Choose your pain. You have a choice as to what type of pain you choose, but you do have a choice. And you must choose, even if you don’t recognise that you are making a choice every day. The choice is between doing now the difficult, dirty, disciplined, demanding work that matters, the work that… Continue reading Choose your pain
Author: Terry Gorry
Don’t flaunt your shopping bag
A ‘fan’ who follows my activities and content on social media emailed me recently. She told me that she had followed me for a long time, loved what I did online, loved the helpful content I put out and she was looking for some advice for a first time buyer. When she clarified that she… Continue reading Don’t flaunt your shopping bag
Choosing the right words
I write every day of my life. Much of my writing, however, is done for my work-my solicitor’s practice. I may be responding to an email, writing a blog post, writing a letter to a client or colleague solicitor, or threatening litigation. In all this writing I do not, I regret to say, spend much… Continue reading Choosing the right words
My wholemeal sourdough loaf
This is my wholemeal sourdough loaf, using Neven Maguire’s sourdough bread recipe from his book “Home Economics for Life”. Neven’s recipe calls for 150-175 ml of water but I increased this to 250 ml for this particular loaf as I was trying to get the most open crumb possible. This may not be the most… Continue reading My wholemeal sourdough loaf
Broadford, Kildare, November 2021
I took a few photos this morning and want to publish them on one of my own web properties for posterity. I made my brown loaf, using Neven Maguire’s recipe, and a simple white loaf with poppy seeds on top. This bread is simple but delicious and is easy to bake. Homemade pizza night I… Continue reading Broadford, Kildare, November 2021
How I came to write with a fountain pen
The silver Sheaffer pen on this page is the fountain pen I used to pass the FE1 exams to gain entry to the Law Society. This pen sparked a love of fountain pens and I have used one in my daily life ever since. I bought the pen in a jewellers in the Liffey Valley… Continue reading How I came to write with a fountain pen
What I baked today-sourdough with walnuts and fougasse
I baked a sourdough loaf with walnuts, the starter I use for this one is Jack Sturgess (aka Bake With Jack) starter which is a 100% rye sourdough starter made up of 50g rye flour and 50g water. I made fougasse using the Richard Bertinet recipe from his book, “Dough”
Build your own audience-don’t wait to be picked
I have no doubt that my colleagues who frequently appear in the media-on radio or TV or quoted in the newspapers-are immensely grateful for the exposure. There is no doubt it creates a great deal of credibility around them and their expertise. That cannot do any harm, especially if their target market is likely to… Continue reading Build your own audience-don’t wait to be picked
Storytelling with images
I like the idea of telling stories with images. Let me explain. I have had an on/off relationship with learning how to take decent photographs. This started when I first started online marketing and the need to take an acceptable, professional profile image of myself. Then, when I started messing about on the Instagram platform… Continue reading Storytelling with images
Ballinadrimna Graveyard
I visited Ballinadrimna graveyard yesterday morning. I believe it is long since closed and I don’t think any burials have taken place for many years. Walking around the graveyard I was struck, once again, by how many of the names on headstones were names of families still living in the parish-for example, Cusack, Miggin, Gorry,… Continue reading Ballinadrimna Graveyard