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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (12704)
Ireland
Joined myLot 9 years ago
An Irishman who has called many places home, enjoys whiskey in moderation and reads Dostoyevsky frequently.
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (12704)
• Ireland
24 Jul
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No one told me, but the woman who sparked my yearning to travel died two years ago, and I feel strangely bereft even though I only met her a few times - I knew her better through her books. I only learned tonight that she is no...
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (12704)
• Ireland
23 Jul
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About every two weeks I mow my lawn, at least during the growing season. It gets a bit shaggy after two weeks, but that’s no big deal.
My neighbours however are a little bit more obsessive - they get the high-pitched mower out...
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12 people
Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (12704)
• Ireland
22 Jul
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Thirteen kilometres, that’s how far I walked today waiting for the exhaust on my car to be repaired. I left it at the repair shop at 9.30 and they couldn’t say exactly how long it would take so I didn’t want to walk home only to...
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8 people
Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (12704)
• Ireland
18 Jul
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Trasna is an island in Lough Erne down by the Irish border, recently acquired by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Maybe you feel that you didn’t need to know that and maybe you don’t, but I mention it because that is...
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10 people
Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (12704)
• Ireland
17 Jul
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Is your life weighed down with objects? Mine is to some extent and it might be about to get worse. It’ll soon be our 40th wedding anniversary and relatives will, out of kindness and love, give us gifts that we don’t need but that...
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11 people
Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (12704)
• Ireland
17 Jul
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The lovely sound of evening rain is drifting in through the curtains of my open bedroom window. It’s a welcome sound, dampening down the dust of a long, warm day and bringing freshness into the house. I can hear it dropping onto...
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8 people
Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (12704)
• Ireland
16 Jul
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I understand why as citizens we get a bit heated coming up to an election - if we’re fortunate to live in a relatively open and fair society. Whoever wins the vote will pursue policies that will have a good or bad influence on our...
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5 people
Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (12704)
• Ireland
15 Jul
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I had Skernaghan Point all to my self this afternoon. It’s a half mile walk from the beach that was heaving with day trippers, half a mile of a gentle climb through fields of cattle then down onto the rocks where no-one ventures....
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5 people
Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (12704)
• Ireland
14 Jul
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Now that smoking has been banned in restaurants, cinemas etc, and dog walkers have to pick up their dog’s business, we need to switch our attention and go after people who slam their car doors with too much vigour.
I live in an...
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14 people
Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (12704)
• Ireland
14 Jul
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I doff my hat to all who, like me, are trying to lose weight. Now don’t get me wrong, my motive for losing blubber are nothing to do with self esteem and so on. Nor am I preparing to strut my stuff on the beach on holiday - I’d...
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8 people
Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (12704)
• Ireland
13 Jul
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I roasted a big darne of salmon this evening - parcelled it up in foil with a knob or two of butter, some dill and squirts of lemon and white wine. Beside it was cauliflower roasted in the oven and smothered in a cheese sauce, the...
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8 people
Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (12704)
• Ireland
13 Jul
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It’s interesting to note that the woes of Mr Biden have now dropped off the BBC newsfeed - the UK seems to have lost interest, although of course it’s not really any of the UK’s business.
We’ve also heard nothing about Mr Trump,...
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7 people
Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (12704)
• Ireland
13 Sep
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Autumn 1986, Rue Daguerre at dusk at the end of a cold November. Chestnuts roasting on a brazier at the street corner, currents of warm air swirling from the doors of bakeries, bars and the stairwell down to the metro, all with...
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