What a Day to be Alive: ireland 2014

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Friday, June 27, 2014

365 Grateful: Day 178 6/27/2014

I'm grateful for new stationery made from two photos taken in Ireland.

Thursday, June 19, 2014

365 Grateful: Day 170 6/19/2014

I'm grateful for all the happiness and adventure Gene adds to my life. It's impossible to not have a smile a mile wide around him. To all the memories created during trip #10 and to all those in the trips to come.

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

365 Grateful: Day 169 6/18/2014

I'm grateful for Malachy's voice and lyrics. And his willingness to sing again and again and again.

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

365 Grateful: Day 168 6/17/2014

I'm grateful for a quiet night at the pub. And maybe for having pulled my own pint.

Monday, June 16, 2014

365 Grateful: Day 167 6/16/2014

I'm grateful for the kindness and generosity of new friends. Met Billy Keane (his father was John B. Keane- an Irish playwright and novelist) last night at his family's pub and this morning he took me and my friend around on a tour of Listowel. Our stops included the Garden of Europe (Ireland’s only public monument in memory of those who died in the Holocaust) and Teampal Ban Famine (a graveyard with a tiny white church where nearly 3,000 people were buried when the famine ravaged the countryside) as well as the train museum (to see where my ancestors would have departed from en route to Dublin to then head to America) and the race track. It sounds depressing, but it was another special day.

Sunday, June 15, 2014

365 Grateful: Day 166 6/15/2014

I'm beyond grateful to have traced my ancestry (with the help of family and friends) and to have spent Father's Day meeting some of my father's side of the family for the first time. During all my trips to Ireland I've never tried to find "my relations" but it was an unbelievable experience that has been fulfilling in a way that's hard to put into words.

Saturday, June 14, 2014

365 Grateful: Day 165 6/14/2014

I'm grateful to have spent a gorgeous summer afternoon with Robin & Elisabeth.]

Friday, June 13, 2014

365 Grateful: Day 164 6/13/2014

I'm grateful to have been in Galway on the opening night of the #instagalway #instaarmagh photo project where I got to see my photo on display and to meet so many incredible photographers whose work I've admired from afar.