CHAPTER FIVE The fire crackles, and the dog lies at my feet, his steady breathing filling the silence. I can hear the wind outside, stronger now, rustling the leaves in the trees. The night is creeping in, but it doesn’t feel like darkness anymore. It feels like something else. Something soft, like the closing of … Continue reading #289 – The quiet side of nowhere, a novella chapter 5
CHAPTER FOUR It’s funny how your body remembers things, even when your mind has long forgotten. Like the way the muscles in my back ache when I chop wood, or how my hands instinctively find the right way to tie a knot. I’ve lived here long enough that some of the motions are as natural … Continue reading #288 – The quiet side of nowhere, a novella chapter 4
CHAPTER THREE It’s hard to explain how quiet gets under your skin. It’s not that the silence is loud—no, it’s not like that. It’s the way it seeps into your bones, like the cold air when the fire goes out, or the way the sun lingers just a little longer at dusk. Quiet doesn’t ask … Continue reading #287 – The quiet side of nowhere, a novella chapter 3
CHAPTER TWO I remember the first time I saw a city. Not the big ones, the ones with the steel and glass reaching up like they were trying to grab the sky. No, I’m talking about a town. The kind where everybody knows your name, even if they don’t know anything about you. I was … Continue reading #286 – The quiet side of nowhere, a novella chapter 2
CHAPTER ONE The dog snores like a freight train.Not the dignified kind either—the slow, rickety sort that sounds like it’s falling apart with every mile. It’s a miracle the beast hasn’t scared off every rabbit, deer, and unlucky squirrel within ten miles. But I let him stay. Truth is, I like the noise. Fills the … Continue reading #285 – The quiet side of nowhere, a novella chapter 1
There was a time in the recent past. A time of a global pandemic where one game for a brief while took the world by storm. I of course am referring to wordle, okay maybe it was among us for some people but for me I became addicted to wordle for a while. I mean … Continue reading #284 – 365 Days of Wordle
The Bikeriders is a 2024 film based on a book of the same name. The book is a collection of photography and interviews from the 1960's into the 1970's following the rise and fall of their bike club. From humble and simple beginnings to the seedier underbelly that creeps in as the story progresses, the … Continue reading #283 – The Bikeriders 2024 Review
This is the Official Music Video for Jack Keeshan's 2023 song Red Moon. The topic of mental health and addiction is at the forefront of Jack's music.Find more of Jack's music on Spotify and YouTube, Facebook and Instagram @ Jackkeeshan Starring: Ian Kiely & Jack Keeshan Directed & Edited by Ian Kiely Special thanks to … Continue reading #282- Red Moon Official Music Video
On the 16 of June 2023 I got to see Paolo Nutini live in Malahide and it was an incredible concert. He did new hits and old classics of his and it was an incredible show with amazing opening acts also with Newdad and Julia Jacklin. Definitely one of the Best concert's I've ever been … Continue reading #281- Paolo Nutini in Malahide Castle
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