Two years? Whaaat?

Posted on 29 January, 202329 January, 2023 by David Meredith

I think the pandemic and associated restrictions knocked the stuffing out of all of us and left a lasting effect. Me, anyway. I haven't paid any attention to this blog for over two years. I've still been doing stuff and...Read More

New Year :: New Project

Posted on 2 January, 202129 January, 2023 by David Meredith

It's 2021 and I can't think of anybody who isn't likely to be glad to see the arse-end of 2020. I was going to do a big review and recap of the stuff I've been doing but not blogging about....Read More

Simplicity

Posted on 20 July, 202020 July, 2020 by David Meredith

The guitar practice continues. I have a short list of songs I like to play which improve my fingerpicking fluency. And then there's a shorter list of songs with very specific fingerpicking patterns that I'm learning to play both because...Read More

Picking

Posted on 15 July, 202015 July, 2020 by David Meredith

It's been ages since my last post. Not a great deal to show for the gap and it might look as if I've been doing very little creatively in the meantime. But, to be honest, I've been playing a lot...Read More

Headlong

Posted on 21 June, 202022 June, 2020 by David Meredith

In the last few posts I've indicated a disquiet about the 're-opening' process that has been going on. Just to reiterate, although I'd rather not get infected by the coronavirus that is still out there, lurking, my disquiet is not...Read More

4.30am

Posted on 1 June, 20201 June, 2020 by David Meredith

The dawn chorus. It bursts into life at whatever time and, just when you're awake with little chance of dropping back to sleep (yes, about 4.30am), it takes a break till later. I'm not a heavy sleeper and so, for...Read More

Tinkering

Posted on 24 May, 202025 May, 2020 by David Meredith

As traffic and activity increase, I am beginning to appreciate how much I have enjoyed the quiet and the change of pace that the lock-down brought. It was lovely to go out on foot or on my bike early in...Read More

Ouch

Posted on 18 May, 202019 May, 2020 by David Meredith

On Wednesday, I did something to a calf muscle during my early morning walk. Whether it was the cold weather or trying to walk too fast or what, I'm not sure. But it went into some sort of spasm and...Read More

Whose truth?

Posted on 10 May, 202010 May, 2020 by David Meredith

During the week, I popped in to an eerily quiet St Vincent's Private Hospital to see the bloke who fixed my hernia. He was in sparkling form and treated me to a 20 minute lecture on the virus, mortality rates,...Read More

Not a good start

Posted on 3 May, 20203 May, 2020 by David Meredith

I drove WestIn the season between seasons.I left behind suburban gardens.Lawnmowers. Small talk.(White Hawthorn in the West of Ireland, Eavan Boland) On Monday evening I was shocked and quite upset when I heard that Eavan Boland had died. She was...Read More

A Citadel Under Siege

Posted on 27 April, 202027 April, 2020 by David Meredith

I've struggled a bit this last week. Since the restrictions began, I've done my damnedest to stay positive. I've told myself I'll stay healthy, that the Irish Board will survive, that the pandemic will be over sometime, that working from...Read More

Keeping the Show on the Road

Posted on 19 April, 202020 April, 2020 by David Meredith

Not that much to show you today. I have kept to my resolution but the things I've been working on are more about long term developments than quick wins. The big news of the week was work-related: the launch of...Read More

Light::Life

Posted on 13 April, 202028 January, 2023 by David Meredith

https://vimeo.com/406496952 By and large the weather has been fantastic. Until I had a small domestic accident on Saturday, I had been taking advantage of my tendency to wake early by going for lovely morning walks. Setting off at about 6.15,...Read More

Locked Down

Posted on 6 April, 20206 April, 2020 by David Meredith

As the coronavirus pandemic rages throughout the world, we've been told to stay at home, and only go out for necessities, to support vulnerable people or to exercise within a 2k radius from home. The point is to break the...Read More