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Caroline McCormick-Clarke🐆🧀🎨✍️'s avatar

Such a wonderful quotation about abundance and community in the Brazilian rainforest Ciara.

I love the photo of the meadowsweet - with the cliff and the sky looming above.

That thinly and daintily sliced cais na tire looks heavenly.

Love that powerful anthem Hallelujah - but I still prefer Leonard Cohen’s version - and k.d. Lang’s take.

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Ciara Ohartghaile's avatar

Thanks Caroline

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Susan Colleen Browne's avatar

So many treasures in this post, Ciara! The hunter-gatherer story was beyond profound. I love that you’re doing a modern version at your bakery with a free day!

Oh, the simple pleasures of summer! Being outdoors and eating lovely bread and cheese or bread and tomatoes! Good luck using all your courgettes! In August, when ours are ready to harvest, I like to grate it for a sweet bread, with blueberries added in. Really scrumptious!

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Ciara Ohartghaile's avatar

Thank you so much Susan. Courgette sweet bread with blueberries does sound delicious!

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Trish Dennis's avatar

I loved this piece 👌🏻♥️ dates in the diary 😋 I saw Jeff Buckley at the Tivoli Theatre Dublin in 1995, he was sublime! 🙌🏻

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Ciara Ohartghaile's avatar

Amazing Trish🩷 thank you so much

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clare gibbs's avatar

Does that mean I have to share the abundance of leftover party booze by having another party??

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clare gibbs's avatar

Sorry to lower the tone xx

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Ciara Ohartghaile's avatar

Clare this shouldn’t be a question, it is a necessity! Best party ever x

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Mark Diacono's avatar

Lovely words as ever. We are the lucky ones. Thank you for the words about abundance - I hope you like it when you get it!

And Hallelujah for Jeff B. I just missed out on seeing him on the Grace tour, which is v sad. You probably know his old man's stuff but if not Buzzin' Fly is a great place to start.

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Three lighthouses's avatar

I couldn’t listen to your gorgeous voice this morning (I’m lying next to Hannah in a glam travel lodge) but I love the themes of abundance, feasting & a shared economy. How lucky are we? X

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