writing – JP@Donleavy’s

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.”

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”

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”

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”