Belfast Bookshops
As I push open the door to a bookshop, the smell transports me back to my great Aunt’s house in Antrim. I’m leafing through pages, browned from years of use and neglect, wondering who had held the…
May 20, 2017As I push open the door to a bookshop, the smell transports me back to my great Aunt’s house in Antrim. I’m leafing through pages, browned from years of use and neglect, wondering who had held the…
May 20, 2017Happy Monday folks! So that's the summer over eh? I woke up to the sound of rain this morning and I have to admit it was a little bit nice. Of course I'll be wishing the sun back in a day or two but w…
May 15, 2017Not so long ago a friend of mine took me to a secret woodland that lay hidden from the walkers of the nearby park. We followed an indiscriminate path that suddenly opened up in to a cathedral of trees…
May 12, 2017A whole week of sunshine transforms the mindset of the Irish people. We become unnaturally positive as we pull all of our furniture outside to the garden with naive enthusiasm, attempt to have a BBQ w…
May 09, 2017It's funny how the sun can completely energise us and we suddenly remember all of the projects we abandoned during the winter. These last few days of sunshine and blue skies has awakened the creativit…
May 05, 2017Happy Tuesday! I really enjoyed those little cluster of long weekends we've been having this past month. Not that I have been doing anything overly spectacular with my time but it's the o…
May 02, 2017