Are we there yet?
Today’s Memory is about tying shoelaces. I’m not sure how old I was when I asked Dad to tie up my shoes that morning. I remember quite clearly Dad sitting me down to show me how and the sense of pride and achievement as the voodoo magic that stopped my shoes coming off was suddenly [...]
I stumbled across this hidden doorway with it’s sculpture of Queen Elizabeth I while in London back in 2001. At the time I remember being quite in awe of the fact that here was a sculpture of Elizabeth outside of one of her palaces – for some reason it seems to me to be exceedingly [...]
When Tegan came over to Ireland on an extended visit back in 2007, we just had to go and seek out the town I’d found out about called Kiltegan – who could possibly resist? Here we are, with me doing as the sign says. The town itself, which in Irish is known as Cill Teagáin [...]
In 2008 we decided to host a Halloween cocktail party in Dublin. It was a great night with some wonderful people. I went as the traditional witch and Christian was quite chuffed to pick up a Leprechaun outfit as his costume.
Culture Club – Karma Chameleon – Video Culture Club’s Karma Chameleon was a hit in Australia around the time of my 10th birthday. I had my birthday party at the local pool that year, I remember this song playing on the loud speakers as my friends and I had the new Calippo ice creams and [...]
I can’t quite remember when this was taken, but I’m assuming I was around 7 years old. I do remember the red t-shirt, did like that a lot but wasn’t so keen on the dress. Hated my hair and my front teeth at the time! The photo itself was taken on a medium format box [...]
This photo of me was taken on the morning of the school dress-up day in 1979. I was 6 and a half (and gosh isn’t that half so important!) In case it’s not too obvious, I was a cat. This was before Cats the musical, so the idea of a jumpsuit and cat ears is [...]
