When I set out this year's veggie garden, it never occurred to me that 6 eggplants, 5 peppers, 4 cucumbers, 6 string beans, 3 zucchini, and 8 tomato plants, plus a few 4-inch pots of herbs, would pose a problem. The seedlings looked so innocent sitting in the wide swaths of dirt recommended by my gardening manuals. Four months later, the puny plants had morphed to monsters and … [Read more...] about Sláinte!: A Peck of Pickled Peppers
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Last Word: The Passing of a Legend
"He was a unique individual, both a pioneer and a genius. He will be missed and can never be replaced." – John Walsh, CEO of the Irish American Cultural Institute ℘℘℘ To my mind they were the two greatest influences on Irish America in the past half-century or so. One was Paul O'Dwyer, the legendary New York human rights lawyer, and the other was Dr. Eoin McKiernan, a scholar, … [Read more...] about Last Word: The Passing of a Legend
Photo Album: Cummings Coalminers
1890: Jackson's Patch, Pennsylvania. ℘℘℘ In this picture, Patrick Cummings of Loan in Clogh parish near Castlecomer in County Kilkenny sits with his wife Margaret Crennan, also of Loan, on the front porch of their house in Jackson's Patch surrounded by their sons. Areas of settlement near the mining shafts were called 'patches' and Jackson's was near the Maple Hill Mine, not … [Read more...] about Photo Album: Cummings Coalminers
The Corrs are Back
Following the release of their latest album, Borrowed Heaven, The Corrs spoke to Louise Carroll just before they started their largest North American tour. Who could imagine that a group of siblings from Dundalk, County Louth would fuse Irish traditional music with modern pop, sell over 30 million albums and gain worldwide attention and acclaim? Young, rich, and gorgeous, The … [Read more...] about The Corrs are Back
The 7th Annual Wall Street 50: The Thief of Time
Time catches up with everybody, but not Don Keough it seems. At a stage of life, 77, when most people are catching the senior specials at McDonald's or watching the sunset from a rocking chair over the Florida coast, Don Keough is as hard-charging and successful as ever. Warren Buffett suspects that his friend from their Omaha days half a century ago has a nuclear reactor for … [Read more...] about The 7th Annual Wall Street 50: The Thief of Time