Thanks for joining me!

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton

Introduction.

Hi there. Welcome to my new blog. My name is Marie and I live in Louisburgh, a small town on the Atlantic sea-board in the west of Ireland.

I am 56 years old, not too old and not too young. Just old…enough. For what, I couldn’t say.

I straddle a few career paths which has turned my journey through life into an interesting, vaguely haphazard adventure.

I’m a wilderness first aid trainer, a part time nurse in an overwhelmed Emergency Department in Co Mayo, a sometimes adventure guide and an often times mountain rescue medic.

I have a current ex husband with whom I remain close, and two kindly, easy going red headed daughters who everybody told me would be trouble but so far not a whiff.

I read alot and jog in the rain. It rains a lot in the west of Ireland. I listen to music and make Mammy dinners for my humans when I alight at home. Despite being in many geographical areas in one month I am unrealistically house proud and could win an All-Ireland championship in hoovering.

I wrote a novel which I am hoping to peddle soon, a murder mystery set in the west of Ireland. I grew tired of novels set in cities, always in the ‘under belly’ of a gritty urban jungle. (Louisburgh doesn’t really have an underbelly as far as I’m aware although a lot of people seem to be making progress with the over belly.)

I’ve been writing a blog to myself since I was young enough to think I would be a virgin until the day I got married. In those days incoherent scribblings were called a diary. Now I notice that people who are even more incoherent than myself are calling whatever they put onto a page a blog……

So!. I ve decided to stop talking to myself and now invite others in to share my nonsense instead.

So.

What you will not find in this blog is the following:

• Particularly useful information
• Selfies of me pouting
• Selfies of my backside hanging out of a bikini (or front-side hanging out of a bikini you ll be pleased to hear)
• Fashion advice
• Delicious recipes
• Make up or make-over tips
• Hang-over remedies

What you will find in this blog is the following:

• The random insights of a woman in her prime. (Yes I did say prime)
• Stories of adventure and travel
• Commentary on life experiences that affect us all, raising kids, getting older, the death of parents, friendship, looking for love….
• Lots of humour
• Shots of beautiful scenery that I didn’t get from Google images
• Experiences of an adventurous mountain rescue nurse
• Occasional rants about random things

So here goes people……..