March 9, 2007
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We’ll be discovering a bit o’ the heritage (and humor)
from which this country has drawn much, in the coming days…
of course, I speak o’ the Emerald Isle, Erin, or Eire.
EDIT: March 9th
We may not all be Irish folk
but there’s still aught to learn
From wisdom that’s been gained by kin,
from Tralee Bay to Erne
For ev’ry clan in all God’s land
Sees Him with their own eye
And we can grow from what they know
That may have passed us by.
We’ll listen not to ghostie tales
nor tellin’ o’ the wraith,
For God’s not in the banshee’s wails,
but in the Irish faith.
© 3/7/207 james a. smallish
Comments (36)
All but one of my four grandparents comes from Ireland. I want to go there someday. My son studied abroad two summers ago, and visited Kinsale. He found the hotel my grandparents owned (my dad was first generation American). It has been turned into a bed and breakfast place, and the owners have a picture hanging on the wall inside (we have the same picture) of my grandparents when they were young, standing in front of the hotel (their parents owned it before them). How cool is that?
Haha, your post brought back that memory. Happy St. Pat’s, a “wee” bit early!
Kathi
Amen! Are you Irish?! How cool is that!
Of course, with a name like mine, is there any question?
Hey! This is really nice…the background and the colors! Really nice.
Lovely!
I like the background, too!
Aye now, and it is the Kelleys it seems that I be comin’ from, ‘tho it seems a wee tweak of the spelling has occurred along the way.
Dukas wrote the Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Sorry. Yeah, I heard that too, and wondered if I should go back to Christian music.
I promise, Dukas. Check this out. Stravinsky definitely wrote The Rite of Spring. You’re right there! I don’t know what the PBS guy was thinking. Maybe he was talking about an upcoming selection.
Disney got into some pretty dark stuff in his private life, too!
This conversation has made me decide to go back to Christian music on my page. The controversy over the nature and intent of some classical music is an ongoing struggle for me as a classical musician.
AMEN, faith comes through the Holy Spirit and not one tribe or clan:) I love the album Revival in Belfast by Robin Mark. Celtic music was always one of my favorite genres and I about fell over when I heard that album for the first time and just HAD to have it!
As for the comment above posted on classical music, most of the composers’ private lives were a mess by Christian standards. Many of our Biblical heroes had messy lives too… I think it is possible to enjoy classical music and separate the mess from the God-given gift that made the music, and enjoy the music as (albeit indirect) a gift from God.
Top ‘O the mornin’ to ya! I am 100% Irish! We have traced both sides of my family to County Cork. I would love to visit someday. It also helps being an ND fan and growing up there. Have a great week, Peace!
it is green
Aii! I feel like dancing a jig….I go to a homeland of the irish…Boston….
did you go to ireland in person?
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I enjoy learning about people and their backround, have a great Friday Brother…Mike
I’ve missed you. Glad the computer problems are behind you. (Please, Lord.) We become quite dependent on these computers . . . vital parts of our communication system, learning & research, etc. I love the green, the background, the poems. Loved reading the poems; you are quite prolific, Jim. Blessings to you ~ Carolyn
Beautiful. Makes me smile.