Musician & Teacher [I Am Unique - Just Like Everyone Else]I have been into music from a young age. I fell in love with my teacher at p.o.art school because she knew so much compared to me. Combining both these loves and lives to me seems to make me quite unique in desire, but my uniqueness is just like so...See More »
Perceptions are everything!How do others see you when you're doing something out of the ordinary, or you're making an argument. Perceptions matter over image every time to me, but words need to be understood!
Laptop or Tablet, even my iphone! [I Am On the Computer Too Often]I'm on quite a lot each day working on my assignment or getting online tuition, but I suppose the lockdown and pandemic have made my hours elongate a little more than perhaps I would like! It's a necessary evil I suppose, and the only way to continue...See More »
Jesuit Thought for the Day, and Prayer [Spirituality & Religion]Mk 4: 35-41 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. A great windstorm arose, and the...See More »
Love is the Magic of the Universe! [I Want to Be Loved]Think about what it could be that maintains the development of the universe, from Creation through its elongation! It's love! God is love, and what better epitaph can you have but "beloved of God"?
I give attention, interest.......But I don't suffer fools very long! Please try to make legible comment or enquiry,there are tools to help if you struggle with your English. It's my second language too but I manage!
It takes a lot of variety to make a world!Sorcha, here, says that should be a mantra! It takes variety to make a world 🌎! You can give understanding if you try not to judge! Of course, haters are something else! No contribution!
Sitting on the beach at Bari with the sun behind us setting..... [I Had Pizza In Italy]Pizza, not American style but proper Neapolitan street food style pizza, it was great! Sparkling water and Peroni, great!
It is bound to get worst!There are so many haters on Similar Worlds. I don't know why they spew their vitriol everywhere at everyone, inadequacy? It's gotten to the point of not engaging with them in any way but just to block them immediately and remove their crap! I really...See More »
Washing in the machine, tiredness cause for a coffee! Saturdays are always the same, get up early to do my washing. It's raining out and it's only five degrees Celsius, so I have to rig up my washing indoors. I don't use the autodryer as it isn't good for fabrics. But while I'm waiting for the machine...See More »
From the VaticanPope Francis has released his message for World Mission Day, underlining that amid this pandemic there is the need for a "mission of compassion." "We cannot but speak about what we have seen and heard," taken from the Acts of the Apostles, is the...See More »
Covid in Ethiopia, an indication of the spread.Ethiopia: Solidarity in times of Covid Source: Fundacion Emalaikat In Muketuri, in the remote Ethiopian highlands, the news of the Covid 19 pandemic arrived in March 2020, with the government order to close all schools, state offices, and...See More »
Something of interest today [Spirituality & Religion]Building Human Fraternity. 'The true worth of the different countries of our world is measured by their ability to think not simply as a country but also as part of the larger human family' - (Fratelli Tutti, 141). On Thursday February 4, 2021 the...See More »
Would you prefer it to being this, instead? As skilled members of a disease-fighting team, you and the other players work together to keep the world safe from outbreaks and epidemics. Only through teamwork will you have a chance to find a cure. Pandemic is a cooperative board game in which...See More »
Calasanctius College, Oranmore. [I Have Stayed Good Friends With My Friends From High School] Calasanctius College, Oranmore is a co-educational secondary school catering for students between the ages of 12-19 around the County Galway town of Oranmore, and the surrounding areas, such as Carnmore, Claregalway, Clarenbridge, Kilcolgan and the...See More »
Darragh O' CarthaighMy brother would be twenty seven now if he hadn't died. I'm not sure how life would be different with him alive, perhaps my parents would be different. He died before I was born. It's called secondary drowning. You pay close attention to your kids...See More »
Do you know what you are capable of, or do you lack the motivation to find out?Life is scary for some, and each day is a triumph of will!
Which 'different' sport did you play at school?Camogie A variant of the game of hurling (which is played by men only) adapted to suit women, it is organised by the Dublin-based Camogie Association or An Cumann Camógaíochta. The annual All Ireland Camogie Championship has a record attendance of 3...See More »
I thought this good reading this morning. [Spirituality & Religion]Prayer It helps, now and then, to step back and take a long view. The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts, it is even beyond our vision. We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is God's work. Nothing...See More »
An article from the Irish Times about the 'biological clock'The more I think about it, the more the ‘biological clock’ deadline annoys me When it comes to fertility, it is not a level playing field I’ve been hearing a lot of the phrase “geriatric pregnancy” lately. Curiously, I never hear it in my hospital...See More »
Grandda is breá liom tú!I do love him too! He is my foundation, he is my mainstay, he has provided me with my inheritance so I can go to university and live here in Dublin, yes, but there's much more to our close relationship. For a time I lived with him, since there was a...See More »
Athshonraíonn an cineáltas, mothaíonn sé te agus tá sé cosúil leis an bhfonn is fearr leat! [I Am Inspired By Kind People]Athshonraíonn an cineáltas, mothaíonn sé te agus tá sé cosúil leis an bhfonn is fearr leat! Cloiseann tú é agus braitheann tú clúdach i meascán de ghrá agus comh-mhothúchán. Is gné dáiríre é meas comhchineáil a thabhairt duitse, do dhuine eile, i...See More »
More from the Irish TimesGovernment officials were last night said to be “urgently” working on the legal and operational arrangements for mandatory quarantining for some passengers travelling from abroad. Under the plans there will be mandatory quarantining at a designated...See More »
Interesting from the Irish Times this morningGerman health authorities have recommended that AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine should be not be given to those aged over 65 due to a lack of data, in a potential fresh blow to vaccination efforts in the European Union. It comes on the eve of an...See More »