tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60174362011-04-22T04:22:09.061+01:00Alan Cookson's BlogAlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06728099018717146724noreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017436.post-77274641831848995612006-10-25T17:49:00.000+01:002006-10-25T19:45:05.921+01:00

This is the story of "Felix and the Fiddle", our first true "Swap":Way back in the first year of the century we were in South Africa, getting ready to migrate to Ireland. We had spotted some brilliant handmade copper and brass figures of musicians at an art gallery, and thought we would be able to sell them in Ireland. However, having no spare capital was a problem!We tracked down and got to know

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On Wednesday evening we were sitting quietly after supper when there was an “anybody home”? Call from the door. Oi vey, we thought, bloody tourists! Nope – it was Tony, with a rope in his hand, to the other end of which was attached Bridie, the Connemara pony! “I've brought a friend to visit” he said! And he stayed and chatted for a good while, with us getting to know old Bridie again. She

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Yebo Gogo! and here we go a-Blogging once again. It's sure to be sporadic, but that is the nature of life these days. Hang in there, and check back often!Hot (well 23 degrees is hot in Connemara!) Sunday on the side of our mountain in Maam Valley, and a very lazy day it has been, too. However, I did find time to tinker with the online photo album sites, and have posted new (and some duplicates

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Well Goodness Golly Gosh, this is totally brilliant stuff! Well done Ninotch, I LOVE it!! Keep up the skryfing and blogging. PA XXXStories from the Jukebox of Time

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This is brilliant stuff! As if one needed any further encouragement to get Blogging, the good old Economist comes up with a very "on Point" article. Actually it's part of a survey on "The New Media" (Among the audience | Economist.com) in the April 20th issue.It's the links, stupid | Economist.com

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It was crazy busy at work today, as the 8th of December is what they call "Culchy Day" over here. "Culchies" being country yokels who hit town for their Christmas shopping. It's some feast or Holy day, I believe the Assumption (whatever that may be!) of the BVM HERSELF, and schools are off. Traditionally it is the start of the serious Christmas buying season, like in America it is the day after

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After a lekker Sunday spent pottering around sorting out art and website stuff, this morning we went in to Galway City Library and hung 60 of Lynda's pictures, ready for the "opening" on Wednesday. We thought it might take an hour or two, but in fact it took over four hours! And that was without having to drill any holes, or hammer any nails, as the walls were already drilled and bolted

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After a lekker Sunday spent pottering around sorting out art and website stuff, this morning we went in to Galway City Library and hung 60 of Lynda's pictures, ready for the "opening" on Wednesday. We thought it might take an hour or two, but in fact it took over four hours! And that was without having to drill any holes, or hammer any nails, as the walls were already drilled and bolted

Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06728099018717146724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017436.post-1067724205316838642003-11-02T06:53:00.000Z2003-11-01T22:03:27.810Z

Well. after last nights Hallowe'en shenanigans on Shop Street, all was back to normal in Galway today - although there was quite a bit of wreckage lying around still! Lekker bright, red sky, morning, followed by pouring rain for the rest of the day as the barometers dropped fast. Very wet and windy altogether. 9 to 6 shift at Samuels today. Very boring first couple of hours, then quite busy , if

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Well. after last nights Hallowe'en shenanigans on Shop Street, all was back to normal in Galway today - although there was quite a bit of wreckage lying around still! Lekker bright, red sky, morning, followed by pouring rain for the rest of the day as the barometers dropped fast. Very wet and windy altogether. 9 to 6 shift at Samuels today. Very boring first couple of hours, then quite busy , if

Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06728099018717146724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017436.post-1067642450501268852003-10-31T23:20:00.000Z2003-10-31T23:20:52.590Z

Hee hee hee, it seems to have wekked, with a blog visible over at http://acookson.blogspot.com! DAMNFINESPLENDID, I say! Must tell Chris about this.

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OI VEY shvensta, here we go again!!! I just have to ge this Blog thing to work. It can't be that difficult, right? OK, going to post this up now and see what happens. Toodle oo.

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