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Irish News

Both John and I have become addicted to the Irish newspapers, of which there are seemingly endless varieties. The one I’ve purchased for two days in a row is a large tabloid-style rag called Daily Irish Mail, and there’s a … Continue reading

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More Aran Pics

Susan, Jack, Evelyn, Jessica, and I stop for lunch Across from our lunch spot… View from Dun Aengus Evelyn inspired by her favorite place Connor and Steve enjoy the view John, Jack, Jessica, and Cameron perched on a cliff My … Continue reading

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Airplane Poems

Everyone poet has airplane poems — the poems you write gazing out the window, musing on the strangeness of travel, taking in huge cloud formations and sectors of land and ocean. It occurs to me that this is its own … Continue reading

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London to Ireland

Here are some pictures from the first week since leaving Slovenia — I’ll post the rest of the Aran images later. My first real pint of Guinness in London Evelyn and Beth fresh off the plane Steve gives directions to … Continue reading

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Aran Island

This is where I spent the night Thursday, on Inishmor, the largest of the Aran Islands. The school group had come for a few hours and it just didn’t seem long enough for me, so I found a cheap hostel … Continue reading

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30 Century Man

Just went and saw an amazing film about Scott Walker, 30 Century Man. It’s playing here in Ireland and I think just played in UK but I’m not sure when it’ll make it to the states. We were out walking … Continue reading

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First Day in Ireland…

The University — would that it were this sunny now Rainy and cold. Bunch of American (Canadian?) kids running around screaming in the computer room at half past 11. Everyone else is totally wiped out from jet lag. I got … Continue reading

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