Lizzy Shannon
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...
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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...
Lizzy Shannon
- Nov 24, 2014
- 2 min
A brush by any other name...
The other day was blustery and rainy, and Murlough Nature Reserve had become a quagmire when Dad and I walked Cooper there. But our boots...
Lizzy Shannon
- Nov 16, 2014
- 2 min
Not the salvo you were expecting
Last week I was in Belfast again, meeting up to bid a friend bon voyage before he headed home to Australia. For old time's sake we...
Lizzy Shannon
- Oct 29, 2014
- 4 min
Pub crawl...hard work, but someone's got to do it!
On Monday afternoon I headed to Belfast for a little last-draft research. This is the point in finishing off the book where I have to...
Lizzy Shannon
- Oct 26, 2014
- 5 min
A Taxi to Ireland
Back in Northern Ireland again. How does time zoom by so quickly? This time I traveled a different route with United Airlines...from...
Lizzy Shannon
- Aug 13, 2014
- 4 min
The Great Scheme of Things
I just updated my website, and when I got to the Blog page I realized I hadn’t entered anything since I got back from Northern Ireland....
Lizzy Shannon
- Jul 9, 2014
- 2 min
Once more unto the breach, dear friends...
A week back in Oregon and my suitcase still lies on my bedroom floor. Clothes spill from its gaping maw, and I have to climb over it all...
Lizzy Shannon
- Jun 27, 2014
- 2 min
The inevitability of time
It’s hard to believe I’ve been back in Northern Ireland for three months, exactly. Where did the time go? Let me see... I finished the...
Lizzy Shannon
- Jun 17, 2014
- 3 min
Heading south: 5,000 years into the past
Yesterday I woke up at 6am with the sun streaming through my bedroom window, and couldn't get back to sleep. The morning beckoned; too...
Lizzy Shannon
- Jun 14, 2014
- 1 min
Yin and Yang
I am once again scrambling to catch up with things, including this blog. And once again have a good excuse as to why I’m behind! All last...
Lizzy Shannon
- May 7, 2014
- 1 min
Abandon hope, all ye…. er, something like that!
I appear to be on a roll with exploding food. Following the other day’s impromptu stew IED, today I managed to create almost as much of a...
Lizzy Shannon
- May 5, 2014
- 1 min
Building bombs... the organic way!
Recently, as part of the latest book I’ve been researching improvised explosive devices (IED’s). A most awesome person has been extremely...
Lizzy Shannon
- Apr 22, 2014
- 1 min
To Edinburgh... and beyond!
I’m heading off on my research trip to Edinburgh in Scotland, tomorrow. I’m on schedule with the book, I’m happy to say. Have written a...
Lizzy Shannon
- Apr 17, 2014
- 1 min
Moments of mirth
I had one of those wonderful, unexpected moments of laughing until tears came, just now. I'd ordered a friend's book, which arrived...
Lizzy Shannon
- Apr 14, 2014
- 3 min
Where I am interviewed by terrorists....
I've driven over to an adjacent county a couple of times so far... there are a couple of places that play major parts in the book, and I...
Lizzy Shannon
- Apr 9, 2014
- 2 min
"Live or die on this day"
Tomorrow it will be a fortnight that I'm back in Northern Ireland. I seem to have packed a lot into those two weeks. Two visits to family...
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