Dublin
July 20, 2009
- The business card read “My residence in Dublin,” and gave The Merrion’s address and contact information. A stack of them sat on the desk in my jewel-box of a room, and they summed up my precise feelings about The Merrion. Indeed, it felt as if I’d found a new home. And it is that home-away-from-home feel that The Merrion strives for with each thoughtful detail. The hotel ...
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July 8, 2009
- Remember the story of Walter Raleigh spreading his cloak over a puddle for Queen Elizabeth? I mostly remember cartoonists making fun of the tale (i.e. the woman would step on the cloak and sink in up to her neck, etc.). But still, I was raised to make the chivalrous gesture whenever the opportunity arose—holding the door, yielding my seat, drowning in the Atlantic, etc.On my honeymoon just such ...
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July 1, 2009
- As a little girl I loved all things elegant and all things dainty. I was quite the girly girl, a trait which my mother indulged a bit. Every once in a while she would take my sister and I to high tea at the Adolphus Hotel in our hometown of Dallas. In the elegant sitting room, we perched on the silk and damask sofas, practicing our best manners and enjoying acting like grown ladies with tea ...
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June 20, 2009
- In honor of Father's Day... a trip to the Irish National Stud! Just a few days ago, we were driving down a tiny country road here in Ireland, when we suddenly came upon all kinds of traffic. We were mystified until we came around a bend: the town was hosting horse races. Clearly people were headed to the track from miles around in a steady stream of cars and trailers. Ireland has a long ...
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June 4, 2009
- The excitement is nearing the unbearable point! I leave for Ireland in just over a week. This will be my second trip to the Emerald Isle, but my last trip was pretty short. This time I'll be traveling and blogging for nearly two weeks. And, of course, I'll be tweeting, too! I've gotten some good itinerary suggestions so far... To read on and to make suggestions, check out my home blog: ...
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March 19, 2009
- In the week of St Patrick, another passage from my Marion Grace novel, The Godmother. Sibyl had worried about the barbarian at the gate ever since she could remember. No doubt it was a legacy of the ethnic ancestor to which her mother, a jaunty Dubliner, had mischievously alluded from time to time. Bridie came from a long tradition of merchant seafarers so it was easy to imagine how ...
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February 26, 2009
- At the risk of using a worn-out cliché’, I am the poster child for, “No good deed goes unpunished.” I have been paying to store Sara Jane Moore’s art collection for almost 30 years. Sara Jane was the middle-aged doctor’s wife and mother who fired at the head of Pres. Gerald Ford, missing his head by six inches. She was released from ...
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June 18, 2008
- Well, for lack of a good video camera (and the ability to edit), I have put together a slide show of images from A Journey into Ireland's Literary Revival. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out; take a look and let me know what you think.
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March 2, 2008
- A new short story, “Wolf” is now available from Amazon Shorts. The story is a sequel to “Rope-A-Dope,” that appeared in the Akashic Books anthology Dublin Noir, edited by Ken Bruen. “Wolf” opens seconds after the Dublin Noir story closes, with the murderess Mell Mulloy in flight somewhere among the taverns and pubs of Dublin as an obsessed and ailing cop is closing in on her. ...
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