by Tina O'Rourke | Jul 17, 2023 | Camping, Hiking, Outdoors, Swimming
Hi, and welcome to another instalment of my Travel Journal. This one is going to be a little different in tone. When I think of Valentia Island, I see it as a place I feel rather than a series of boxes I tick. In this week’s post, I want to capture the essence... by Tina O'Rourke | Jul 13, 2023 | Notebook, Writing Journal
A Man’s Place by Annie Ernaux Apart from writing, reading is one of the things I have committed to doing a lot more. I have a particular liking for Novellas. And when I came across ‘A Man’s Place’, I had to add it to my reading list. Happily, I...
by Tina O'Rourke | Jul 11, 2023 | Extra in the Ordinary, Writing Journal
The Extra in the Ordinary, exploring exciting and strange facts and fiction around everyday things I see on my daily walks. The Stingy Nettle ‘Be careful of those nettles,’ one of the first things I was told as a child. It came a little late, as I did...
by Tina O'Rourke | Jul 11, 2023 | Short Stories, Writing Journal
471 words 1 min 53 sec reading time I remember the first time my Gran mentioned them, the Memory Men. She mumbled the exact words over and over again – the Memory Men sing, the Memory Men play, the Memory Men stay. They only come at night, she whispered in my...
by Tina O'Rourke | Jul 10, 2023 | Alice, Camping, Outdoors
Hi, and welcome back to my travel journal. This week I will do a cost breakdown of a twelve-day / eleven nights trip we took around Ireland in our campervan at the end of April. Previously on short trips or holidays, I never tracked finances. But, our plan for the...
