The name "Lá Nollag Beag" is a direct translation of the word "Epiphany" according to www.englishirishdictionary.com! Of course Lá Nollag Beag is the name of the day which is the Feast of Epiphany and not a light-bulb moment but that suits me fine. This blog begins with an event on the 6th January and I feel it could become a kind of little birth of christ within myself... The blog's theme is a journey back to God.

Dé Luain 4 Eanáir 2016

Innisfree, the reality

Peace does come dropping slow.
And loneliness too.
I arose and went, I stepped off the pavement grey and sought out the bee-loud glade.
I took a small cabin, obeyed that which I heard at the heart's core. And maybe I need to give it a bit more time but right now I feel there is a lot to be said for living in the metropolis; the ready company, the easy access to other farflung places, the availability of everything.
Bees and honeybees and honey are one thing.
Linnets and purple haze are all very well.
Beans taste good but sushi does too.
The reality is, Mr Yeats, I miss my friends, I loathe having to travel for everything and invariably spend a night away from home, a structure of wattle and clay takes a lot of effort to maintain and upkeep. Effort which I, frankly, (and you too) would rather spend on creative intellectual pursuits.
I'm happy I am here, I'm happy to have the opportunity to try it out. It is an experiment. I don't mind my dreams being trod on. No treading softly around here.