Ghost Horse
Many moons ago, when I was a child in the early 60's, I regularly passed Hughes Dairy's in Churchtown. In the large field in front of the Dairy were a multitude of horses that were used to draw the milk carts every morning to deliver milk to every house that I knew!...
A virtual coffee and chat with Deborah Black, from Silver Wave Jewellery
As we are still in the grips of a pandemic it's lovely to get to know other creative souls virtually. So, welcome to my first guest blogger, Deborah Black who is here to tell you a little about herself and her beautiful handmade jewellery. 1. Deborah, tell me a...
MEMORIES OF A HOT SUMMERS DAY AND ICE CREAM VANS
Do you remember the soft creamy deliciousness that was ice cream from an ice-cream van on a hot summers day? We had a regular ice-cream man. His van was blue and cream with big wings on the back, and he played a musical jingles as he drove around our little...
BECAUSE … SOMETIMES WORDS JUST DON’T CUT IT!
Way back in the 90s I was going through a tough time, finding myself getting severely depressed usually after Christmas and well into the New Year. As a way to try to get to the bottom of this yearly decent into darkness I started to go to counselling sessions. The...
THE DIVINE FEMININE
In our world today, sadly, religions have become the cause of division and hatred. They are the root cause of oppression and create intolerance. Many of them espouse peace and tolerance as a core tenet of faith, but sadly the more radical teachings and interpretations...
DEMETER – Greek Goddess of the Harvest
As we move into autumn my mind turns to Demeter, Greek goddess of the harvest. When angered by the abduction of her daughter she subjected the world to famine! Hell knows no fury ... as they say. This mythology speaks to many facets of women, woman the source of...
‘ART SHOULD COMFORT THE DISTURBED AND DISTURB THE COMFORTABLE.
‘Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable’. Cesar A.Cruz Some art is designed to reflect our taste, enhance our living spaces, and draw attention to the beauty that surrounds us. But then there is art that impacts us to the core, it may be...
ARE YOU WAITING YOUR LIFE AWAY?
Several years ago I found myself doing what many mums do. Sitting for hours on a Saturday morning waiting for our little munchkins to take part in some creative or sporting endeavours. My two youngest were enjoying time spent in pursuit of all things musical in...
PENDEMIC POETRY
I am just delighted to have had my poem accepted for publication by Pendemic. Pendemic is not a literary magazine for ordinary times, but a journal for an exceptional one. Writing the pandemic, together. Pendemic put out a call for poets to journal some of their...
Cavan Farmers Market
Had a lovely time last Friday at Cavan Farmer's Market, got a wonderful warm welcome and lots of helpful information from Nicky and Bea, it was a great chance to see if markets might be a good option if I continue creating artworks. The walls of my home will only...
Cavan Arts Week
On foot of the huge success of Poetry Day, the Creative Hub were asked to put our work on display in Cavan Library during Cavan Arts Week. I was delighted to display my book art, several paintings and also a tribute piece to the poet Francis Ledwidge. We received...