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The many worlds of John Steinbeck
Published in the Cork Independent online on 11th August 2012. As I stood staring out at a grey, fog-laden Pacific, the words swam in my ears. I was married only a few days so I was used to the dreamy...
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Rousseau, Steinbeck and the Portuguese Man-O-War
Published in the Cork Independent online on 11th September 2012 My friend tells me that his now deceased father was both wonderfully eccentric and slightly misanthropic. ‘The animal is more civilised...
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The Writer
The day is grey and wet and the sky stretches out over the harbour like it has been cast down upon the world. In time I will be walking in the mountains and there I will feel the earth and soft heather...
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A river week
It has been a river week. The weather has been mercurial at best. We are walking on eggshells around it, afraid we are going to disturb the balance somehow. Right now it is nice outside the window of...
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A high brow exchange of opinion
My friend and I are in disagreement about something. My friend thinks Chopin’s Nocturne No. 6 in G minor is nothing to write home about. I think it is one of the most exquisite pieces of art ever...
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