Went and visited some friends near Galway yesterday. I was thinking it would be nice to go take a look at the Burren, an unusual area of bare limestone rock in County Clare. Pat said it first, ‘I was wondering about going to the Burren!’ It was an exceptionally warm, sunny day. A great day […]

This entry was posted on Sunday, October 6th, 2013 at 1:47 pm and is filed under Uncategorized.

The Irish Nobel-laureate poet Seamus Heaney died a week ago and there was very interesting radio, newspaper and TV shows about him.  He was 74.  Somehow that does not sound so old now.  If you go to www.RTE.ie, there are a number of shows about him.  If you have not read any of his poetry, […]

This entry was posted on Monday, September 9th, 2013 at 4:10 pm and is filed under Uncategorized.

Wrote up a blog last Sunday, and posted it.  But not on my usual spot.  Will have to find it and try to move the blasted thing.  (I just copied it onto this location.)  Learning a new program, Word Press, is not exactly the fun part.  Talking to friends is the fun part. Last Sunday […]

This entry was posted on Sunday, August 18th, 2013 at 2:11 pm and is filed under Uncategorized.

August 3-5 was a Bank Holiday Weekend, Monday was a national holiday. Becky and I did a number of things. A Country Fair in Borris- some of the highlights for me were the falconry show.  There were a number of falcons, owls and hawks on display, plus some flying demonstrations. There was also a Cossack […]

This entry was posted on Sunday, August 18th, 2013 at 12:49 pm and is filed under Uncategorized.

July 14, 2013.  Wow, a lot has happened in the past 2-3 weeks.  Sorry, I have been too busy living to communicate with you. When we last met, Becky and I had just arrived in Carlow and were shopping for a place to live.  We saw the ugly, the bad, then the good.  It took […]

This entry was posted on Sunday, July 14th, 2013 at 7:05 am and is filed under Uncategorized.

  Fri 6/21/13 Arrived Thurs morning in Dublin.  Half hour wait in the line to get thru immigration, they needed the letters that I had to allow me to stay:  I must check in with the Garda in the next month or so to allow me to stay longer than 3 months.  I think they […]

This entry was posted on Friday, June 21st, 2013 at 4:46 am and is filed under Uncategorized.

 I successfully applied for a sabbatical study leave in Ireland.  The plan is for me to be there from late June, 2013 to Dec 16.  I will be studying with Teagasc (say CHAW- gusk), Ireland’s Food and Development Authority.  Kind of like the Land Grant Universities in the US, but somewhat different. My plan is […]

This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 5th, 2013 at 1:58 pm and is filed under Uncategorized.