Ann Brien (AnnBrien) uses Bloggers to connect with peer Bloggers. Join the largest Bloggers Community to follow Ann Brien (AnnBrien), and build your audience now!

JOURNEYS THROUGH TIME

JOURNEYS THROUGH TIME

Ann Brien ― http://annbrien.blogspot.com

This is a journal of my life past and present. Stories from a time when children created their own entertainment long before computer games. Childhood memories of holidays spent in the beautiful Irish countryside and some present thoughts on current day to day events. I have recently been diagnosed with breast cancer.

Avg. Rating: 4.7 out of 5.0 ∙ 6 Reviews ∙ 27 Followers

Listed: Jun 28, 2011

Write a review!

Greener Pastures Beckon!

Greener Pastures Beckon!

JOURNEYS THROUGH TIME ― They say time flies when you're enjoying yourself and this has certainly been the case during our two months down here in beautiful Drishanemore, Skibbereen, West Cork. Daily, I'm drawn in by the breathtaking surroundings which could be mistaken ...

Tags: West Cork, Beara Peninsula, Drishanemore, Allihies, Skibbereen, Grandparents

Ann Brien ― 8 weeks 1 day ago

Tragumna / Lough Hyne, Skibbereen, West Cork

Tragumna / Lough Hyne, Skibbereen, West Cork

JOURNEYS THROUGH TIME ― As it was a lovely evening last Sunday plus after watching Ireland's disastrous defeat to Scotland in the Six Nations Championship at Murrayfield it was time to hit our local, The Skibbereen Eagle, in Tragumna. Our first time there and only a ...

Tags: West Cork, Lough Hyne, The Skibbereen Eagle Pub, Tragumna, Skibbereen, Ireland

Ann Brien ― 11 weeks 5 days ago

Greetings! From Skibbereen, West Cork

Greetings! From Skibbereen, West Cork

JOURNEYS THROUGH TIME ― I can't believe hubby and I have been three weeks here already! The house we're staying in is everything I've always wanted - on a hill, overlooking a cove. The fact that there's a boathouse in the huge garden really conjures up, for me, images ...

Tags: West Cork, Drishanemore, Skibbereen, Ireland, Holidays

Ann Brien ― 12 weeks ago

New Poetry Blog!

New Poetry Blog!

JOURNEYS THROUGH TIME ― Over the past couple of weeks I've had lots of time to sort out some of the things I've been putting on hold over the last few months and one of them is starting up my new poetry blog. I'm so excited! Rather than mix my rambling words in with ...

Tags: Ann Brien, Poetry Blog, Blogging, Writing, Poetry

Ann Brien ― 13 weeks ago

The Big House

JOURNEYS THROUGH TIME ― When I was a youngster sometimes I'd hear my father or someone else mention that such a person was in the "Big House" which years later I understood to mean he or she was a patient in a psychiatric hospital. Back then people found and still are...

Tags: Lunatic Asylum, Shock Treatment, Psychiatric Patient, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Hospital, Mental Health Care

Ann Brien ― 13 weeks ago

Any Old Iron?

JOURNEYS THROUGH TIME ― My greatest memory of Saturday nights in our Ringsend house was of my mother ironing in the living room. Never a woman to rush out and buy the latest gadgets she quite happily made do with what, even then (mid-1960s), resembled an item which ...

Tags: Washday, Ringsend, Electric Gadgets, Dublin, Childhood Memories

Ann Brien ― 18 weeks ago

What A Year!

JOURNEYS THROUGH TIME ― They say God never closes one door but He opens another - well, that's exactly what the year 2012 has been for me. ∙ The year didn't get off to a great start with me having being recently diagnosed with breast cancer then facing surgery and...

Tags: Breast Cancer, Wedding, Family, Ireland, Christmas, Dublin

Ann Brien ― 20 weeks ago

Julia

JOURNEYS THROUGH TIME ― The subject of the lines below is a lady who was very much part of my early and later life. At difficult times she always seemed to be there, a warm shoulder to lean on. Her presence during one very painful life event helped me more than she'll...

Tags: Brownie Camera, Ann Brien, Photography, Vintage Prams, Dublin, Childhood Memories

Ann Brien ― 25 weeks ago

Too Cold For "Piggybeds"

Too Cold For "Piggybeds"

JOURNEYS THROUGH TIME ― I'm not quite sure what it is about this time of year but I find myself yet again wanting to describe a winter memory as I experienced it during my childhood in Ringsend, Dublin. I pray all these memories I will carry with me to the end of my...

Tags: Ann Brien, Winter, Ringsend, Dublin, Childhood Memories, Poetry

Ann Brien ― 25 weeks ago

Terraced Lives

JOURNEYS THROUGH TIME ― Every so often, in fact, very often, I browse through the photographs I've taken over the years, and the ones that I linger over the most are those of my beloved hometown of Ringsend, Dublin. ∙ This particular image I took of my avenue ...

Tags: Ann Brien, UTV, Ringsend, Radio Telefis Eireann, Ireland, Dublin

Ann Brien ― 40 weeks ago

Remembering Norma Jeane

Remembering Norma Jeane

JOURNEYS THROUGH TIME ― I wasn't quite eleven years old when the body of Marilyn Monroe was found in the early hours of August 5th, 1962, in her Los Angeles home. Dead at the age of just thirty six. I vaguely remember the newspaper headlines and all the commotion at the...

Tags: Norma Jeane, Marilyn Monroe, The Sunday Times Magazine

Ann Brien ― 41 weeks ago

Maeve Binchy - Storyteller Extraordinaire

Maeve Binchy - Storyteller Extraordinaire

JOURNEYS THROUGH TIME ― I was a late comer to the writings of Maeve Binchy. In fact, it wasn't until the summer of 2006 that I read a whole bunch of her short stories during a long, hot, holiday in the South of France. Reading through each narrative I became ...

Tags: Dalkey, Maeve Binchy Books, Ireland, Maeve Binchy, Dublin, Enda Kenny

Ann Brien ― 41 weeks ago

Top Topics

Dark Thoughts

by Ann Brien ∙ 10 Sep, 11

The year: either 1973 or 1974. The time: between 1.00am/2.00am. The place: my bed-sit in ...

Give A Little Happiness - Be A Childrens' Hospital...

by Ann Brien ∙ 30 Aug, 11

Give A Little Happiness - Be A Childrens' Hospital Volunteer!

Several times a week I travel into the city centre and depending on which bus I get I will ...

Untold Story 1 - Working Title

by Ann Brien ∙ 30 Jul, 11

Untold Story 1 - Working Title

This is the first of my Untold Stories which I wrote back in the early 1990s and which I ...

Popular

How do I setup Live TV on OpenELEC?

by Vennercorp ∙ 1 day ago

How do I setup Live TV on OpenELEC?

How do I setup Live TV on OpenELEC? Below are some basic and straightforward instructions ...

A Taste of Tuscany: Cooking Class at Borgo Argenina - Gaiole...

by Taste As You Go ∙ 6 days ago

A Taste of Tuscany: Cooking Class at Borgo Argenina - Gaiole in Chianti, Italy

When Stephen and I were planning our honeymoon in Tuscany, one of the things I lobbied for ...

Review: Epic in 3D #epicthemovie

by Circusmum ∙ 3 days ago

Review: Epic in 3D #epicthemovie

I remember seeing the trailer for this film when we went to watch The Croods and already ...