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Why I can’t stop reading poetry – By Helen McClements

July 24, 2017 by sourweebastard
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💞 I have a new radio obsession! Recently, for 2 💞 I have a new radio obsession! Recently, for 2 days a week I have had a longer commute home so I’ve been tuning into @lynettefay15 show on @bbcradioulster.
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📻 If you aren’t already, get listening! Today it was #Mondaymotivation at its best, with Lynette chatting to @gallagherfilmsni about her new show Blue Lights, on tonight at 9pm on BBC 1. 🎬💙
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🎭 Last week I caught her in conversation with @jujuburnsdutkiewiczmccaw from @kaboshtheatre & I took myself down to see her play ‘Reunion’ on Thursday night. What a beautifully written, brave, & sadly necessary piece of theatre. ⁣
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📚Later in the week she had author @sheenawilkinson talking romance & her new novel which is now on my ‘to read list’ beside my bed. ⁣
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😊Thank you @lynettefay15 for keeping me company these past few afternoons & ensuring I’m firmly in the loop with what’s going on in brilliant, buzzing #northernireland. 👏👏
Loving all things #pinkpinkpink at the moment! Wha Loving all things #pinkpinkpink at the moment! What colour is doing it for you?? #colourmehappy #pink #rosa #pinkaesthetic
🎙️I had a great chat on @u105radio with Frank 🎙️I had a great chat on @u105radio with Frank yesterday morning about oversharing on the ‘t’internet. How much is too much? And should you post about your child, when they have no agency to veto what you’re making public?
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🤔It’s a tough one for me, considering I only began writing once I had children & decided to chronicle my experiences. Hopefully I’ve been fair to them over the years, only writing up the generic annoyances which come with parenting- reflecting much more on my own inadequacies, & less about them. ⁣
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🏃‍♀️Funny then, that I was having this conversation from Mallusk playing fields, where both my daughters were competing in the Belfast Cross Country Championships. Throughout these events they’ve shown tenacity, grit & determination. The support from their teammates, all the parents & teachers has been awesome & the atmosphere at the races- always electric. 
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🏆And then, the icing on the cake 🍰, doesn’t Georgina win the girls’ race. Top junior female in Belfast- the tears were tripping me. I don’t like to brag, but indulge me today. She’s some girl. And we are so proud of her & wee sister Tasha who ran a belter of a race too. @steveygarland has brought on their running so much through leading #juniorparkrun in #ormeaupark every week. He’s a ⭐️& we love our running community here in #belfast.
Made a lil’ #grwm video to show off my colour-co Made a lil’ #grwm video to show off my colour-coded #stpatricksday ensemble. First time so please #bekind!  Dress & belt - from trip to Valencia in 2019.  Jacket - from Rebecca Jane in Crossgar about 8 yrs ago. Sadly it’s no longer there. 😭  Adidas runners - preloved from @ohmygiajewels  Bag from @stberts #prelovedfashion #shopmywardrobe #secondhand #30wears #rewearyourwardrobe #reweardontcare #northernireland #belfast #belfastblogger
Despite an inauspicious start (going to the shop t Despite an inauspicious start (going to the shop to pick up ingredients, forgetting my wallet & a kindly acquaintance rescuing me at the self-checkout) I made my first cake of the year! I tweaked the recipe slightly, using 1/2 flour, 1/2 ground almonds, plus a squeeze of lemon juice as well as the rind. It was DELICIOUS & even The Mothership, who is notoriously hard to please when it comes to baked goods, was mightily impressed. Light enough to eat for breakfast so perfect for a long weekend. 🍰
Ballycastle has it all- beautiful food, seal spott Ballycastle has it all- beautiful food, seal spotting & moody skies. Perfect weekend away with friends @thesalthousehotel. #dreamy #girlsweekendaway #getaway #northernireland #northcoastni
Little jaunt to #ballyhackamore, stopping for a co Little jaunt to #ballyhackamore, stopping for a coffee then a browse in @ohmygiajewels where I picked up preloved trainers in GOLD & a warm RAB coat. The dream! 🌈💖☘️
Some #snowy, #foody, #family snaps from the weeken Some #snowy, #foody, #family snaps from the weekend. Some alternative sandwiches on the go- which one would you prefer- Tayto cheese & onion or Tonychocolonely & Lurpak?? 🍫🥪
📻I just had a chat with Frank on @U105 on a gre 📻I just had a chat with Frank on @U105 on a great topic there. ⁣
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🙋‍♀️Ladies did any of you speak at your wedding? It didn’t even occurred to me (odd, given as I’m such a talker) but I don’t think it was done as much back in 2010. Plus, I had enough to worry about with all the snow!⁣
