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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
Jun 1, 20172 min read


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
May 23, 20173 min read


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
Apr 6, 20176 min read


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
Feb 7, 20173 min read


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
Dec 27, 20151 min read


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
May 16, 20157 min read


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
Jan 3, 20153 min read


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 24, 20142 min read


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
Nov 16, 20142 min read


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 29, 20144 min read


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
Oct 26, 20145 min read


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
Aug 13, 20144 min read


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
Jul 9, 20142 min read


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 27, 20142 min read


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 17, 20143 min read


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
Jun 14, 20141 min read


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 7, 20141 min read


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
May 5, 20141 min read


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 22, 20141 min read


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 17, 20141 min read
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