Here I am again, God This afternoon, I stood inside the Dublin Castle looking at this lovely green lawn with the brickwork pattern laid out in it. I could see that some “paths” came to a deadend, but I wasn’t…
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A saint’s cell and solitude and silence
Another lovely day, God! Thank YOU! This morning we went back in time – back to the 600s in Glendalough. St. Kevin had gone off to be holy and ended up founding a monastery back in the 600s. I felt…
Gardeners, The Book of Kells and InterConnections
So! What would this world look like if we put gardeners in charge of it?
Famine Ships and Doing More
Good Gracious, God! How hard it is to “hear” the story of the Irish Famine from a real live human being! We are not designed to do numbers. One million dead — or was it two million dead — they…
Pansies and People and Time
Good Night, God, Another day of sight SEEING! And thank You for a lovely day. We saw a castle in Cahir — a castle belonging to the Butler family for over 800 years. That’s a long time.Then we stopped in…
The Lusitania and Sinking My Old Mental Maps
Good Day, God! Oh sigh, O DRAT! It is alway discomfiting, God, to have to rewrite history as I learned it. The Lusitania was sort of a sailing Pearl Harbor, circa 1915. Great Britain was in what was know as…
Border Collies, Diversity and Me
Good Day, God What a TREAT it was today to hear this sheep farmer talk about his dogs. First, it was clear how much he loved and valued his two dogs — second, it was magical to see them working…
Bright Blossoms, Dark History
Good Day, God! I really can’t bring myself to say Hi — which is strange, God, as I am sure most people would be appalled at my informality with You — Creator of EVERYTHING! Today was a day of Grand…
A Moment with God 