@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] To borrow from John Lennon — and many others besides — another year is almost over and a new one is about to begin. Hitchens hit This is always an apt time for reflection, for taking stock of one’s(...)
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@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] Much has been written about various “new normals” in our lives in the wake of the covid-19 pandemic. The enforced pause on people’s modus operandi has led many to re-evaluate their situation.(...)
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@wwaycorrigan Shannonside Northern Sound’s Joe Finnegan Show spoke to me as part of their series on Irish people living abroad during the coronavirus pandemic. The evergreen Anne Norris — my news editor for the majority of the time I was working at the station — was(...)
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@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] Whether one agrees or not with the coronavirus pandemic response taken by most of the world, the fact is we’ve all had to live with the constraints for well over a year now. Fear mentality As is well known,(...)
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@wwaycorrigan The following is perhaps a sign that coronavirus has finally got the better of me, mentally that is (although some will say I’ve been having issues in my head that predate this pandemic). Covid-19 gets you one way or another, I guess. Whatever the case,(...)
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@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] I recently wrote about how Big Nanny State has facilitated a tendency amongst some in society to forego growing up and taking responsibility. ‘Leave everything up to me, little ones. Simply submit, follow(...)
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@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] Before my adult days, I remember being rather puzzled about my father’s strong desire to get back to his local haunt(s) whenever we’d be out and about. In fact, even when I started my own(...)
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@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] There’s been much talk of the pandemic ushering in a ‘Great Reset’. Depending on your viewpoint, it’s either a positive opportunity to change how we live or it’s an attempt by the(...)
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@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] Each year throws up its surprises that catch us off guard, leave us badly exposed. From a global perspective, this year has, um, trumped them all since, arguably, the end of World War II. Covid contradictions(...)
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@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] ‘Choose where you want to live and then find ways to make your life sustainable there.’ In those pre-coronavirus days that now seem like a lifetime ago, for many open-minded people with(...)
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