This weekend the group journeyed to Belfast to meet with Hanna Slattne, the literary manager at Tinderbox Theater Co.  Tinderbox is dedicated to showcasing the work of new, Northern Irish writers; she told us… Continue reading →

Friday last Hanna Slattne, Tinderbox Theatre’s literary manager, workshopped with us in the beautiful MAC art centre in Belfast. As a dramaturge, Hanna likes to dig for the kernel of a play, and… Continue reading →

This post is kind of a follow-up from my post last Wednesday (https://armaghproject2012.wordpress.com/2012/07/03/gargoyles-and-angels/). I was, and still am, pretty determined to find all 22 of these little sculptures around Armagh. So, as I… Continue reading →

On my last day of work before my trip one of my colleagues stopped by the office to chat and wish me well.  “How long are you going for?” he asked. “A month,”… Continue reading →

Fourth of July…right, gonna be honest, I seriously don’t care for the holiday. The balloons, the fireworks, the red white & blue splashed on every surface, the super patriotic ‘merican hoorahs! I’m not… Continue reading →

When it comes to the 4th of July, I’ve never had a set tradition aside from cooking on the grill. We went through a period of time where we lost a lot of family members… Continue reading →

I like celebrating the Fourth of July, sure.  Not because I’m patriotic (I’m not), but because any holiday usualy promises a large meal (which I like).  I’ve never assigned much importance to being… Continue reading →

On this day of Independence, I try to savor my favorite freedoms: Americans travel between the states sans papers and we can congregate to our heart’s content (except on USAirways flights). Of late… Continue reading →

When I was a kid, my parents and I would always vacation in a New Jersey seaside town called Long Beach Island. My grandma owned a small condo right by the beach, offering… Continue reading →