I find it quite strange that two of the words in my title are apparently not spelled wrong in English. I don’t know what “muss” and “gut” mean in English, but I know the German: I must be well-organised. Because if I was well organised, I wouldn’t find out about things too late. I have …
Last week, Minister for Education Batt O’Keeffe ordered a blanket closure of all primary and secondary schools on health and safety grounds. The forecast at the time was for heavy snow on Sunday night and that this would make school impossible for the first three days of the week. I don’t know about where you …
…Which is incredibly disorienting. First my boyfriend gave me a Christmas Present (yes in February, I know, I know) and now…snow? In IRELAND? In…EAST Ireland? My My My. I actually did a double take this morning when I flung open my curtains. I always thought double-takes were merely to add comedic effect in slapstick comedies, …
Last night, it actually snowed. Not the seldom pathetic little snow flake that melts even before it reaches the ground, but the other, seldom-er kind. So that five minutes of heaven’s dandruff, incalculable sighs of delight and wonder, and a serious case of verbal diarrhea later, the cars, the houses – even the cats outside, …
Oh, the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful… Read More »