Irish Papist

(This blog post is less than a year old, but I'm repeating it because its topic has been much on my mind today. Hey, it's blog, I ca...

I've just been reading a book from 1900, and it contains this sentence: "Vivid memories of those days survive, coloured by Bible st...

This stanza regularly intrudes itself upon my thoughts: Look thy last on all things lovely, Every hour. Let no night Seal thy sense in death...

This is one of my favourite Irish proverbs.  The literal translation is "Power will have another day". "Power" is an Iri...

I gave a library tour today and a student (actually a prospective student) asked me my favourite poet. Nobody ever asks me great questions l...

Does someone believe that beginning a YouTube ad like this is really going to get me to listen? It makes me even likelier to skip them. (Oh,...