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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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.”
ALL THE WORLD’S A CIRCUS
It’s November. It’s after the US elections. It’s a Monday night. ‘Donleavy’s’ crowd is very light. Actually, crowd would be a very inappropriate word. It’s a minuscule gathering. November is that month where people save up their money and their time so that they can do the complete dog on it during December. It’s likeContinue reading “ALL THE WORLD’S A CIRCUS”
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