Ireland Journal
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An Easy Transition Back to My Irish Life
The trip from Los Angeles to Dublin was, as air travel should be, uneventful. Barry Vaughan met us at the airport with the bus. I was hoping that Doug would meet us there, too. His flight was supposed to arrive an hour before ours, but there was no trace of him. We arrived…
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Regret, Remember, Rejoice
I wonder if I will ever know the meaning of the phrase “traveling light?” Although I am delightedly lighter in my person, which will make airplane travel easier, I’m taking almost as much stuff with me on the airplane as I have the previous two years. The exception is that I did not ship myself…
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Storytelling in Athlone
Tuesdays in June the place for stories in the middle of Ireland will be the Athlone Library. I’ve been working with Mae McLynn, one of the librarians to set up a weekly schedule for local children to come to the library for stories. The third Tuesday, June 19th, Liz Weir will be performing. I’ll be…
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Anticipating June 2007
It’s the first week of April and I’m already getting excited about June in Ireland. I will be teaching The Irish Storytelling Tradition for Mesa Community College’s Study Abroad Ireland Program. The program is based in Athlone, Co. Westmeath, right in the center of the country on the beautiful Shannon River. This is the fourth…