Hi , last week of July.
Moved by the swift movement of time
just a little shook
Since the last entry the McGirls performance following the Demon festival reminded me that of a gift I had forgotten.
A gift more precious than entrance to University or high profiles.
Then there was Paris. Four days in the City of Lights gave me another gift
Reminded me of the beauty of friendship and grounded me in the dreamy sounds of wailing sirens
More work to return to.
More stars in the skies. Cardinal Cross T-Squares and the last 260 days before the next 9th Wave begins, we prayed and danced and danced and prayed and smoked and drank and laughed and danced and wondered why and how and yes and yes and gave all of oursleves and sweat-ed like haired horned beasts and glided through ponds and sat at the beach and pushed the Wave along.
Then the music came to town. Night after night
Morning after morning
Tunes and songs and more tunes
Tunes to eat by Tunes to piss by Tunes to walk the dog buy the paper, look for a light, see a friend, call a name , there is a tune that belongs to that action.
The Joe Mooney Summer School raged like it never raged before.
Now , the weekend draws near- the 2nd written word weekend approaches.
Get a book
A clean page
A good pen
A sharpened pencil
Go in
push the nerve
hold backyour hair
bite your lip
tell me something real
Friday night -Open Stage Open Mike – whatever you call it- its
The Salon des Refuses..…………………………
anyone can read
Saturday morning 11:30 -1pm at the library Writing Workshop for small people with me as workshop leader
Saturday afternoon 2pm- at Paddy Mac’s old Pub- Conor MacManus reads stories from Drumshanbo through a boy’s eye and Eamon Day and Noel McPartland give a history about the High Street
3:30- Pig Executive Meeting.. in the pub please god or failing that and if some one has something to contribute ( Snowball- that be you) then in to Mrs Mac’s diner we go.
Saturday Night- The Cabaret of the Enchanted Reel featuring
The Poetry Chicks with Connor Kelly on piano
Sunday August 1st 7pm Historical walk around town with Noel and Eamon
Sunday Night 9pm The Published Writers
Ananda Caffery, Belinda McKeon, Eion McNamee. Tony Curtis
Monday 2pm The Poetry and Prose Brunch at Berry’s Tavern
final wrap up for this year.
Please god nobody dies and everyone get paid.
Then what? Then I promised the local kids I organize a fun day for them-
An Ice Cream Olympics, as i like to call it. So we must set up the game course and do that.
Then the All -Ireland Fleach is on in Cavan Town and we must make an apperance
Then I take one week to lock myself in the Tyrone Guthrie Centre with a book I promised to finish writing
Then its the Electric Picnic where the Pigs are performing at the Word Tent.
Then then then then
Makes me sad to think that Tracey Wright has died
She was one of those strong silent actors . A big presence but in a surprisingly petite frame.
Kind, she was kind person. Very kind. One of a kind.
