Denny (yes the bacon makers) have got me thinking. They’ve come up with a new campaign called ‘Home is’. You think up what home means to you and tell them by uploading a video, a picture or sending them a text. I’ve been thinking what it is that makes Home feel different to every other [...]
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Home is…
October 8, 2009
You’ve Got to Have it
October 7, 2009
So times are tough and frivolous spending is apparently out the window. I recently found my self in the shopping mecca that is Dundrum Centre on the heels of a business meeting that didn’t go anywhere. I was having a typical shopping day, frustrated at the clothes falling the wrong way on my body, or vice versa! That [...]
Radio Ga-Ga
July 6, 2009
Hearing RTE Radio 1coming from the radio evokes strong memories of my Mum. I never registered until recently that I used the sound of Radio 1 as a Mum-locater for years. Mum had a small portable radio which she used to bring with her from room to room. I could always locate her by the sound [...]
A Mum Slide Show
June 4, 2009
Being the fourth child of a family, I’m pretty used to the idea that there is no photo record of my existence until I’m about 15. [Insert melodic violin music] My parents weren’t great photo takers, or so I thought. This was until I realised we had reams and reams of diapositivas or photo slides. [...]
Giving Out
April 29, 2009
Mum believed in a pretty laid back approach to parenting. I can’t remember her ever really giving out much. Inevitably, I was duty bound by my adolescence to push the boundaries on occasion and have to be told off. Mum used the ‘dissapointment’ card to great effect. She would never say she was angry or annoyed …just disappointed. It [...]
