Today, I had a lovely lunchtime walk by the river - a simple pleasure in our sinister world #Cavan

Hello Friday, you’re looking fine this morning😀 #Cavan

In his #WordSmith column this week, Gerard Smith recalls a bit of a ghostly encounter...now online. anglocelt.ie/2025/09/27/the…

The wildflowers enjoying a final September flourish #Cavan

It’s looking and feeling very autumnal in #Cavan

Jim’s fallen down in #Cavan - on the Cootehill Road if you want to hitch him back up😉

This week’s #WordSmith column, in which I commit literary-sacrilege…😉

"Brilliant piece . Love that you can take what was meant as an insult & turn it to good humour, that’s a talent in itself. Laughed out loud at some bits of this , thank you x" #WordSmith

A must read❤️

Storms, don’t last forever. #Cavan #StormAmy

The storm is still storming; I just arrived home and still have a roof and power: privileged ❤️ #Cavan #StormAmy

I couldn't sleep last night because of #StormAmy ; so I got up and listened to Taylor Swift's The Life of A Showgirl, twice. I'm far from her target-market, but man-alive – they're banging pop-tunes. #thelifeofashowgirl

"Literary-fiction is an elite world full of snobbery; and I’m going to commit literary-sacrilege now: I’d rather read Dan Brown than James Joyce," writes Gerard Smith in his #WordSmith column. Now online. anglocelt.ie/2025/10/04/my-…

Happy my memoir is used in an article that takes on Ai. anglocelt.ie/2025/10/04/sto…

Gothic #Cavan

Come back to secondary school with me; I believe my experience might resonate with yours, somewhat. #WordSmith #Cavan

Totally coincidental that the 'Junior-Cert' results came out today, on the day I write about the time it was called the 'Inter-Cert'. #WordSmith

"Isn't it a wonder how we carry those formative years with us after so long a time. Your piece reminds me how much I miss reaching out to encourage students to believe in their own potential." #Teachers #School #WordSmith

We’re in spooky season, a seasonal story to set the scene. #WordSmith

A message from a Kindergarten teacher: After forty years in the classroom, my career ended with one small sentence from a six-year-old: “My dad says people like you don’t matter anymore.” No sneer. No malice. Just quiet honesty — the kind that cuts deeper because it’s