National Poetry Day – What is your Favourite Poem and Why?
Happy National Poetry Day dear friends and troopers- I came across this poem entitled ‘Friends’ this morning. I had written it back in 2001 when I was slowly coming to terms with challenging illnesses. Perhaps it was a form of creative therapy that would eventually lead me to change my.....
A rare jewel in New York City…… The Frick CollectionAmongst the noisy traffic intrusion, rests a grand building owned by Henry Clay Frick, a mansion on 70th Street in New York.He died in 1919 and willed his residence to be opened to the public. It was redeveloped and extended by John Russell Pope in the early 1930s. Frick’s wish.....
Irish Woman Visits New York :- Food Glorious FoodFairway Market Store Thanks to our foodie and learned friend Harriet and her knowledge on all things New York City, we discovered ‘Fairway Market Store’ on Upper Westside, originally set up in 1933 as a family run business. Of course it has changed and grown since those first heady days.....
An Irish Woman Visits New York ….Part 3 – Ground Zero (Audio Read by Miriam)
From the top of ‘One World Observatory,’ I take the lift down 100 floors. Feeling cool in this air-conditioned environment more pictures of New York City flash and move around me. I step out and into the sunny blue skied day. My ears go pop. The drone of relentless traffic noise.....
An Irish Woman Visits New York….Part 2 – One World Observatory – (Audio Read by Miriam)
Audio Version – Click Read More. My time at One World Observatory “The world saw it rise The world saw it take shape An invite to the world of Forever” I arrive alone at the One World Trade Centre, a pale grey mirrored glass building, rising up, the tallest skyscraper.....
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