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

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

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

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

Difficult Times

Posted on 22 March, 202022 March, 2020 by David Meredith

Right now, at this minute, I'm finding this difficult. I'm scared. Not really for myself. Well, a bit. But mostly for other people I know, and like, and love, and don't want to lose, or for them to feel scared,...Read More

Marmalade. I like marmalade*

Posted on 19 January, 20208 March, 2020 by David Meredith

However, before I tell you about marmalade, I must tell you that I bought a new bike. It's a Boardman and it was on special offer at Halfords in Carrickmines. I'd been thinking about getting a new bike for ages....Read More

Bets (Part 2)

Posted on 17 December, 201917 December, 2019 by David Meredith

I have been creating. But mostly for Christmas presents so I don't really want to post my work in progress until after Christmas. Here's a taster of something that went right ... And something not so right. The hoop is...Read More

Bets (Part 1)

Posted on 11 December, 201911 December, 2019 by David Meredith

I'm not really a gambler but I like betting occasionally. I don't have the patience to study form and I'm not that interested in sport in general so I tend to avoid sports betting. Except Cheltenham. I don't know why,...Read More

Needs Must

Posted on 24 August, 20199 October, 2019 by David Meredith

Maybe it's the time of year (not my favourite, as I've explained previously). Or maybe it's just circumstances. Maybe both. My mind has been buzzing over the last week. Not always in a productive way. Sometimes art for me is...Read More

Catching Up. Sort of

Posted on 17 August, 20199 October, 2019 by David Meredith

Over the years, we've kept a record of our summer holidays. Sometimes in scrap books, sometimes in photo albums, and there have been a few videos. Some of these items have been quite elaborate and they are lovely to look...Read More

Happy

Posted on 9 July, 201910 October, 2019 by David Meredith

Last November, I blogged a bit about my childhood and mentioned a bloke called Donall Murray. Just to remind you (!), in 1970, I was in a play in the Eblana Theatre, under Busaras in Dublin, called 'It's a Two...Read More