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❤️This picture, though is of my mum’s best friend, my lovely Aunt Bobbie who is sadly no longer with us. She did the best speech I think I have ever heard at her son Frank’s wedding, 13 years ago. It hit all the right notes- touching & funny. She should have given lessons! 👏👏
Instabuds… what’s the verdict on my tulips, do Instabuds… what’s the verdict on my tulips, do I bring them in? I loved their wee yellow blooms.#snow #flowerslayer #iwassoproudigrewthem
🌺 At the hairdresser, where the wallpaper match 🌺 At the hairdresser, where the wallpaper matches my book 📕 (excellent reading, btw. Can’t wait for the sleet to subside & I can dig my fingers into the soil.)🪴
❄️ On a day of sleet-slash-snow & its accompan ❄️ On a day of sleet-slash-snow & its accompanying chill, here’s a #throwbackthursday pic of me & a glass of fizz in early evening, early summer sun in May 21☀️ ⁣
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#throwbackthursdays #throwbackpic #summersun #yearningforsun #winter
The Small Child, flexible, robust & sprightly, unl The Small Child, flexible, robust & sprightly, unlike her mother following last night’s sickness 🤢. ✍🏼link in bio should you wish to read on… #niblogger #mummybloggeruk #mummyblog #mumblogger #mumbloggersuk #mammyblogger #mammybloggerireland #motherofdaughters #workingmom #sourweeblog
🌸 Would you look at what plopped through our le 🌸 Would you look at what plopped through our letterbox yesterday?⁣ 📕
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📻 Himself heard @noughticulture being interviewed on @bbc6music the other day and thought this would be a fitting gift for me on #worldbookday.
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☘️ last weekend, I spent time out in the garden fiddling with my compost, planting asparagus for the first time & tending to plants with my banana enriched feed I’ve been making. (in a former life. I definitely would’ve been a witch and dealt with accordingly) ☠️💜I also popped some lavender into beds that my friend @plantpoetrybyaisling had grown from seed. The bees here love it. 🐝 It was time well spent on a reprieve after a busy week. Now with whispers of spring growing louder, I want to spend more time outside and see what I can grow. I think this book might help. ☘️
🍺When the child takes her #artinspo from a beer 🍺When the child takes her #artinspo from a beer can!! The @verdantbrew was delicious too, according to @steveygarland. #inspirationeverywhere #craftbeer #craftbrewery #drinkbetterbeer #verdantbrewingco
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💕 A long, long time ago LSB used to enjoy a snu 💕 A long, long time ago LSB used to enjoy a snuggle on the sofa, watching a film of a Friday evening. ⁣
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🐶 Now we have Tilly, the social-distancing greyhound. ‘Down with that sort of thing’ she says. ⁣
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❤️ It’s like Kevin & Sadie again, Across the Barricades. ⁣
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#fridaynight #weekend #movienight #themenu #goldenglobes #greyhoundsofinsta #greyhoundsofinstagram
❤️ This one. ⁣ ⁣ 15 years. ⁣ ⁣ 2 kids. ❤️ This one. ⁣
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15 years. ⁣
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2 kids. ⁣
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1 dog. ⁣
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2 1/2 cats (1 lives in Bangor, thank God. She’s a melter). ⁣
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All the love in the world. When I think of life without him I want to throw up. It’s best I don’t entertain such notions. ⁣
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Thankful every day that a friend persuaded me to go to The Duke of York one night when I felt rubbish & wanted to hunker down under a duvet. Sometimes life surprises you in the most wonderful ways. Thanks for everything, @steveygarland.
❓So who rocks a pashmina better: ⁣ ⁣ Julia R ❓So who rocks a pashmina better: ⁣
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Julia Roberts OR…⁣
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Tilly the Greyhound!!! ⁣
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And the winner is…. ⁣
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🏆Tilly, of course. (And look at the wee tongue in the last pic). Cuteness overload. 👅 ⁣
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#greyhoundsofinstagram #lovegreyhounds #petsnotbets #sighthounds⁣ #greyhoundsmakegreatpets #greyhoundrescue 
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Holiday reading for this excitable fellow in @fitz Holiday reading for this excitable fellow in @fitzpatrickcastle in #dalkey. A great read, @louise.kennedyy #irishwriting #irishwritersofinstagram #bookstagram #whatareyoureading #ireland
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