tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post8299403693598676830..comments2024-03-28T23:56:24.570+01:00Comments on Interim arrangements: Sabinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-30833679110056437992017-03-22T20:55:20.007+01:002017-03-22T20:55:20.007+01:00The curse, May you live in Interesting Times. And ...The curse, May you live in Interesting Times. And the Pratchett novel. Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-85446577659755783262017-03-17T13:21:10.040+01:002017-03-17T13:21:10.040+01:00I have nothing to say, because I feel like I have ...I have nothing to say, because I feel like I have so much to learn. However, I can tell you that woman sent chills down my spine with her talk of resistance. Colettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-64538071244706498002017-03-16T10:43:28.708+01:002017-03-16T10:43:28.708+01:00The "good reverend" Ian Save-Ulster-from...The "good reverend" Ian Save-Ulster-from-Sodomy Paisley called Guinness "the devil's buttermilk". Never touched a drop I believe.<br />As for McGuinness, I used to pull his nasty quotes out of a green leprechaun hat but the man is seriously ill now, dying. Sabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-39777059285667787932017-03-16T10:18:39.602+01:002017-03-16T10:18:39.602+01:00Agree, Putin and interesting time in capitals. Agree, Putin and interesting time in capitals. Sabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-73614370249837360792017-03-16T10:17:47.908+01:002017-03-16T10:17:47.908+01:00Yes, I follow her blog. Wonderful.Yes, I follow her blog. Wonderful.Sabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-18772481390406513992017-03-16T09:24:19.212+01:002017-03-16T09:24:19.212+01:00The sight of Martin McGuinness (ex-Provo operative...The sight of Martin McGuinness (ex-Provo operative officer) sitting side by side in government with Ian Paisley (fulminating head of the DUP), to the point where the pair were affectionately called The Chuckles Brothers, caused visions of pigs with angel wings. A latter-day achievement of our prime minister, Tony Blair, now reviled for his truckling to George Bush Jr and his involvement in the Iraq war.<br /><br />Instead, a peculiarly Irish event. The plane was late leaving Heathrow and it was way past lunchtime when we touched down in Ireland. But someone had phoned ahead and flexibility, thy name is Irish. With other journalists, and for the first time ever in this combination, I ate oysters washed down with Guinness, looking out at the sun flickering on the shallow waters of the Shannon estuary. A gustatory union blessed in heaven and a view normally located at that same address. I jest but, then, Ireland encourages fantasy.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-91701051702958221752017-03-16T06:30:10.942+01:002017-03-16T06:30:10.942+01:00Wonderful. I'd read the Seamus Heaney before -...Wonderful. I'd read the Seamus Heaney before -- do you ever read Yvonne Waterson's blog and writing? She's a terrific Irish ex-pat living here in the United States, but she's from northern Ireland, a great lover of Heaney (I believe her family knew him) and always writes such interesting stuff about her country of origin.http://timetoconsiderthelilies.com/Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-3196131140468144822017-03-15T23:15:27.298+01:002017-03-15T23:15:27.298+01:00This really is a world wide issue, and catalyzed b...This really is a world wide issue, and catalyzed by Putin I suspect. We live in Interesting Times, and big change is inevitable, for good and ill. Hold on tight, persist, resist and endure. Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-68149586353431480962017-03-15T18:19:33.475+01:002017-03-15T18:19:33.475+01:00Thank you for the voice of Martina Anderson. Thank you for the voice of Martina Anderson. amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-35637793877145580222017-03-15T11:34:23.240+01:002017-03-15T11:34:23.240+01:00Brexit is a disaster on every level.
When the Sco...Brexit is a disaster on every level.<br /><br />When the Scots held their first independence referendum, I hoped they would stay and was so happy when they did. Now, as they campaign for a second one, I hope they vote to go on their own. Why should they be beholden to English nationalism? And the same is true for Northern Ireland.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-36032379548302874602017-03-14T19:44:54.696+01:002017-03-14T19:44:54.696+01:00I remember these stories from when I was growing u...I remember these stories from when I was growing up. I remember wondering what it is in human nature that compels us to divide ourselves into us and them. race, religion, politics, geography, it is all just a construct. and yet here we are.37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-26247968707930955292017-03-14T19:21:43.637+01:002017-03-14T19:21:43.637+01:00Ram Dass once said, I paraphrase:
It's all won...Ram Dass once said, I paraphrase:<br />It's all wonderful and at the same time, it's all shit. How do we hold both realities with equanimity?<br /><br />I'm working on it. beth coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04671290135595711572noreply@blogger.com