"Get in," he shouted, "two abreast," the man in the dicky bow. We giggled as he stressed but we did as we were told. H...

"Oh, I love your wooden floors." "Yes, I love them too, but I would so love carpet more for just a year or two." ...

Goodbye, goodbye to wet July, you can't be gone too soon. Hi and hi, please comply with an August warm front new. It's true, it...

A bird spotter extraordinaire: Oystercatchers here, tree sparrows there. Starlings busy on the bank, wagtail chicks with you to thank; all...

There is poetry in people: As each anecdote is completed no capture attempt succeeds. Verses dance out of reach, the flavour dawdles. M...

How do clouds stay up? Will my teeth ever fall out? Is there butter in this buttercup? Can we go round the roundabout? Why is yellow yello...

Rest easy, O'Leary, they came home on planes so that romantic Ireland could rise from the grave. Car pools and foot passengers on ferr...

The cattle stomp the yellow out, grazing, razing blazing kale, flames of seed heads wave about, metaphoric fire on this May Day. Belanu...

Dear Easter, I'm so glad to see you, I can't eat much more. My feasters must be discontinued or I won't get out the door. My m...

My father gave us leeks. He tried to give us more but there's only so many we can eat regardless of his store. These alliums are in ...