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Beaches

I just got back from a long walk with Dad on Sandymount Strand. Driving there, I was listening to the radio. Irish journalist John Waters was being interviewed about his book Beyond Consolation in which, according to one review, he argues that “Irish society is in crisis due to a diminishing belief in an afterlife.” [...]

Past Tense

I have been meaning to post this piece, a personal essay which I actually wrote several years ago, for a while. But it was originally written in the present tense and when I reread it, it just didn’t sound right now that Dad is gone. So I sat down to rewrite it, and that turned [...]