Teamhair agus Dindshenchas Cén chiall as Gaeilge atá leis Teamhair, an bhfocal draíochtúil sin? Tá mé ag lorg fúithi anseo. Tá tuairimí éags...

Green Tara Since I posted about Buddhism two entries back and the Green Party one ( and the one following this elaborates in Irish & Eng...

Green Party's Irrelevance I've been a registered Green since they qualified for the ballot back in the mid-90s. One of those "w...

Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses": Book Review Two decades after its controversial release, does this novel merit the cons...

Buddhism & the Negative Mind My friend Bob has a blog about "The Cloud of Unknowing," and the way of ascertaining God by what ...

Ár Turas Aeraíochta ó thuaidh-- cuid dhá. D'éirigh mo clann agus mé féin de coill go mífonnmhar. D'imigh go sléibhte Chros Naofa don...

Ár Turas Aeraíochta ó thuaidh, cuid h-aon Chuaigh muid ar an turas ar feadh deich láethanta. Thosaigh muid anseo, ar ndóigh, ar bhealach mór...

In Another Man's Library It's intriguing, finding out from a book jacket blurb, how the place where we're staying in San Francis...

"Flaubert in Egypt" Book Review Having enjoyed "Salammbo," which is a technicolor sandals and swords Panavision epic a c...

In the Outside Lands That's what this district where I write was called, before the gabled houses began going up around the 1890s. The S...

Betty Lewis' "Holy City" Book Review I'd wanted to visit this once-renowned or reviled tourist attraction halfway between...

My Folk-Rock Shortlist Fifth and for now the final installment of my recommendations, but with more concision, I (vainly) promise. I lack th...