20 Years
When I was a senior in high school I was, like many others, approached by an army recruiter. I had no intention of enlisting, I… Read More »20 Years
Rob Vaughan
Happy Thanksgiving
My America By Andrew Sullivan Piece by a British ex-pat living in the U.S. about his thoughts on Thanksgiving. I don’t have anything original to… Read More »Happy Thanksgiving
Remembrance Day
Following my post on Halloween as an interesting holiday, I thought I’d postpone writing on the retreat last week and instead take this time to… Read More »Remembrance Day
Halloween
Halloween is an interesting holiday here. There are a fair number of Christians who consider the holiday pagan and demonic, and thus want nothing to… Read More »Halloween
Chaos
I’ve been something of a sham about posting, I’ve been working on a couple posts that will come up later, including more historical background of… Read More »Chaos
Some Background-Part Two: Irish Independence
While Pro-British media at the time portrayed the leaders of the Easter Uprising as villains, not particularly loved by the Irish, this appears to have… Read More »Some Background-Part Two: Irish Independence
Some Background-Part One
Now that I’ve gotten slightly more settled in, and am beginning to adapt to my daily routine I’ve decided to give you a bit of… Read More »Some Background-Part One
Second Week
It’s now been two full weeks since we landed in Belfast, and a lot has happened. We spent the first week together as a group… Read More »Second Week
First Few Days
So I’ve been in country for a few days now, and have settled in enough that I can take some time to write a bit.… Read More »First Few Days
Arrival
We made it, we’re all safe and well. I’m too tired to do anymore today, but I’ll have more when I can.