People are always asking me if I give classes in glass-making. So I’ve developed an opportunity for those with an interest in glass, or a creative spirit of any kind, to indulge in a little me-time, and leave with a memento of their experience. Fused glass-making is a slow, patient craft. By its nature, it…
Like many of us these days, I spent the morning on Zoom. In my case, I was a participant in a Zoom event investigating what attracts visitors to south County Monaghan. I’m extremely proud of my home and studio here off the beaten track, yet so convenient to everywhere, mid-way between Dublin and Belfast. As…
I had the pleasure of visiting the recently-renovated Patrick Kavanagh Centre, in the village of Inniskeen, Co Monaghan, this week. I confess that apart from studying Kavanagh’s poems as part of the Leaving Cert curriculum, many, many years ago, I knew very little about Patrick Kavanagh. And the depressing ‘Stony Grey Soil’ wouldn’t have inspired…
