knows the world. He becomes aware of himself only within the world, and aware of the world only within himself. Every … Continue reading →

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