Author Archives: corirhode
Patterns in Armagh
This is from the St. Patrick’s church gardens. It was really pretty, and it was fun to be able to see some of the beautiful nature in Armagh. These are arches over a pathway in one of the gardens.
Preliminary Story Ideas-Irish Cuisine
One of my favorite professors, Stephen Bloom at the University of Iowa, came up with a metaphor to explain to us the difference between a story and a good story. It’s called the Vandalism example. So, lets say you want to write a story about vandalism. This, as a topic, is way too broad to […]
Texture in Armagh
This is a picture of a design that was cemented into the ground at St. Patrick’s Church in the gardens.
You can only make one first impression…and Armagh nailed it.
Coming to Ireland, I had no idea what to expect. This was my first time traveling alone, and only my second time in the UK. In my head, I pictured Armagh as a small farm town with cows roaming the fields, and assumed that the next sign of life would be ten miles down the […]