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Notes to Self on the Pending Passing of a Loved One

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1. Don’t be prepared. 2. Honour both the living and the dead. 3. Be prepared to give offence. 4. And to take offence. 5. Stand your ground. 6. Listen. 7. Express. 8. Accept. 9. Don’t fall into the ground. 10. Be kind. 11. Leave it all behind. 12. Enough said. Feature Image: Daniele Idini We … Read more

Notes from a Segregated Island

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Your antennae are up months before it comes. You’ve gotten to the point where, if Leo Varadkar says something won’t happen, you brace yourself for its certain announcement, in good time. When the axe finally falls, you’re on holidays in Donegal in July, and the uncomfortable reality sinks in that the house and the rain-sodden … Read more