Author Archives: leararhodes

Yesterday I went to the Gort Library housed in a tiny old church and only open 3 hours 4 days a week. I was able to use all their “not to be checked out” sources in 3 hours. I did get free parking when I left briefly to feed the meter, the librarian said toContinue reading “Lady Augusta Gregory”

Errands in the morning took me to a leisure center at Lady Gregory’s Hotel where I can do water aerobics and swim on the weekend. I bought a pair of wool socks..purple with pink toes, heels and ankles for 1 euro at a thrift store. I’m desperate for warm feet in the cottage. Grocery shoppingContinue reading “Sun all day”

The house is in the middle of a cow pasture but has a flower studded stone wall driveway. Many winding roads, three wrong turns, a missing left hand mirror on the rental car and a new friend, Nigel, who is missing his right hand mirror on his work van. Met him in Gort where theContinue reading “Ireland”

The few days I have spent in Vermont living in the stone house with my Haitian friend and her husband has given me lots to think about. We have had long conversations about why we do what we do and how we create our own identities. Do media and my total immersion into media helpContinue reading “Reflection in the stones”

Before I left for Ireland, I visited my friend on the Isle of LaMotte in Vermont. She and her husband live in a stone house built in 1829 with an orchard of apple and pear trees. She is a flower gardener at the master level and he is a vegetable gardener growing everything from seeds.Continue reading “Tuesday in Vermont and thinking of Ireland”

Dinner party is over. Aunt Florence’s orange cake was a success. Now I must turn my attention to last minutes, errands and what to wear. There was a time when we dressed up to travel. We would put on our Sunday-go-to-meeting outfits with heels and matching purses. Traveling was an event. People hugged and wholeContinue reading “The day before”

Tonight one of the book clubs I attend will be meeting at my house. We are reading “The Last Storyteller” by Delaney, an Irish writer. I decided to prepare an Irish meal. We are beginning with Pea Soup. According to Darina Allen (“Irish Traditional Cooking”), peas may have been in Ireland as early as theContinue reading “books and food”