June 9, 2017 at 2:33 pm (Artists and Writers, Conversations, Filipino Writers, Food and Drink, Links, Women Writers, Writing)
Tags: Annaghmakerrig, artists residency, breakfast, California, coffee, desserts, Fridays, Ireland, memories, Tyrone Guthrie Centre, websites, writing process
Self originally posted a different photo for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge, but that was because she hadn’t read the prompt, only looked at the title, boo.
The prompt is supposed to be about finding Photo Ops In Your Own House.
Since self hasn’t been in her own house in years, here are the closest things to it:
- Her writing table at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Annaghmakerrig, with her cup of coffee next to her MacBook Air. She always starts the day with a pot of coffee.
- A friend’s house in San Gabriel, CA
Crushing the Writing: Thursday, 2 July
Having breakfast outside with Connie Ignacio Genato, friends since grade school in Manila
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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May 9, 2017 at 1:55 pm (Artists and Writers, Filipino Writers, Links, postaday, Sayings, Surprises, Traveling, Women Writers)
Tags: art, Cork, discoveries, humor, Ireland, memories, postaday, postaweek, Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Wordpress
Self must admit, this past week’s Photo Challenge — DANGER! — has been tricky. She’s decided to keep her interpretations straightforward and focus on signage or warning symbols.
- Detail of a nautical map in the Time Traveller’s Bookshop, Skibbereen, West Cork: This is one of the most intricate maps self has ever seen. But of course, it had to be. Lives depended on the correct soundings.
Detail of Nautical Map Showing, Self Thinks, West Cork
- A Sketch by Bernadette Burns, Artist from Sherkin Island, off Skibbereen, West Cork: It’s a study for a work-in-progress.
Bernadette said she did this “for fun”!
- London City Airport attached this to self’s suitcase, when she was on the way to the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, in March. Self’s suitcases are always heavy: they’re filled with books. One Irish cabbie dubbed self “a book addict.”
London City Airport attached this warning label to one of her suitcases, last March.
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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April 30, 2017 at 9:46 am (Flowers, Links, Sundays, Traveling)
Tags: Annaghmakerrig, Cee Neuner, Garden, inspiration, Ireland, memories, photography, Tyrone Guthrie Centre
Forget the name of these flowers, but self had a wee bush back home in Redwood City, California. These are at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Annaghmakerrig.
Here’s the link to the flowers that grew in her garden in northern California. The official name is Alstroemeria “Third Harmonic.”
One day, self will write a story called “Third Harmonic.”
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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April 26, 2017 at 5:24 pm (destinations, Places, Traveling, Weather)
Tags: Annaghmakerrig, California, England, Ireland, London, memories, Mendocino, photography, Tyrone Guthrie Centre
Morning Fog, Mendocino: January 2017
Sunday Evening, Trafalgar Square, London: March 2017
Annaghmakerrig Lake, Early Morning: March 2017
The Main House, Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig: Under a Crescent Moon: March 2017
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April 26, 2017 at 10:07 am (Flowers, Places, postaday, Weather)
Tags: Annaghmakerrig, artists residency, environment, happiness, Ireland, postaday, postaweek, Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Wordpress
On the way to the Dance Studio, Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig
Walking Around the Lake Yesterday Morning (Before the Hailstorm)
Leaves and Sky
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April 23, 2017 at 12:01 pm (Artists and Writers, Flowers, Places, postaday, Sundays, Traveling)
Tags: Annaghmakerrig, artists residency, Garden, Ireland, postaday, postaweek, Sundays, Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Wordpress
Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Artists Studio # 1
Yesterday During Self’s Walk
Inside Unit # 1: Moonrise
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April 22, 2017 at 11:27 am (Flowers, Links, Places, postaday, Surprises)
Tags: Annaghmakerrig, artists residency, environment, Garden, happiness, Ireland, postaday, postaweek, Saturday, Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Wordpress
Share an image that means ‘earth’ to you — whether it’s a panorama of a landscape that takes your breath away, a close-up revealing a detail in nature, or another scene that honors the outdoors . . .
— Cheri Lucas Rowlands, The Daily Post
Went for a long walk this morning, in honor of Earth Day. It was peaceful and beautiful by the lake. Here are some pictures:
The first swan she’s seen at the lake this year!
More flowers popping up all over!
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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April 19, 2017 at 7:24 am (Artists and Writers, destinations, Flowers, Links, Lists, Places, postaday, Recommended, Surprises, Weather)
Tags: Annaghmakerrig, artists residency, Garden, Ireland, New York, poetry, postaday, postaweek, seasons, transitions, Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Wales, websites, Wordpress
Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise!
— Wallace Stevens, quoted in The Daily Post
Yesterday was self’s first walk to the lake in over a month. It’s but a five or 10-minute walk at the most. But self has been busy, and the weather’s been unpredictable.
Yesterday, Esther came to change the sheets. So self took advantage of the break to go out of her cottage. And the first thing she noticed was: close by the cottages, there were suddenly so many flowers! (Has it really been that long since she took a walk? Apparently, it has! Surprise!)
Self had a lovely walk. Spring has truly arrived!
Here are some other beautiful spring shots:
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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April 13, 2017 at 1:49 pm (Books, Lists)
Tags: Annaghmakerrig, artists residency, discoveries, Tyrone Guthrie Centre
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and Other Principal Saints by the Rev. Alan Butler, Volume II
The publisher: Virtue & Co., Ltd.
The saints are grouped by month. For example, April includes five Popes (Anicetus, Leo IX, Soter, Cletus, and Marcellinus), three Abbots (Stephen, Beuno, and Robert), and three Archbishops (Elpheg, Anselm, and Mellitus).
June has two Queens (Clotilda, Queen of France and Margaret, Queen of Scotland), one King (Ladislas I of Hungary) and 4 Apostles (Barnabas, Boniface Apostle of Russia, Peter and Paul).
It is amazing how few women there are. Aside from the Queens, there are three Virgins and two Widows.
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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April 12, 2017 at 10:04 am (Filipino Writers, Links, Places, postaday, Traveling, Women Writers, Writing)
Tags: Annaghmakerrig, happiness, inspiration, Ireland, postaday, postaweek, short story, Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Wordpress, writing process
- Share a photo that depicts your interpretation of security . . . It could be a worry stone you keep in your pocket or that favorite tee shirt that makes you feel awesome every time you put it on.
— Krista, The Daily Post
I can never be creative unless I have an absolute feeling of security. I always have that in Annaghmakerrig.
In the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, I sleep next to my writing desk. Because life is too short.
Main House, the Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig
The Main House, Under a Crescent Moon
Finished a story yesterday! A continuation to Magellan’s Mirror. Also, ordering more copies of self’s Mayor of the Roses.
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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