February 15, 2005

Irish dreams

National Geographic Traveler featured Ireland in an issue years ago, and I've been wishing to visit ever since. Last night, I made the tough decision not to apply for this little fellowship that would allow me to spend a month in Moveen, Ireland. It's actually a competition among the MFA students that I'm not sure I could even win. I decided against it since I need to either go home to Singapore to get my new house ready or stay in Michigan and do research. It feels foolish, but I didn't have time to complete the statement and I thought I'd wait till LK gets enough time off and then we can explore Ireland together.

For now, I'll just dream of those operatic seacliffs.

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Hawk Cliff

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Emerald Isle

~Pictures taken from http://www.walkingadventures.com

Posted by Monoceros at February 15, 2005 7:29 PM
Comments

i should visit Ireland... my cousin lives there! hmmm. pics remind me of Wales...

Posted by: tiggie at February 16, 2005 5:34 AM

Oh you should! Surprised you haven't made the visit yet. =) Wales is another place I'd love to visit =)

Posted by: monoceros at February 16, 2005 9:00 AM

er, this is rather odd, but i've always wanted to visit ireland as well. =) i love celtic fairytales, and went through an "irish" phase in my teenage youth...*cough*

Posted by: a l at February 17, 2005 9:08 PM

good grief, you too?! I er...had an irish phase myself. and a celtic one too. didn't read the fairytales, but i had a penchant for irish designs and artwork.

Posted by: monoceros at February 17, 2005 9:23 PM

ah, i had a penchant for irish stories, and goodlookingirishboys. =)

Posted by: a l at February 19, 2005 12:34 AM