A Short Story by Ian Kiely 1 William Black was the sheriff of a small town named Clearwater, which had begun to grown since a gold rush gave way to some prominence. William would patrol around the town on a daily basis. He would talk to the townsfolk and they recognised the sound of his … Continue reading Wild Justice – The Ballad of William Black
Over the past few weeks I have been editing a short story that I have been writing. The idea to write a western short story came to me a few months ago. I sat down and plotted out my plot beats and character moments that I wanted to focus on. The writing stage was so … Continue reading #200 – Editing my short story
It's 12.30 pm and I'm sitting in Tullamore waiting for my car to be fixed. If you saw my Friday the 13th post then you know about my car issues yet again and the hefty bill I was going to be left with. Well I rang about to the last mechanic that fixed the car … Continue reading #192 – Weekly update, September will be good. 02.09.2021
There's been so many fun milestones recently on the blog here and it's really exciting. We're in the middle of a heatwave, work is really busy and this blog has been such a fun escape from the pandemic too. I'm having as much fun now as when I started and had only a handful of … Continue reading #180 – My first 10’000 views
Well this was a nice notification to wake up to and see this morning. Never did I actually think I'd have 20 or 30 people reading the things I put up here. It's so much fun to see that more people find similar things interesting to myself. It took me a little over 18 months … Continue reading #178 – 300 followers!
Mick Flannery wrote the song Baby talk and had planned to record it by himself. He then tried it out as a duet with the incredible Susan O Neill and the result was winning some serious awards. Most notably the best original song of the year at the 2020 RTÉ Radio 1 awards. The pair … Continue reading #175 – Mick Flannery & Susan O Neill, Ireland’s INCREDIBLE latest music duo
July 14th 2021 Back to work today It's been 13 days off from work I feel tired and rested it's an unusual sense Time off is needed and I want more but I was lazy A lot of time on the couch, watching, eating, playing, eating,talking, drinking and my memory of the last 2 weeks … Continue reading #172 – weekly update 14/07/2021
Released in 1966 Just like a woman by Bob Dylan, Tom Petty & the heartbreakers. This is some classic Bob Dylan music right here, with harmonica on hand he's unstoppable. This song here is a beautiful ode to love and it doesn't really matter who he's singing about here whether it's Edie Sedgwick the Andy … Continue reading #159 – Just like a woman by Bob Dylan is beautiful, timeless and mystical
Finally, a full weekend off work, 110 days I waited to find out about my plague jab but they finally got around to ol Ian of the Kiely's. I'll get it at 8:20am on Monday morning the 21st of June 2021,but first I'll spend a weekend with my girlfriend. That's what I'm looking forward to … Continue reading #155 – A slight light at the end of the tunnel looks bright
Go to work Do your job Don't ask too many questions Put your fucking life at risk and be thankful for the opportunity to be do so. We'll give you a vaccine and keep you waiting months then for the second. Am I essential or expendable? A question he asked already knowing the goddamn answer. … Continue reading #153 – GO TO WORK, DO YOUR JOB & DON’T ASK TOO MANY QUESTIONS
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