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Damien Grant Explains Baseball

Baseball is a game where one member from team A tries to hit a ball with a stick and then run around in a square while team B tries to stop him from...

Everybody Goes Bananas Sometimes

Still can’t sleep. Usually, I am a soon-as-the-head-hits-the-pillow person*. Haven’t had a coffee since last Thursday. I hate this. As if that wasn’t...
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STILL LIFE

My three objects pictured as a (sort of) still life
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A View Of Life From An Irish Catholic

A View Of Life From An Irish Catholic By Paul McCann I was baptised as a Catholic in Holy Cross Church that day and started learning all the rules...

A Walk With Rab

A Walk With Rab By Paul McCann On first trip back home to Belfast after being away for 4 years I was able to be there for my cousin John’s wedding ...

Binmen Of Belfast

Binmen Of Belfast By Paul McCann In our back entries we left our bins out And you’ would hear the bin men come and shout , With two hands on your bin...

So Many Steps To Some place Complete

So Many Steps To Some place Complete Knowing that diamond is not the only thing that shines; once the pavement has given way to life’s grind. Where...
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Sean Happens 7

We went to see The Poseidon Adventure at the local Odeon. The Spider paid me in and put an arm around my shoulder. We sat in the back seats. His feet...
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A Walk With The Wild Ones

Just a short distance to the east of Estero, on Corkscrew Road, you can find a world of adventure in a natural setting. The Corkscrew Nature Preserve...

THE GREAT RESPECT

'The Sun, The Rain & The Wind.'
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Fact Checking Asshole

Now that we're here, let's talk about a twenty first century creature who has emerged from the cellular stream and prowls amongst us in various...

Whispers of Wellness: Echoes of the Mystery- part 2

In "Whispers of Wellness," the trio tackles gym mysteries together, strengthening their friendship. In "Echoes of the Mystery," Emma, Alex, and Priya...
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Connecting With Trees

To look back on sweet but brief tranquil days, when made for soulful pleasures; passage of silence gratifying the restless mind, and I will give...
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MANIFESTO

If I were King My Election Vows If I were King of the Earth there would be jobs for everyone everybody would have clean water and free electricity -...
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A Penny Dropped

Last Sunday in the celebration of Durten’s life, a person who had recently joined the community stood up to share. Earlier that week, she had been...
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Searching For Sailortown

Searching For Sailortown By Paul McCann In 1989 I went back to Ardoyne in Belfast in search of Sailortown . Daddy was born in Great Patrick street in...
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Not ‘Jesus and …’

He fully paid the price – our contribution nought:… but all our zeal and fire, is not part of what saves us, but flows from Life received…
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Surrounded By The Open Spaces

Surrounded By The Open Spaces By Paul McCann I remember going down to the Co-Op shop to buy a Kit Kat bar and then going on down the Crumlin Road ,...
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Life Is Just That Way

Life Is Just That Way By Paul McCann Do you ever wonder about everything in life in the spring when all around Ardoyne there were roses growing and...

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