What led to more than a week without a blog post? My old laptop finally biting the dust... the new laptop's graphics being so grainy a...

-- 1 --  I've been pretty much confined to my bed over the last couple of days for a number of reasons (one after another) so I...

Happy St. Brigid (of Ireland or of Kildare; however you may call her)'s Feast Day!!! As a Hibernophile (side note: this means I'm s...