mothering in the time of COVID-19 . . .
Having worked in education for over thirty years, it is not uncommon for me to encounter – in real life …
Having worked in education for over thirty years, it is not uncommon for me to encounter – in real life …
From Cyprus Avenue on Van Morrison’s 70th birthday – when the familiar refrain streamed across a continent into my kitchen in the desert, and the appreciative whistles from the Belfast crowd, my whole world stopped for a second. Back street jelly roll . . .
*A version of this blog post originally appeared in The Irish Times on October 1, 2018 With family and friends …
“To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.” ― Elie Wiesel, Night I am ambivalent …