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Sunday, February 1st, 2026

A castle on the waterside overlooking a pier with some docked ships. In the background, clouds are moving across the hills.

Carlingford

Friday, January 30th, 2026

Going to Carlingford. brb

Thursday, January 29th, 2026

A man playing pipes sitting next to a woman fiddler who is listening and smiling.

Wednesday session

Saturday, January 24th, 2026

Reading The Morrigan by Kim Curran.

Buy this book

Friday, January 23rd, 2026

I’m sick. I think it‘s manflu. Symptoms include aches, pains, pouts, and petulance.

Please send pics/videos of your dogs and cats to cheer me up.

Wednesday, January 21st, 2026

A man playing banjo, lost in the music. A woman playing fiddle, lost in the music.

Wednesday session

Monday, January 19th, 2026

A man playing tin whistle, a woman playing concertina, and a man playing guitar.

Monday session

Sunday, January 18th, 2026

Lots of fiddlers with the occasional banjo and tin whistle playing round a pub table.

Sunday session

The best thing about the cold weather is seeing all the good doggos out walking in their winter outfits.

Saturday, January 17th, 2026

A man playing pipes and a woman playing fiddle at a kitchen table.

Saturday afternoon kitchen session

Friday, January 16th, 2026

A very cute little doggo on someone’s lap in the pub.

Kitty, the session dog!

Two fiddlers, a man playing and a woman listening. A woman playing fiddle and a man playing banjo.

Rob’s farewell session

Thursday, January 15th, 2026

A man playing flute accompanied by a man playing Greek bouzouki in a nicely decorated pub.

Thursday session

Tuesday, January 13th, 2026

There should be a German word for the slightly smug warm feeling you get from using an obscure HTML element like dfn in your most recent blog post, like wot I did.

Elementenrichtigkeitsgefühl

The dramatic poster for Paul Thomas Anderson's film but the title now reads: Wombat Laughter An Udder.

The best film I saw in the cinema in 2025 was definitely…

Friday, January 9th, 2026

Replying to a post on snarfed.org

Happy birthday, Bridgy!

Thursday, January 8th, 2026

Replying to a post on chrisburnell.com

Check out Babes In Toyland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCjufvdq_1c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMmnO34saOQ

Babes In Toyland - Bruise Violet (Video)
Babes In Toyland - He's My Thing (Video)

Wednesday, January 7th, 2026

A selfie in a row of musicians.

Sessioning

A fiddler, an accordion player and a mandolin player round a table with a fiddle on it.

Wednesday session

Tuesday, January 6th, 2026

A man playing tin whistle and a man playing fiddle.

Tuesday session

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