Update

I used to post on this blog almost daily, but in the last few years it's been reduced to weekly and then -- since I returned to America to care for my parents -- monthly. My time has been filled with family and personal things that have kept me from writing as much, and most importantly, I've turned this blog into a book, now for sale here. 

Now that the book is published, though, I plan to start publishing again, here and elsewhere. More later this month. 

Photo: The Atlantic coast of Ireland.