Taking Flight – Part One
The sky has turned a fantastic shade of blue. My favourite colour. There’s a lone cloud passing overhead slowly, taking its time to get a look at the view below. A single seagull perched on the topmost corner of the building opposite me, gives pause to this glorious day. In the distance, the Irish sea […]
Sweet Dreams are made of…
Good morning readers, I’m back with an ACTUAL blog, not a shameless self-promotion announcing ‘I’ve just been published’. (Although those are always so fun!) Brace yourselves, but don’t get too comfortable. It could quite possibly lull you off into a sleep before you get to the end of it. Enjoy! And as always, your comments […]
The Octopus Within
Good morning lovely readers. Brace yourselves for something a bit different today. For many years, more than half my life, I’ve struggled with mental health issues. My brushes with psychiatric wards are documented in these blogs: https://orladoherty.com/a-pint-of-heineken-and-a-shot-of-lithium-please-part-one/ and https://orladoherty.com/a-pint-of-heineken-and-a-shot-of-lithium-please-part-two/ I always used laughter to get through. I consider myself blessed that my natural disposition beckons […]
What have I been up to?
Here’s a nice piece published in Irelands leading on-line writers magazine – writers.ie. Hope it inspires more of you to write, just write what you know.
Published in Funny Women Magazine!
What Will You Do in ’22?
I haven’t posted in a while, but I have been writing. My most recent blog “Pussy Galore” – a nod to the character from the classic 1964 movie Gold Finger, remains in the volt for a later date. It’s not what you think. More of a tongue in cheek nod and has absolutely nothing to […]
Do Ye Fancy a Dance?
I’ve spent the last year living in Prague, with my partner and her two teenage kids. One, an almost 18-year-old girl, was out with her pals the other night and came home an hour later than the time she was told by her mom to be home. I’ve never been a parent, but I found […]
Something in the Water…
“In general, you should try to drink between half an ounce and an ounce of water for each pound you weigh, every day.” For example, if you weigh 150 pounds, that would be 75 to 150 ounces of water a day. That means, about 3 litres daily is plenty. Welcome to this week’s blog. Fluid retention? […]
In a Nutshell…
Good morning beautiful blog-readers! For many of us, the great and mighty Covid has caused us all to take a step back and look at what we’ve been doing with our lives. For some of us, Covid has even forced us to take a long, hard look at whether or not it’s time to change […]
Can you hear the school bells, Fernando?
There are lots of significant pieces of news flying around the world over the last week. Some very serious and very political, some not so much. I’ve been trying my hand at writing with a bit more depth lately. I thought I’d tackle some of the more prominent and important things I’ve been reading. But […]