Golden Moments

COVID 19: When the Corona Virus came to our Town (or, the tale of my wife’s Brown Bread) Now my missus has a sister, Maria is her name She’s...

I could have…. but I COULD HAVE BEEN TRAVOLTA BUT I NEVER LEARNED TO DANCE. I COULD HAVE BEEN A HERO BUT I NEVER HAD THE CHANCE. I COULD HAVE...

It took the corona virus to make me realise The beauty outside the door that lay before my eyes Other springs I never noticed nor did I ever care...

Golden Ireland is delighted to welcome back our popular HomeBirds Writing Competition for one last hurrah! We were heartened to receive so many...

She built a bird feeder, I made a jigsaw and over weeks and days we found our ways to be together, a trial run at empty nest syndrome. It’s gone...

"Time waits for no man," Granny used to say, Yet now so much time, watching the time, how to spend time?, But time is a precious gift while we cocoon...

I have a magic window. It never used to be this way. Or rather I kept it closed and the curtains obscured the view. Especially now to hide the...

Dear Bill, Today, March 20, 2020, is momentous, not just for you, but for me, our children, your family, and friends. You are celebrating your...

2009 Retired. Ten years collecting documents, photographs, newspaper cuttings, mortuary cards, visiting cousins for a morsel of information, while...

In the Time of Covit-19 There's a letter in the Irish Times urging us listen - to that starling up in Letterkenny perched on the cowl of a...