Black Thursday

Well it has been dubbed Black Thursday today 30th September 2010. I'm old enough to remember Black Monday in 1987. Worrying times. A lot of uncertainty, but in our small country my generation born late 50's early 60's are probably the first generation in the history of the state to have known such plenty. Well the party's over but that's okay. Hard times for lots of people but there will always be highs and lows and we will come out of this. It's just have we hit the bottom or are we still in Freefall. We don't know. Remains to be seen. I gather a lot of the other nations, particularly in Europe are resentful of our years of excess. What can I say. No excuse. Just that by our very nature, we live for today. Maybe we do everything a little bit to the extreme. But then that's the side of us that makes us the craic! Hopefully things will get better. Keep you posted.

B.T.W. Bill Clinton was at University College Dublin today. A most welcome visitor who will not be forgotten for the part he played in the Peace Process.

Back home from Brittas Bay

Well, I'm back in Dublin from Brittas Bay after a lovely summer. Back to the real world now. Unpacking and getting back into city life again. The long hazy days by the beach are over for this year. I just had a call from my friend in Canada, called Sharon also. Great to chat with someone so far away. She's in Calgary and we have great old chats. That's all for now. I'll make this more interesting when I get used to it. BTW I also have great chats with my friends daughter, she lives between Ireland and the states (the daughter that is) and we talk about.......STUFF

Well I'm blogging from the east coast of Ireland. From a little holiday home park at the edge of the beach. All is quiet here as the season in coming to a close and we all have to return to our lives in the City. School runs, work etc., It's a whole new academic year. New beginnings and it will be interesting to see how things turn out.

I sooooo don't know my way around all this?