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My name's Gerard. Once described as a, "Minor Cavan celebrity and shite writer!" #WordSmith Columnist in The Anglo Celt
Cavan, Ireland.
Joined August 2009
After 30 years in London, I’m moving back to Ireland. Clearing through my flat, I’m feeling reflective and feel the urge to tweet about my Dad. I need to talk about my Dad, and finding Happiness.
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In this week's #WordSmith column I write about my creepy experience of the phenomenon called phrogging – it's real and on the rise. #phrogging
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#phrogging Do you know what it means?
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This week's #WordSmith column is prophetic, somewhat. Part demolition of the '1974 building' is in Planning... #Cavan
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I found a Pharma-Ad I wrote. I was 22-years-old, asked to think of a headline and image for a drug that calmed people with psychosis. As an idealistic art-student, I never considered my creativity would influence GP prescribing habits…regrets, I have a few... #WordSmith
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"Writing a column is a practice. It takes discipline and endurance. Even a monthly column swings around sooner than you think." Great article from a seasoned columnist on the 'art' of column writing. https://t.co/H2vNVYxn8R
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‘All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.” That was Ernest Hemingway’s advice for beginning a story. It works for column writing, too. Last week, my...
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Enjoyed a lovely visit to #cavanmuseum in Ballyjamesduff. One of the highlights was 'The Museum of Broken Things' by Artist: Jane McCormick - full of mindful-memory triggers. #Cavan
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A message from a Kindergarten teacher: After forty years in the classroom, my career ended with one small sentence from a six-year-old: “My dad says people like you don’t matter anymore.” No sneer. No malice. Just quiet honesty — the kind that cuts deeper because it’s
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"Isn't it a wonder how we carry those formative years with us after so long a time. Your piece reminds me how much I miss reaching out to encourage students to believe in their own potential." #Teachers #School #WordSmith
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Totally coincidental that the 'Junior-Cert' results came out today, on the day I write about the time it was called the 'Inter-Cert'. #WordSmith
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Come back to secondary school with me; I believe my experience might resonate with yours, somewhat. #WordSmith #Cavan
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