The weather was brutal. It was December in angry mood. Even the small walk from the cars to the barstools at Donleavy’s bar counter had resulted in rainwater dripping from the foreheads of our three heroes. They shook themselves off as they took to their usual locations with JP in the middle and flanked byContinue reading “NOTHING ARTIFICAL ABOUT COW’S INTELLIGENCE.”
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ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL.
JP, Mono and Rasher were nicely relaxed in front of their pints on an uncharacteristically warm and dry evening. Mind you – once they were ensconced at the bar counter in Donleavy’s – it didn’t matter what the weather was doing outside. It could be rain or hail or snow or sunshine, and it wouldContinue reading “ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL.”
A WINTER’S WAIL.
The three lads – JP, Rasher and Mono – were comfortably into pint two as they sat at the bar counter in Donleavy’s. Outside the sun had dropped and the darkness was beginning to assert itself in the evening ascendancy. The Summer season had given way to Autumn and there was a slight chill beginningContinue reading “A WINTER’S WAIL.”
EEJITS
It was a look that could have stopped a freight train travelling at warp speed. JP, Mono and Rasher idled into Donleavy’s and someone was sitting on JP’s barstool. It was probably just an innocent mistake by an uninitiated individual, but it was still as near as possible that you can get to a hangingContinue reading “EEJITS”
RETURNING SPIRITS
It had been an unusual cycle of pleasant weather. Waking up to clear blue skies and warm air. Feeling the heat on your face and your neck getting warmer as the sun got higher each day. The first week had everyone in good spirits and was a constant topic of conversation. The second week sawContinue reading “RETURNING SPIRITS”
SCHOOLYARD TARIFFS
JP, Mono and Rasher were seated on their usual barstools in Donleavy’s on a fine Spring evening. It did seem like a shame to be indoors in a pub on probably the first decent day of weather since the previous year. Thankfully, Donleavy had pulled the blinds so that the sunshine didn’t penetrate the barContinue reading “SCHOOLYARD TARIFFS”
USA – A SHORT STORY
The three lads weren’t sure whether they were out or whether they were out out. The pints were tasting really good, and Donleavy was excelling himself behind the bar in ensuring that service was hyper-efficient and levels in the pint glass never fell below the critical reorder point before inventory was restocked. Pints kept flowing.Continue reading “USA – A SHORT STORY”
CAN’T IDENTIFY THE CRAZIES
A February night in Donleavy’s. Neither one thing nor the other. Not Christmas Holiday time. Too far away from Easter. Not really winter. No daffodils peaking their heads up to say it is Spring. Cold but not Arctic. A bit of a meaah really. And the meaah seemed to permeate into the conversation, or lackContinue reading “CAN’T IDENTIFY THE CRAZIES”
ANTI HIBERNETIC.
Those days between Christmas and New Year were always good times in Donleavy’s Pub. The fire burned cheerily in the grate. The outside world was shut out behind blackout curtains and doors. There was always a critical mass of warm bodies populating stools and chairs. There was the temporary return of the ex-pats. Even thoughContinue reading “ANTI HIBERNETIC.”
JANUS COULD TELL YOU A THING OR TWO.
It was a typical winter’s midweek night in Donleavy’s. The pub was only lightly populated. The doors and windows were respectively shut tight and curtained to keep in as much heat as possible. The open fire slowly consumed large logs and burned glowingly in the wide hearth. If a winter season was necessary – thenContinue reading “JANUS COULD TELL YOU A THING OR TWO.”
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