Its been a busy few weeks, and I sadly haven’t had time to write for ages. Comeback time. Part of the reason for business, apart from the ever-looming cloud of stress from college, working weekends and the struggle of maintaining a social life and a decent sleep schedule, is due to the plans my friends …
A couple of days ago, musing as one does, a memory flitted through my mind from some years ago. I was sitting in silence, something i rarely do. It was a memory from my old home in Gara Bridge, it must have been at least five years since we left that valley, but I will …
Increasing population growth is perhaps one of the most serious threats to the environment. The 7.5 billion mouths that need feeding in the world force commercialised production and lead to a serious environmental impact. Main threats posed to the environment would be an increase of natural resources needed to sustain humanity, increased emissions, and increased …
The 11th of November 2018 marks the centenary of the First World War. One hundred years ago, Europe was still in the clutches of conflict, but was slowly beginning to ease itself into peacetime. After a period of fighting over over four years, and nearly 40 million military and civilian casualties, the sons of England …
Something I would like to include in this blog is an expression of my love for literature. It seems to me that the best way to do this is to show it at work. Madness is a poem by Joyce Kilmer I came across the other day, which struck me with its intricacies and ambiguous …
Sweet little things, darling, beautiful. Sitting in the Autumn sunshine. Idyllic, picturesque. The little orange beetle pottered along my windowsill, innocently investigating the carcass of a dead fly, before scuttling on towards the window. I smiled. For some reason, ladybirds had always carried that evocative sense of childhood memories. This was the first time I …
