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To Ireland, With Love.

To Ireland, With Love. Oh, Ireland, I came to you on my knees. A wounded woman, you seemed to glow through my teary eyes. I was enticed by your promise of Family and Community and Culture. Oh, they were beautiful! A solitary kitchen table I have not seen so many times before. A stew of [...]

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Hello all! I am hoping to do this insane obstacle course, the BraveForce Challenge (aka “Assault on Puddenhill”), in less than two weeks’ time on June 11th. It is a series of crawling-in-mud, jumping-in-water, climbing-up-steep-inclines, running and other seriously physical challenges (awesome!) in Ashbourne, Co. Meath. The entry fee is 60 euro and, as most [...]

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I was asked by Irish American News to write an article about my Rose of Tralee experience for the February issue of the publication. And here it finally is, for you to read and share with all your Irish connections! Enjoy! Irish American News article, February 2011 issue (click to download) OR go to link: [...]

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We rescued Vegas!

Vegas was a little puppy Peadar O Loaire and I found in a nearby snowy parking lot. Unable to find her owners, we took her to Colm O Laoire’s home to play with and take care of her. This is what those several hours looked like: Around half midnight we received a call from her [...]

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In case y’all didn’t get it the first four-hundred times, here is the video I created for Oprah Winfrey’s Talk Show Host competition back in June… in hindsight, I wish I’d shown a bit more of my passion and energy in these three minutes, yet I’m still extremely proud of this project of mine, and [...]

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These pillars that have held her up For all these years Are falling slowly down One by one. Crumbling to dust And evaporating into heavy air In the place they just stood. Oh, the shadow can no more protect. The vulnerable flesh now exposed to the sun. She sits in piles of gray Not looking [...]

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After just one gas station bathroom stop, a small sickeningly sweet coffee, and three bites of a ginormous red apple (the latest food to suffer super-sizing in America), I completed the 267 mile drive from Las Vegas, Nevada to home sweet home in Los Angeles, California. I was supposed to complete this trip in four [...]

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