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The best painting ever

Those last words. The man should not have uttered those. If he had just kept quiet. And if this wouldn’t have been possible. Just a greeting. A...

Bedsit Days On The Cliftonville

Bedsit Days On The Cliftonville By Paul McCann Back in 1989 I was looking for a place to live and as a single person it was hard to find a place in...
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Cliftonville Will Have Their Day

Cliftonville Will Have Their Day By Paul McCann Come on Cliftonville , now’s it’s time to play , its your day . Hold up the Irish Cup , don’t let...

Irish Traditions At The Years End

Irish Traditions At The Years End By Paul McCann - When I look back at the things people used to do At the end of the year in Ardoyne and the bone ,...

1:5:1 Quatarr (Part 2)

It was uncanny how similar it was for both of them. They both awoke in their relative sleeping area; they both went outside and they both looked up...

Why do I stay alive?

During my first year of medical school, the Director of Well-Being & Integrative Medicine, Dr. Anne Weisman, gave one lecture that I will never...

Quinn and the Dinosaur

Canterbury called Quinn to his office first thing that morning. “Ah, Quinn,” he said. “We’d like to name a dinosaur after you.” “A dinosaur?” said...
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Gold cherry

Ratface

It had turned out to be a beautiful sunny afternoon, a bit windy but the wind was warmer, coming from the South now, blowing a constant stream of...
Cherry

Getting Out More

It has been a very long winter of wild weather. Of course, this suits me fine; never leaving the house, snuggling up with a book or two, or re-...
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The 20th Anniversary of Anthony Ainley's Death

Today is the twentieth anniversary of the death of a talented British actor. His name was Anthony Ainley. He died on May 3, 2004 at the age of 71. He...

By Their Deeds Shall Ye Know Them

Yesterday I was in town to work on my quota, and I was keeping my eye open. It was the first day of spring and the sun was out. Everybody looked...
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A Night At The Unity

A Night At The Unity By Paul McCann When I was young I had job in the evenings working at the Unity club in old Ardoyne . It stood proudly there...
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Sunday Walks After Mass

Sunday Walks After Mass By Paul McCann Daddy took us for Sunday walks And we never got lost . We always went first to early mass Up at Holy Cross. We...
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Aunt Lily’s Cat

Aunt Lily’s Cat By Paul McCann Tiddles was Aunt Lily’s cat and she always had a lot to eat as she wandered in and out all the houses in Jamaica...
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Cherry

I AM Joan Collins

Beltane dawned in a whiteout of mizzle and haar that wasn’t for lifting. In the afternoon, to amplify liberation, I went to the movies at the ARC...
Cherry

Turn and Face the Strange

Contemplating life in a world where virtually everything’s becoming virtual.
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Fire, Water, Earth and Air.

There are some mysteries in this world and universe, that amazes me. When I was young and in my teens, I was fascinated with the stars at night,...

A Test of patience on a windy day.

A test of patience on a windy day It was a lovely, late April day in Southwest Florida. We had been to the gym and the library earlier in the morning...

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