by charley | May 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
Chicago’s Irish American News, June 2019. “What were you doing when you were posted to Korea?” I ask Tony. “I was working on helicopters as an aerial observer.” Right here is one of the frustrating things about interviewing Tony Slevin, originally from...
by charley | Mar 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
Tea, Sympathy and Donkeys I can…. I c-c-c-can… *woah*… Deep breath there Brady, you can do it. I can see, well kinda see… ah, what the hell: I can kinda see Leo Varadkar’s point. There. I said it. I can see Leo Varadkar’s point. Was that...
by charley | Feb 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
“Let’s be Careful out There…” Obviously written just after Liam Neeson upset the Usual Suspects — and before the most boring, right-on Oscars in history — this appears in Chicago’s Irish American News for March, 2019. It was the regular watch-your-backs...
by charley | Jan 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
Who’s that Knocking at the Door? Chicago’s Irish American News, February 2019 “Well, how do you do? I see you’ve met my faithful handyman. He’s just a little brought down because when you knocked He thought it was the Candyman.” The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Most of...
by charley | Jan 24, 2018 | Current Affairs, Uncategorized
“The Ones We Dream On…” “The hardest to think on are the ones who let it go, from sadness or worry or just not wanting to carry the weight of this life no more. They are the ones I dream on.”...
by charley | Jun 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
This article appears in the July issue of Irish American News. It was written just before Leo Varadkar surprised no one at all by indicating that he was to be a case of “Out with the old, in with exactly the same…” It’s a bit messy-looking, to be honest. In fact,...
