by Tina O'Rourke | Jul 5, 2023 | Extra in the Ordinary
In this series of The Extra in the Ordinary, I will explore exciting and strange facts and fiction around everyday things I see on my daily walks, wherever they may take me. Dandelions to Drones What? That’s a strange jump in thinking! Dandelions to Drones? I know,...
by Tina O'Rourke | Jul 4, 2023 | Short Stories, Writing Journal
437 words 1 min 45 sec reading time I am Sidhe*. I am Eternal.We choose to live as non-Eternals for seventy years lest we forget. It is the day of my transformation. Today, it will begin and end. For seventy years, I have looked through their eyes and listened through...
by Tina O'Rourke | Jul 3, 2023 | Alice, Camping, Outdoors
Van conversion from a minibus to a campervan New website/new name Welcome back to my travel journal. Earlier this year, I migrated all of my content from the various websites I ran into one, mainly because I wanted to streamline all of my writing in one place and not...
by Tina O'Rourke | Jun 27, 2023 | Short Stories, Writing Journal
635 words 2 min 32 sec reading time I sank into my seat on the bus, breathing so loudly I could hear every muscle popping in my chest. I promised myself yesterday, and come to think of it, the day before that and every day since last Wednesday, that I wouldn’t...
by Tina O'Rourke | Jun 26, 2023 | Cycling, Outdoors
After years of being a non-cyclist, Alan bought me my first bike as an adult eight years ago. It was the wrong bike for me, pretty, mint green with a cute basket. As heavy to cycle as they get, yet because of it, I discovered I like cycling. One trade-in later, I had...
