Archive for September, 2009

I’m blaming Mercury…. Me

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

Well I have to blame some thing…. it might as well be Mercury going retrograde until the end of the month. Mercury- the planet if you please, has everything to do with communications, moving parts… a bit of money.. And well, my computers has gone… up.. Again… so I’m blaming Mercury.
Thankfully, the local library have long acknowledge me as a regular user and if I come in loaded down with my brief case and binders, they know that I’m back at the office. Which is where I’m writing from this very moment. Nevertheless I’ve decided, no, resolved to make the big purchase and get me self an Apple Mac! Why not! I deserve one. (So a friend once eagerly told me and darn it all I believe almost everything Pearl says) So look out Loan Company I’m writing up a proposal .

Meanwhile- back in Eileen-land ……Here’s a few things on the cards…………………..

All Ireland Poetry Day Thur 1st October
Written Word Weekend presents ‘All Ireland Poetry Day’ at The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim on Thursday 1st October at 6pm. There will be readings and music in the theatre with cafe style seating from 6 - 8pm. The line-up features this years iYeats winner Michael Herron, David Cameron plus other members of The Pig Executives, Kitia Benedetti and local young poets. Music provided by Italian guitarist and dulcimer player Gian Castello. There will also be an open mike for poetry lovers and readers of all ages to participate. Hosted by Eileen O’Toole. This will be a free event. There will also be a workshop/conversation with the writer and poet Dermot Healy at 3 - 5pm in The Dock. Tickets for this are limited to 15 places, cost €20 and must be booked in advance.
http://www.thedock.ie/
http://www.poetryireland.ie/
ALL SO……………………………

Creative Writing for s: Develop your artistic skills by participating in an enjoyable and inspirational creative writing course. No previous creative writing experience required. This course will include a look at poetry and prose with an option to publish a book of short stories/poems by participants. Starting 30th September from 7-9pm, this course will run for 6 weeks at a cost of €30 in the Breffni Family Resource Centre in Carrick-on-Shannon. Booking at 071-9622566 or brefcom@eircom.net
http://www.breffnifrc.com

And then there this……………..

Creative Writing Workshops for Kids: Venue is Drumshanbo library and these workshops are free. The 3 - 5 year old group need to bring their colouring crayons and must be accompanied by an . All other groups bring a pen. All interested in attending please phone the library to put your name down. 071-9641258

Sat 3rd Oct……12.30 - 1.30pm…..3 - 5 years.
Sat 10th Oct….12.30 - 1.30pm…..6 - 8 years.
Sat 17th Oct…..12.30 - 1.30pm…..8 - 10 years.
Sat 24th Oct…..12.30 - 1.30pm…11 - 12 years.
Sat 31st Oct……12.30 - 1.30pm…1st years/secondary level
Sat 31st Oct……. 3 - 4pm………..All participants Grand Finale

And for more fun that only very important people can attend …….
I’m back working with the Special Needs s in Glenamaddy County Galway on Sept 30th. Yippee.
And do you know what that means????
Yup Christmas Navitity Play time… Ho,ho,ho, look who’s the turkey now
Gad… I love it…..

What else????
Hey… who wants to do some drama classes with me this winter? Any takers? If you’re in the Leitrim area put your name down at the Drumshanbo Library and we’ll see what we can stir up before the end of October.. There will be a play in it for ye!
Cool… Okay…

Don’t know if I can attach a pretty picture but sure… grand if we can and oh well if we can’t.

All the best now
Thanks for clicking on
xx
always
ei

hello out there

Monday, September 7th, 2009

Hello,

If Sean M. should read this, please contact me at eiotoole@hotmail.com

Ukulele Rules

cheers

ei

J.D. Salinger’s Writing… uncollected writings and plenty of favorites

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

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The link is courtesy of Sean Morley Dixon

This is perfect for any afternoon, any day… alone in your room. Click and fly awaybig-clouds

One festival after another….. pigs alive, the ukuleles are wailing

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

Now we’re getting ready to go the Electric Picnic in Laois. I can hardly stand it or wait.

Only four Pigs from the Pig Executives are on the bill over the weekend. We’ll be reading for an hour each day, Saturday and Sunday at 12noon in the Theatre/Spoken Word Tent.

The other pigs are having their monthly meeting in the Glen’s Centre in Manor Hamilton. HAH HAH HAH-suckers……

I really shouldn’t be like that… the monthly meeting are terrific. Plus I hate camping. Its just that……… .. its a free ticket in and we get to read out stuff!!! ..hehehe  HAHAHA-suckers………………….

So Flat lake was a screaming success as already printed and just to back up those glittering reviews ( okay, THAT glittering review,, there could be more , I just haven’t found them yet)…. Here’s a few pictures taken by one of the members’ of Dermot Healy’s Sligo writers, Dessie McFadden.

Flatlake pigsSome Flatlake Pigs.

Standing - none other than The Anti-Pig

Sitting with a can of Guinness, our own Prima Bamh

Crouching with shades on, and Heineken in hand- Whee, Whee, Whee, All the Way Home

Squinting into the sun- The Anti Pig’s Hog- Stand-in Pig. And didn’t he do a great job of standing in when we needed him. Oink oink well done. Stand-in Pig wasn’t his name of choice, but I have memory lapses… ask anybody..

img_7232 Pigs on Stage.

We decided to have a read-through of a play that Conor Mac and I wrote for the Kiltubrid parish earlier in the winter. So here we are on stage just before the reading began. The one person that wasn’t in the shot was Dermot Healy who was standing just out of frame beside that little pig in the black cowboy hat.

To the left, grinning, is Kamikaze Pig on the other side of me, is Mucky Pig.

The Anti Pig, her hog and  Prima have already been introduced.

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Now on a  Written Word Weekend and Ukulele note… there was a mix up in the stars for sure last Friday night, when the Written Word Weekend held the first Last Friday of each Month, Gathering of Writers to Read their Stuff.

Honestly, we didn’t think anyone would come…Truthfully we hoped no one would come… and Shamefully, we forgot to tell the pub we were going to read in  their pub. All of this because,  I double booked to play at a Ukulele Hooley in Club F as well.

Wouldn’t you know it, hoards of people attended the Written Word Weekend First Friday of each Month, Gathering of Writers to Read their Stuff. And virtually nobody came to the Ukulele Hooley- even though it had some of the best players/songwriters the country has to offer.

I got to stop being surprized.

Still, we had fun and made the most of the evening.

Thanks to the couple  from Longford that made the journey and Sinead from up the mountain and  German George  and Sally and Dee who spent most the night in their car , putting back beverages and were in fine from when the concert actually started. And to the Medevil couple and their friend. I think thats all who turned up….

Tough crowd.

Good voices on them though.

Summers nearly over. We just do this Electric Picnic thing and boom. Whole new change happens. We’re into the Fall. And that means..rain….never mind.

Cheers my dears

thank you for clicking on

always eileen

me and my loves