#RACING Life is different for everyone. Riches count for little when things change quickly. In what I suppose must be termed a mundane context, just scan some of the recent developments in horse racing. No matter what Rich Ricci’s net wealth is – and a calculator with multiple zeros would probably be required to get... Continue Reading →
Being different doesn’t have to be a bad thing
#FILM It’s been articulated here in bits and pieces – the last year or so have brought life-changing alterations to the road most travelled for yours truly. Adjustment has been difficult. Quite upsetting, in fact. Finer details of what it has entailed aren’t about to be re-hashed here. In ways though, the toughest alterations are... Continue Reading →
Another talent scout gone to the dugout above
#GAA #Meath On a dark September evening what’s close to thirty years ago now, yours truly was bemused to hear raucous applause and cheering erupt in the centre of Dunboyne as the arrival of the Meath team who’d gone under to Cork in the previous day’s All Ireland SFC final was awaited. Meath’s misfortune that... Continue Reading →
Worrying times should leave a body thankful for simple graces
The above statement could be ascribed to innumerable contexts. Most poignantly close to home in relation to what was unquestionably the most difficult year’s mileage these wheels have clocked up thus far. Unending thanks is expressed to those who aided conveyance through same. In ways, very few pieces comparable to what you are about to... Continue Reading →