July 19, 2007> 12:53 PM
links > thoughts
Maybe a part of this rest thing is not having a lot to say churning around. Still thinking though - always. I wanted to point to a couple of places you might want to check out...
Lots of good thoughts and ruminations going on over at this place - stay tuned there.
And in the thoughts category...
I've been thinking of getting back in touch and involved with my local chapter of Trout Unlimited. I was quite involved several years ago, did a couple of stints on the local board, etc. The Bluegrass Chapter now meets close to where I live so it's even easier.
In a little more than a month it'll be a year since I was in Ireland. That experience is still with me strongly. Having been there only once I often find myself missing it. That may sound a little odd, but nonetheless, there it is. I had a life-long emotional pre-connection with the place and it's culture, so I'm sure that factors in hugely. It is a part of me now in a way that it wasn't before. And of course my view of it now is forever changed. It's less idealistic, less romantic, a bit more real. One leftover is listening to the Gerry Ryan show, on RTE2 fm there. They put together a podcast called the Weekly Ryan which I recommend if you want to listen in on some "real Ireland" and have some good craic. ha!