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Musings in the sky

Tina Pisco April, 2026

I went on my first flight when I was around 18-months-old. It was long haul from Madrid to NYC. My most recent one is right now, as I write this column somewhere in the skies between London and Cork. I say “my most recent” because it probably won’t be my last. […]

Get creative this year

Tina Pisco January, 2026

It is over a week into 2026, and we are still finishing off the excess food from the holidays. I ate the last of the mallow cakes this morning. I also ate a bit of fruitcake and nibbled on a chocolate praline that I don’t like much. Only the ones […]

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All things must pass

Tina Pisco November, 2025

You’ll find it in the bible. You’ll find versions of it in many religions and cultures from Buddhism to the Romans. George Harrison even used the phrase as the title of his 1970 album ‘All things must pass’. The phrase can be traced as far back as the ancient Greeks […]

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Saving our soul

Tina Pisco August, 2025

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Oh my, my, my July! (Thank you, Mundy,…) High summer is when we hit peak West Cork. Other times of the year are delightful, but high summer, with its extra nine hours of daylight (compared to December) is what the hype […]

June forecast

Tina Pisco June, 2025

What is that cold, wet stuff falling from the clouds? What is this chill I feel? And where has the sun gone? After weeks of lovely weather in May, it’s as if I’ve never known a rainy, grey day. Thirty years of living in West Cork, and all it takes […]

Gone wild

Tina Pisco May, 2025

And so here we are. It’s May. (“Tra la! It’s May!” sang Guinivere in the musical Camelot. The lusty month of May!) In the over thirty years that I’ve lived in West Cork, the month of May has always been pretty good. Sometimes it’s been spectacular. This time of the […]

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