Are you a member of a book club? If so, do you meet virtually or in person?
I attend a book club run by Pangur Bán Bookshop in conjunction with Craoibhín Ballina. We meet in person once a month.
At our last book club meeting we talked about The Colony by Audrey Magee. Have you read it? What did you think?
This is the door into Seán’s Bar, the oldest pub in Ireland. It’s 1,115 years old.
A cosy welcoming little place that’s well worth a visit if you’re ever in Athlone in Co Westmeath. And very importantly, the Guinness is good!
Thursday Doors is a weekly challenge for people who love doors and architecture to come together to admire and share their favourite door photos, drawings, or other images or stories from around the world. If you’d like to join in and create your own Thursday Doors post each (or any) week, visit nofacilities.com for more information.
Thank you for visiting.
Would you like a peek inside the pages of my recently published novel? It might just be your cup of tea!
These photos were taken on Inishbofin – an idyllic island off the coast of Galway. If I could own a house by the sea, I’d have one like this.
I wonder how old the door is on this one. Would it be the original? Old doors will last many years as long as they’re well looked after. It looks pretty old.
Thursday Doors is a weekly challenge for people who love doors and architecture to come together to admire and share their favourite door photos, drawings, or other images or stories from around the world. If you’d like to join in and create your own Thursday Doors post each (or any) week, visit nofacilities.com for more information.
Thank you for reading.
Would you like a peek inside the pages of my recently published novel? It might just be your cup of tea!
Small dark spaces I don’t mind, but all this bumpy movement makes me sweat. I peep through the hole to get an idea of what’s happening. Shadows and chattering. Then quiet and stillness.
After a few moments of shuffling, the door opens. Huge hands reach in and grab me. Unfamiliar smells invade my senses. Strange faces… the same as all the curious faces I’m used to seeing; peering, and laughing at me.
‘Welcome to your new home, Mabel,’ the small one says. She gently lowers me into a cage. A house all to myself. Exactly what a hamster needs!
In response to Charli Mills’ #99WordStory Challenge. August 15, 2023, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about the journey home. Who is going home? Or are they in search of a future home or ancestral roots? Think of home as a life lived — adventures, relationships, accumulations. What makes home worth the journey? Go where the prompt leads!
Poems and Stories
Sharing The Book Love Since 2016
Short Stories by Shan Storyteller
Mostly books, with a little wine writing on the side
And, for good measure, a bit of Cooking and Eating
Join me on my adventures through life!
Gloria McBreen 