Lizzy Shannon
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A movie is coming out sometime next year, which was filmed in Northern Ireland during my time there. Due to privacy until its release, I...
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Lizzy Shannon
- Dec 8, 2021
- 2 min
The Uninvited
Hoping to inspire myself back into regular blogging, I answered this question on Quora: Has someone ever uninvited you to their wedding? ...
Lizzy Shannon
- Jan 20, 2021
- 5 min
Paternal Plunging
Here is one of those Dad stories I promised. This happened during the summer of 2005, just after he had knee replacement surgery and I...
Lizzy Shannon
- Jan 15, 2021
- 5 min
How long is too long?
When you’ve been absent from blogging for as long as I have, it’s really difficult to know where to begin again! I had every intention of...
Lizzy Shannon
- Jun 4, 2019
- 1 min
A moment with Freddie Mercury
I'm watching the Freddie Mercury story on Netflix, and keep thinking back to 1986 when I had the honour of appearing in the music video...
Lizzy Shannon
- Jan 20, 2019
- 2 min
Have you ever had a really bad feeling about a place?
A friend owned a cabin in a little town at the foot of Mount Hood in Oregon. I was just starting out as a writer, and she very kindly let...
Lizzy Shannon
- Jul 3, 2018
- 2 min
Have you ever eavesdropped and heard a conversation that terrified you?
This question recently came up on Quora, which I answered. To my amazement it's had over 40,000 views in 20 hours, so I thought I'd add...
Lizzy Shannon
- Jun 26, 2018
- 2 min
Blame it on the Weather
The other day I got to display what a rational, composed human being I have become. (Ahem!) I was driving Dad and the dog over to...
Lizzy Shannon
- Jun 4, 2018
- 2 min
This fleeting, floating world
Dad and I got back from our walk with the dog to find a baby bird lying helpless on the ground beside the garage. The wings hadn’t formed...
Lizzy Shannon
- May 31, 2018
- 1 min
Incorrigible
The eccentric father I mentioned in my last post is as incorrigible as ever. I just got back from walking the dog with him, and he was in...
Lizzy Shannon
- May 30, 2018
- 4 min
Answer to prayer, and other things ...
Okay, I’ve faffed around enough. Been in Northern Ireland for six months now and haven’t written very much at all. I have, however,...
Lizzy Shannon
- Mar 12, 2018
- 1 min
Travelling in a Strange Land
On Friday I made my first exploratory expedition in the literary world here in Northern Ireland, by attending David Park's book launch of...
Lizzy Shannon
- Sep 18, 2017
- 2 min
There and Back Again
I recently had a good whine on Facebook about three 'endings' that have just happened in my life. The last of a group of friends in my...
Lizzy Shannon
- Jun 1, 2017
- 2 min
Alien: Covenant
About a week ago I went to see Alien Covenant. A town a few miles away from Dundrum had sprouted a multi-screen cinema at some point, but...
Lizzy Shannon
- May 23, 2017
- 3 min
A rude by any other name
I drove over to Ballynahinch today to meet my cousin for lunch. In the public car park, I parked in a space beside a stationary 4x4...
Lizzy Shannon
- Apr 6, 2017
- 6 min
The Saw That Went To Hell
Almost six months have sped by and I find myself back in Northern Ireland again. It was actually quite a pleasant journey over, this...
Lizzy Shannon
- Feb 7, 2017
- 3 min
Tickling the ...
It's been a time of reflection so far this year. I've recently had more time to practice my piano playing, and I dug out a couple of...
Lizzy Shannon
- Dec 27, 2015
- 1 min
The end is nigh! :-)
I have finally finished A Song of Bullets! It took several months longer than I'd anticipated, but is now completed after two years. The...
Lizzy Shannon
- May 16, 2015
- 7 min
Excuse me while I moon you
Hard to believe I'm back in Northern Ireland again! Time has this pesky habit of sneaking away from me. Last time I looked, it was the...
Lizzy Shannon
- Jan 3, 2015
- 3 min
Fly me to the moon ...
First blog of 2015! And Dad and his eccentricites already promise to make this a very entertaining year. This afternoon I was lost in...
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