I have to say – and it is very rare that I would say something like this – but the mood in Donleavy’s was a bit downbeat. There just seemed to be a deadness in the air this particular evening. Usually, it was a situation where the ambiance – that beautiful French word – wasContinue reading “HOW MUCH DO YOU LIKE SPORT?”
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EARLIEST EUREKA MOMENTS.
It was another unpleasant rainy day and evening. The clouds had never moved from their grey state and never allowed any of that wonderful blue sky, that we know lives ‘up there’, to peak through at any stage. The only thing that differed all day was whether the grey clouds would spit on them orContinue reading “EARLIEST EUREKA MOMENTS.”
SKINHEADS
The weather was trying valiantly to push the dial setting that said ‘winter’ to as close as possible to the setting that welcomed ‘spring’. It was still very unpredictable with bitter cold east or north winds being swapped intermittently by southwest less cold winds. Rain was also a bit of a lottery. Blue sky thisContinue reading “SKINHEADS”
FULL CIRCLE
The pints were going down well – about that there was no doubt. What was also not in doubt was that Donleavy served the best pint this side of the Tibetan Highlands. All seemed temporarily good with the world. To hell with your geopolitical instability and your new world order and tariffs and genocides andContinue reading “FULL CIRCLE”
NOTHING ARTIFICAL ABOUT COW’S INTELLIGENCE.
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.”
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.”
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”
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