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SherWords: Ireland Revisited: Across the Western Ocean
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Wednesday, September 7, 2011. Ireland Revisited: Across the Western Ocean. Day 35 of 35: Tuesday, September 7, 2010. You have to be at [xyz] in [abc] minutes! Carlos Santana didn't look like he needed such shepherding. But, then again, Carlos is a whole month younger than Ronnie and me. We didn't bother Mr. Wood beyond simply nodding to him as we passed him in the lobby. US presence in Dublin's airport. (This is the "old" passenger terminal; the. New one opened just a few weeks later. Prologue, August 2.
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SherWords: Two Astronomers and the Forest of the Iroquois
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Saturday, October 29, 2011. Two Astronomers and the Forest of the Iroquois. I stopped by the grocery store on my way home, depleted and stone-brained dull. As I pushed my cart into line, something in the soundtrack of the audio pablum of Safeway's muzak caught my attention. By the time I reached the front of the line, my skin was all a-goosebump, and I had to concentrate on stopping tears lest the checker judge me to be dangerous. Sailing to Philadelphia" was playing as I waited to pay for my wheat chex.
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SherWords: Save This Map for Later
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Thursday, July 15, 2010. Save This Map for Later. Ballyvaughan is a tiny town in County Clare, pinched against the south side of Galway Bay by the Burren's otherworldly karst. Its most-photographed feature is a signpost:. Diane and I passed through Ballyvaughan in August, 2006, and this sign. All that by way of introducing this map of our tentative plans for the next month (please click on the image to see a larger and clearer one) from Google Earth:. And how much similarity it shows to this rough-out.
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SherWords: Ireland Revisited: The Mountains of Mourne
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Monday, September 5, 2011. Ireland Revisited: The Mountains of Mourne. Day 33 of 35: Sunday, September 5, 2010. Drifting in the rain on Carlingford Lough. Postponed to last by circumstance, we finally drove up from Dublin toward Belfast and swerved right at Newry in County Down (UK) into the Mountains of Mourne. Diane had wanted to see this storied part of Ulster for a long time, and we had initially planned to go there early on in our trip, but circumstances kept pushing us back toward the end. Is not a...
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SherWords: Ireland Revisited: Last Full Day in Birr
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Saturday, September 3, 2011. Ireland Revisited: Last Full Day in Birr. Day 31 of 35: Friday, September 3, 2010. Hornbeam hallway in the Cloisters, Millennium Gardens, Birr Castle Demesne. Our last full day in the Demesne was mostly spent in the Bothy packing and cleaning; Diane's ankle was too sore from yesterday's trudging up and down the Hill of Uisneach to do much beyond that. A count, a countess, and a no-account. They are delightful people, and we’ll miss them. With views from two near the castle, f...
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SherWords: Not Just Yet
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Saturday, April 10, 2010. Had a blood test a few weeks ago as part of his annual check-up. The results came back with an ominous imbalance, which was confirmed in a re-test. The most likely cause (but not the only possible cause) of the particular abnormalities is cancer of a variety of forms. His vet arranged for ultrasound testing in addition to full-body x-rays. Ultimately, of course, news will arrive that is not so good, for Kelsey, or for me, or for you. But not this time, not today. You can now get...
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SherWords: Forty-Five
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Saturday, October 1, 2011. Doug Harrington (1 October, 1966 - 14 November, 2006) stalking crayfish at his great-aunts' house in Upstate New York, summer, 1975. That's his brother Adam's hair, fuzzy in the left foreground. Adam has put together a celebration of his brother's life in video-slide form and posted it on YouTube today. Please go visit. If you have a few minutes to spare. Posted by Sherwood Harrington. A lovely tribute to a full and all-too-short life. He was and is obviously much-loved. Blogs ...
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SherWords: Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy
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Saturday, December 24, 2011. Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy. Please click on the image to see it as it's meant to be seen.). Posted by Sherwood Harrington. I return the Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy to your house too Sherwood. I am taking full advantage of the holidays to slow down and observe the world. Hope you are having a pleasant holiday too. December 26, 2011 at 5:35 AM. We are, indeed, having a pleasant holiday out here in California. Glad to hear that you can slow down a little, but I bet its not for long!
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SherWords: Ireland Revisited: Afterword
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011. 412 years ago, my 10th-great grandfather, John Harrington, included the following in a report to his godmother the Queen on his recent deployment to Ireland:. I have informed myself reasonably well of the whole state of the country, by observation and conference: so I count the knowledge I have gotten here worth more than half the three hundred pounds this journey hath cost me. If I ever meet Sir John, I'll tell him that I got the other 150 pounds' worth. This will be fun.
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SherWords: Only Because I Don't Know What His Birthday Was
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Saturday, February 4, 2012. Only Because I Don't Know What His Birthday Was. Oolie and part of his posse, 2003. The Black Freighter left port three years ago today. Both Mrs. Fort and I are ailurophiles, and we make no bones about it. (One of the very first things she ever said to me, in fact, was "Do you like cats? None more so than Oolie, the Black Freighter. But, selfish fellow that I am, this post won't involve specific memories of him (as my friend Chris Clarke did so well yesterday for Zeke. Instea...
