I've got a hefty backlog of articles I've written elsewhere as October was unusually prolific (and, truth be told, I missed a number of deadlines). No matter: our first stop is at VOX for ruminations on the no-win situation women, and mothers particularly, often find themselves in.
Read moreIn Germany
In Germany, the rooster crows a whole lot more than three times. He's been going all morning, since the sun first shimmied through our curtain and I laid curled up on our son's makeshift bed (he was in mine, obviously). We sleep with our balcony door all the way open...
Read moreWork, faith and the mess He doesn't see
One look at Melody Munn’s website and you’re immediately captured by a palette of organic neutrals and everyday simplicity. You may also notice her genuine love for the Lord (as well as coffee!). As the owner, marketing director and...
Read moreThe roles we play along the better way
Let me try to describe my Lent so far in four words: beautiful, devastating, chaotic, hopeful. It has been one of those months, and it is within that strange context I wrote my latest piece for Velvet Ashes (a whopping three weeks past deadline). The ladies over there are gentle with me, and...
Read moreIt'll be grand :: the long and the short of my immigration debacle
RECAP : In Feb we went to renew our yearly visa. Mine was rejected because I'm an idiot and tried too hard and we were classified erroneously. So I appealed to the Irish Department of Justice and Immigration, asked them to change our category (our visa classification would stay the same) and approve my permission to stay. And then we waited.
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