About me
I've been traveling for a long time, On the way I've had a baby in a strange country with no family around. I swore allegiance to another flag and got another passport, I signed up for the US navy, I joined the police, volunteered in the US, Ireland & Poland. I've buried a best friend and a boyfriend. I've had more disastrous relationships than Liz Taylor; I've survived car wrecks, 3 crash landings on planes, a war in the Middle East, riots in India, and was lost on a boat in Iranian waters and rescued by the coast guard after being found by the US military on their radar. I bought my own boat and I bought and sold my own pub, won a best actress award, wrote and toured with a play, appeared on stage in Ireland and the USA, but most important I've raised an amazing son. Along the way I've been to 140 countries,currently battling cancer but the goal is to see everywhere.
The Versatile Blogger
Be spontaneous, we might be dead tomorrow.
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My motto is “life is what happens when other people are making plans”. Be spontaneous, we might be dead tomorrow.
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CHANGE If you don’t like your life change
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“Not all those who wander are lost” Tolken
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This place is wrecking my head
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The decision has been made to emigrate. I will never call Ireland home again.
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3 days in fabulous Belfast
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Belfast is a truly fabulous city. I had not been there since 1987 when I went to visit friends attending university there. I lay awake that weekend listening to gun shots and a bomb. The city I took my …
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ARRANMORE – the Aran island tourists haven’t heard of
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Did she marry the Island boy? aye she did surely, sure Colum Boyle was the only boy for her and didn’t he only have eyes for her. When you’re a raven haired beauty daughter of a Killybegs fisherman, its …
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Donegal Reasons we love Killybegs – Ireland’s Gem
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Born and raised in Ireland. I like many of my 18 year old counterparts left in the late 80’s because of the recession and lack of choices. For me it was a countdown until the last day of …
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