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The first in a series of Commentary based on our continuing attempts to navigate life on the planet that is rural Ireland.   The new gate sweeps up to an…

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Statue

  Mrs. Porter glared down at the statue. Lately, it seemed to be mocking her, fixing its stony gaze upwards towards this bathroom as if it hated her. “Well,” she…

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Island

Remembering my first months here during the drought of 1995. This bit of prose is part moment of reflection, part lament, at this fragile and unsettling time.    June It…

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