2016 Grateful 12
Mary Murphy
October 9, 2016
Serendipity, the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way, is alive and well and a resident feature of my
Serendipity, the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way, is alive and well and a resident feature of my
Growing up in Ireland, living on the continent had an allure that would eventually prove irresistible. Hearing something described as ‘continental’, be it a look,
It doesn’t take much to imagine the neighbourhood deep in snow. But it does take a lot for me to imagine snow polo – horses
I’ve done my fair share of nose upturning at people walking the city streets using what look a lot like ski poles. Poles in the
As the week draws to a close, I’m officially confused. Even more so than usual. Back in 2009, I went on a road-trip to Eastern
Fifty-five thousand people live in Poprad-Tatry in Slovakia. We may have seen 100, if that. In the High Tatras for the weekend, Poprad-Tatry was our
Back in 2007, someone told me that there were 23,000 flats in Budapest owned by absentee Irish landlords. I had no idea how realistic that
Friday evening. The last day of the working week. The question of who was going to go down the pub for drink would inevitably raise
I’m a little more conscious of my mortality than usual these days. Life is way too short to keep putting off till tomorrow what could
Back in the early 1900s, a Swiss baker and confectioner by the name of Frederick Belmont emigrated to England. He opened his first tea rooms
