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Sweet Rosemary

Posted on November 13, 2012 by jasonoruairc

Me and my mate Alan go busking every Saturday. He usually calls for me and we get the bus at Agincourt Avenue, where he dings me on with his travel card. We do alright from the busking; on a good … Continue reading →

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Wifeless

Posted on November 6, 2012 by jasonoruairc

I am waiting outside Botanic Station. I had been in Bangor earlier, playing some music for a charity event in a bar near the seafront. It was hosted by a TV sports journalist with a face made for Widescreen; it was, … Continue reading →

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All changed

Posted on November 1, 2012 by jasonoruairc

I was working in the Royal Victoria Hospital. I’d been given a room on the second floor of Bostock House – or ‘Bostick House’ as it’s known to the regulars. It used to be the nurses’ accommodation until someone burned … Continue reading →

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Snapshot

Posted on October 28, 2012 by jasonoruairc

I got a few strange looks. This didn’t surprise me, because my activity was a wee bit unusual. Photographers tend to be forgiven their abnormal behaviour, but in my case, today’s photographic expedition had been to get pictures of some … Continue reading →

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Stunning Stunts

Posted on October 26, 2012 by jasonoruairc

It feels exotic to be here relaxing on a bench in the Ormeau Park in the middle of the week, and I am savouring it. It is late July, and unseasonably warm and sunny in Belfast. The customary overcast skies … Continue reading →

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Close Shave

Posted on October 22, 2012 by jasonoruairc

I was in the barber’s shop when I heard the news report on the radio. Some guy in a white van had gone crazy in Cardiff, using his vehicle as a weapon. He’d done four seemingly random hit and run … Continue reading →

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Reservation Blues

Posted on October 18, 2012 by jasonoruairc

There is a stretch of the M1 motorway outside Belfast which comes dramatically to life in Spring. Every year in May I look forward to seeing the flowers. They announce the arrival of warm weather, and lift my spirits with … Continue reading →

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Shop till you Drop

Posted on October 15, 2012 by jasonoruairc

It wouldn’t do to be in a hurry: there is a queue of cars just to get into the car park. I drive round for ages before I spot some people that look as if they are getting ready to … Continue reading →

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Magic Tree

Posted on October 12, 2012 by jasonoruairc

October was starting to get cold, so on my way to the child-minder’s house I had dropped in to the petrol station on the Ravenhill Road to get turf for the fire and some groceries. I was numbingly tired, so … Continue reading →

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Teenage Kicks

Posted on October 10, 2012 by jasonoruairc

We are heading for the Botanic Gardens on a Sunday walk, leisurely, hand in hand. There are dry autumn leaves to be kicked; they have collected in eddying drifts on the pavement of Ava Avenue. At the Annadale Flats we … Continue reading →

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