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
Advice for whingers
Whingers. This is a group of individuals that I find most tedious, boring, nauseating, and downright annoying. And with the growth of social media they now have bigger loudspeakers and a tremendous range of opportunities to share their destructive, nihilistic worldview on the rest of us. No matter what the issue, no matter how things… Continue reading Advice for whingers
When we were shopkeepers-meeting Michael O’Leary (Ryanair) in the 80s
It was 1987 or 1988 when I first met Michael O’Leary, the now Ryanair boss. I was 23/24 years of age at the time and had started in my first business along with my brother at Hart’s Corner, Glasnevin, Dublin. We had a small convenience store there which in which we started trading in December … Continue reading When we were shopkeepers-meeting Michael O’Leary (Ryanair) in the 80s
Maintaining the daily writing habit
Developing and maintaining the habit of writing every day is a tough task. Doing it for a short while or sporadically is easy but writing on a Monday morning, like today, when your email inbox has filled up over the weekend, you have a busy day ahead with a packed calendar, and you want to… Continue reading Maintaining the daily writing habit
Punctuation-a basic guide to the essentials of punctuation
I write letters every day as part of my work as a solicitor. A solicitor spends a great deal of time reading and writing, and one of the reasons making my living in law is most suitable for me personally is that I love to read and write. I also adhere easily to rules and… Continue reading Punctuation-a basic guide to the essentials of punctuation