January 2011
15 posts
Ol' Brumbles
In less than 24 hours I’ll be moved out of my apartment at The Brumby and sleeping in my home of 18 years, 3850 Jim Owens rd. The one with the magnolia tree out front.
I decided to spend my last free day in Marietta doing all the things I love to do in Marietta. Play video games for hours. Hike Kennesaw mountain. Explore the ruins on Kennesaw Avenue. Walk around Marietta Square. Take lots...
A Day's Journey
My last day in Ireland was just as exciting and eye-opening as my first. I started the day early and caught a tour bus out to Glendaloch. Our route took us through Dublin to the southeast and up through the hills of Wicklow, a land of peat bogs, open pastures and dingy farmlands spotted with sheep. We passed through the Wicklow national park (where scenes from the films Braveheart and PS I Love...
Final Hours
My hours in Ireland are ticking away fast. While of course I am saddened by this, I’m also anxious to get back home, to see friends and family and actually get some rest. I feel like I will be leaving Dublin having experienced the city to the fullest extent I could have with the short amount of time I had. I’ve seen just about everything I wanted to see when I arrived, with a whole...
The Beauty of Tradition
To worship in the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity. Overwhelming. Hair stands on end. Glory electric.
The voices of the choir build and build, harmony atop harmony, reverberating off the walls and colliding to weave a tapestry of worship until the whole church rings with praise to the Almighty. Waves of sound crash over us like the breakers of the greatest ocean, drowning us in the...
I'm A Tourist.
The robust Irish wind blew my map out of my hands and I had to chase it down the street. Talk about embarrassing.
But my integrity is not entirely lost. I refuse to but one of the 2 million ugly postcards for sale. No matter where I go in the world, I can never find a pretty postcard. So if you get on from me, it’s probably going to be some weird photograph on display at a gallery that I...
City and Spire
Arrived in Dublin early and spent the morning wandering around the city center, starting at the Dublin spire and finding my hostel in Temple Bar. From there I walked out to the Guinness brewery in the west and down to Camden street near the Grand Canal to the south before making my way back up along Grafton street to meet Sara. We enjoyed lunch at Bewley’s (tea, smoked salmon and cream...
Not Resolutions
I have so much on my mind and so little time to write. My thoughts are too scattered. SO much for a first post. Maybe one of my resolutions should be to channel all this mess into writing; who knows, maybe sooner or later I’ll produce something good.
In the meantime, I’ve come up with 3 goals for myself.
These aren’t resolutions. These are plans.
1. Adventure.
2. Write....