ASHES TO ASHES
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. These words are often part of Anglican burial services. Today on Ash Wednesday, as Catholic priests annoint..
PARTY TIME
How are you today? We are in fine form here. Getting ready to welcome 2014 in a big way! The last of the turkey has gone. It’s time for..
THE END IS NIGH…
TV channels will bombard us from now until New Year’s Day with programmes about ‘The Best of’ and ‘The Worst of’ from 2013. We suppose..
SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
Christmas Eve. It’s too late now for anyone to change Santa’s ‘Naughty and Nice’ list, He’s already left the North Pole, Rudolph and Co..
GENERATIONS OF FESTIVE FOOD
Christmas recipes are everywhere. Online, and in a wealth of magazines and cookery books. It made us wonder what people did back in the..
TO MARKET, TO MARKET….
Europe is known for it’s magnificent Christmas Markets. In recent years, that trend has arrived in Ireland, at the many farmer’s markets..