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Somewhere a hill.
Somewhere a hill. Blossoms in green and gold and there are dreams. More than the heart can hold. It is a Monday and I go to the doctors rooms to have my blood pressure done. There is nothing wrong with … Continue reading
Posted in Culture & Society, Relationships & Family, Uncategorized
Tagged COPD, Cork University Hospital, doctors, hospital, Julie Christie, marathon, medicine, nurses, Oxygen, sickness, smoking, Swine flu
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Another Graduation, Done and dusted.
Another Graduation, Done and dusted, just a short story of my youngest daughter’s graduation at University College Dublin. The immense pride, the beautiful setting here in the grand old land of the green. Now my wife and I live in … Continue reading
Posted in Culture & Society, Education, Family and Relationships, Relationships & Family, Uncategorized
Tagged Aviva Stadium, Clonakilty, County Cork, doctors, Dustin Hoffman, Graduation, James Joyce, nurses, Nursing, Saint Vincents Hospital, Sandymount hotel, Simon and Garfunkel, The Graduate, University College Dublin
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College of Knowledge and legends of my time there.
College of Knowledge and legends. Young men learning how to farm in those far oft times when the country was still well run, and all the camaraderie and friends some whom I classify as becoming legends. Now I have mentioned … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Poetry & Writing, Business & Work, Culture & Society, Education, Farming, Sports & Recreation
Tagged addington hospital, agriculture, babes, baywatch, college.agriculture, cricket legends, Durban, farming, friendship, Giles magazine, golf legends, hypochondria, Legends, life savers, lip reading, matchmaker, Natal, nurses, schizophrenia, seaside resorts, speedo costumes, sporting legends, tennis legends
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The Bravest Boy I ever knew.
A lesson in faith, fortitude and courage. The bravest boy I ever knew went to the school whose badge I have depicted here and he was a lesson in faith, fortitude and courage, never to be forgotten.Ad Definitum Finem, To … Continue reading
Posted in Culture & Society, Education, Parenting, Kids, Family, Relationships & Family, Sports & Recreation
Tagged 1500metres, 800 metres, Andrew Llyod Webber, athletics, Auckland, boarding schools, Catholic, Central Hospitals, courage, dyspraxia, English teachers, facebook, fortitude, hard of hearing, honour, Hospitals, illnesses, Jesus Christ Superstar, lip reading, New Zealand, nurses, Olympics, playboy magazines, rehabilitation, relationships, religion, Rhodesia, school teachers, social networking, sports, Yvonne Elliman, Zimbabwe
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