A FRIEND once told me that looking into the eyes of his doggie, he felt…
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Green, white and orange
WE are coming up to St Patrick’s Day, and I want to celebrate so many…
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My garden by the Shannon
AS writer and photo-journalist I have lived and worked all around the world–Illinois, Oregon, Italy,…
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When the mayfly is ‘up’
FEW things are more delightful than to be down by a lakeside during those short…
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Badger at my back door
ONE of the wonderful things about living in the countryside is the unexpected. Nothing unexpected…
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The changing sky
.I often think of the sky as a mighty canvas on which God or Nature…
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Slow-motion explosion
The tree is one of the most magnificent shapes we can ever look upon. That…
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Beauty all around us
When Spitfire designer Reginald J. Mitchell was dying of cancer, he received a last visit…
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Shape of trees
. At some point I realised that trees have the same shape as rivers. A…
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The Willow Pattern
IN THE northwest of Beijing is a park full of strange ruins. It is called…