{"id":9507,"date":"2017-03-17T15:43:41","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T15:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/?p=9507"},"modified":"2017-03-17T15:54:32","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T15:54:32","slug":"happy-st-patricks-day-row-row-row-your-boat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/2017\/03\/happy-st-patricks-day-row-row-row-your-boat\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy St. Patrick’s Day (row, row, row your boat)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Front<\/a>\u201cNodding the head does not row the boat.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

That\u2019s an Irish proverb tweeted by writer\/farmer Martin McConnell<\/strong><\/a> (@spottedgeckgo) that has stayed with me. I nod my head and say to myself that I better get to writing. How about you? Are you rowing or nodding these days?<\/p>\n

It’s St. Patrick\u2019s Day<\/strong>, which is a holiday around here. I know many people celebrated last Saturday when the parade marched and the river flowed green. I am not much for green beer or green tchotchkes these days (there was a time, yes). But I do love Ireland and Irish people<\/strong> (and maybe even St. Patrick). And there\u2019s so much to love!<\/p>\n

\"PIR-cover-120-web_220_330\"<\/a>Such as the writing and writers of Ireland (past and present). Two Irish publications I recommend are Poetry Ireland<\/strong><\/em> <\/a>and The Moth<\/em><\/strong>.<\/a> Poetry Ireland\u2019s<\/strong><\/em> website<\/a> also has lots of good information for writers.\"cover<\/a><\/p>\n

If you need some ideas about what to read, Martin Doyle<\/strong> in The Irish Times<\/em><\/strong> has some ideas for you in his article \u201cWant to know about Ireland? H<\/strong>ere are the books to read\u201d<\/strong>\u2014here\u2019s the link.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Another article in The Irish Times<\/strong><\/em> that you might want read is \u201cA history of Ireland in 100 quotes\u201d<\/strong> by Una Mullally<\/strong>. Here is the link<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

In Chicago we are lucky to have as a resource the Irish American Heritage Center<\/strong><\/a>; many activities are scheduled there throughout the year. One of my favorites is the IBAM! Books and Music Festival<\/a>, <\/strong>which takes place in the fall. Last year I got to meet Ken Bruen<\/strong><\/a>, who is a mystery writer from Galway.<\/p>\n

One of my relatives posted this video <\/a>on FB. I know jigs and reels are not everyone\u2019s musical taste. I found the video particularly interesting because it is about traditional musicians very near to where my family is from. The musician is Johnny O’Leary<\/strong> and he and his daughter are playing\u00a0 Sliabh Luachra Music.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Our trip to Ireland last September was so wonderful that I often think of moving there. I think of it and nod my head. I am not even in the rowboat yet. I did just look at all my pictures from the trip and share some more with you.<\/p>\n

Peace, love, and solace<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Kilkenny<\/a>
Kilkenny \u00a9 Ellen Wade Beals, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"In<\/a>
In the portrait gallery \u00a9 Ellen Wade Beals, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"In<\/a>
In Sneem \u00a9 Ellen Wade Beals, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"View<\/a>
View from Parknasilla \u00a9 Ellen Wade Beals, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Watering<\/a>
Watering the garden \u00a9 Ellen Wade Beals, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Carried<\/a>
Carried away (advert) \u00a9 Ellen Wade Beals, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"In<\/a>
In Galway \u00a9 Ellen Wade Beals, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Advert<\/a>
Advert in Galway Lav \u00a9 Ellen Wade Beals, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Out<\/a>
Out standing in the field \u00a9 Ellen Wade Beals, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Dem<\/a>
Dem bones (street art in Dublin) \u00a9 Ellen Wade Beals, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cNodding the head does not row the boat.\u201d That\u2019s an Irish proverb tweeted by writer\/farmer Martin McConnell (@spottedgeckgo) that has stayed with me. I nod my head and say to myself that I better get to writing. How about you? Are you rowing or nodding these days? It’s St. Patrick\u2019s Day, which is a holiday […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12,3207,3204,1483,1472,3210,1473,3209,3205,3206,3199,3202,13,463,3208,3198,7,16,3203,3200,2450,3201,32],"class_list":{"0":"post-9507","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"tag-ellen-wade-beals","8":"tag-happy-saint-patricks-day","9":"tag-ibam","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-irish","12":"tag-irish-arts","13":"tag-irish-literature","14":"tag-irish-writing","15":"tag-johnny-oleary","16":"tag-ken-bruen","17":"tag-martin-doyle","18":"tag-martin-mcconnell","19":"tag-poetry","20":"tag-poetry-ireland","21":"tag-saint-paddys-day","22":"tag-sliabh-luachra-music","23":"tag-solace","24":"tag-solace-in-so-many-words","25":"tag-the-irish-american-heritgae-center","26":"tag-the-irish-times","27":"tag-the-moth","28":"tag-una-mullally","29":"tag-weighed-words","30":"entry","31":"has-post-thumbnail"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9507"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9532,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9507\/revisions\/9532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}