I am just back from a most beautiful solo retreat on Cape Clear Island, where lots of time was spent walking, swimming, writing, recording, sitting, watching rabbits and other wildlife. I had some wonderful family members and friends coming and going, and of course, Pudsy, my tiny Jack Russell beside […]
Mental Health & Mindfulness
Craving the holistic lifestyle that she has since found in West Cork, Michelle Hegarty, packed in her rewarding but stressful engineering career with a technology company in the States, which involved juggling a 40 to 50 hour work week with family commitments, and moved with her American husband and two […]
In this photo series West Cork photographer Aoise Tutty Jackson uses her informal and fresh style to connect with, and share the wisdom of, people in our community. www.aoisetuttyjackson.com email aoise@92circles.com or call 086 3465373. Moving to Bandon in 2000, Adrienne Murphy began her career journey working as a psychiatric […]
Mindfulness is always about being present for what’s here and now and our presence offers new beginnings with each new breath, each new moment, new day, new season. As our Summer draws to a close and we begin to feel the season turning, many of us are preparing for a […]
I love the way that, in Ireland, we all tend to make the most of the fine weather in case it won’t last. This appreciation for something while we have it is wonderful, but there’s still no need to rush or hurry. June has been such a restorative month for many […]
“Oh, the Summertime is coming, and the leaves are sweetly blooming and the wild mountain thyme, grows around the blooming heather…” The glorious sun is beating down as I write these well-known song words that resonate so deeply and softly with me, they capture the promise of Summer and hold […]