WB Yeats Pencil Set – The Second Coming
The Second Coming In November 2020 I was on twitter and I caught a video of the Irish ambassador in Washington DC reading a Yeats poem. The poem was called...
The Second Coming In November 2020 I was on twitter and I caught a video of the Irish ambassador in Washington DC reading a Yeats poem. The poem was called...
Lessons on Love from Ancient Ireland One of my favourite things about reading old proverbs and sayings is imagining who first said them. How many hundreds or maybe even thousands of...
I'm a librarian, what's your superpower? In appreciation and celebrations of librarians the world over. While it might only be National Librarian Day in America today I'll take any excuse...
My favourite poems In honour of international poetry day I have compiled a list of 25 of my favourite poems. From modern poets like Mary Oliver and Seamus Heaney to the...
Five of the best feminist quotes Today is international women's day, and in celebration and also reflection, I have put together five of my favourite quotes on feminism. By some of...
World Book Day Today is World Book Day. I mean in my life every day is book day! But 24 years ago in 1995 UNESCO created this day to celebrate books...
I thought long and hard about Black Friday I haven't participated in black Friday sales for several years now. And each year I decide not to I have that...
Someday I will have beautiful book storage, floor to ceiling walls of books but until that day arrives my day dreams (and Pinterest) shall keep me going. I have always...
Any time that I design a new pencil set I sit down and reread the novel. With the Pride and Prejudice pencils this was like treating myself to really delicious...