A dusky April sky effects a rippling chorus of baas and cries, giggles, croaks and snores, maas and sighs. It's as if there is a ring...

We each begged for a fish money, and, when secured, set off up Quaker Road to reach and point our silvered palms as we reduced our ten p ...

I tucked the sleeping children in and ignored the salamander. It flipped and flicked and fidgeted; an athletic demander. I chased it wit...

"Roll up, roll up, fun and laughter, Trumpety-trump, I'm the ringmaster. Rabble-dabble, dinky-donk, twinkle-inkle-oo, pow-doo-wo...

Nettles and dock leaves circle my rose interest until the prince will free the sleeping princess and restore the realm. Proof that the wo...

Surrender your grasp, whatever your cause, on the future and past, for the sake of a pause. We've closed the gates, the keys are hung ...

January is very strong, yet even it cannot last long. The season's weather turns from black, a white endeavour sees Winter pass. F...

Fire and life, fire and life, night is day and day is night. Ritual traced, rites observed, gifts to the kith of the other world, eat an...

My sister is our executrix, what a fancy appellation. Presumably, there will soon be a suitable replacement. Still we hear the terms landl...

No more double Irish, we're big on moral ground. So modern now, and stylish, our book-keeping is sound. Our Revenue Commissioners w...