As I wandered through the Blarney Woolen Mills built-in 1823, I touched products made in every county in Ireland. The sweet musty smell of wool perched next to the milky white bone china captivated …
Wishes Fulfilled: Irish Spring in Blarney
Ireland is a county that reprocesses itself through the mills of its imagination. But we all do. To understand the Irish, mere facts can never be enough … That’s why I spent my life as I did - because …
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Closing The Gap on Immigration
There’s an old Irish saying: If you don’t use your power, it will leave you for someone who will. Ireland. ~ A Novel by Frank Delaney It has been almost two years since we visited Ellis Island and …
Are You Looking for Solutions or Reminders?
When we first brainstormed the idea of the Daily Livits, we were on a wild beach in the Basque Country of Spain. Blog readers were asking for advice about applying concepts that were important to …
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Secrets of Italian Beaches
The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. To dig for treasures shows not only impatience and greed, but lack of faith. Patience, patience, patience, is what the …
Raising The Roof: How to Expand Your Definition of Home
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emerson's Essays The kids ripped open Easter cards from their aunt and $20 …
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