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 Learning lessons in Asturias...
by Brendan Harding
The scenery changed as the route took me North from Castile and Léon and back into Asturias where the jagged summits of the Picos de Europa climbed skyward in the distance.
I followed the River Nalon through its steep, walled gorges, the sound of its rushing waters drowning the monotony of the car’s engine. At a bend on the road a sign made from simple, natural wood announced I had arrived in the Parque Natural de Redes. Almost instantly the previously bare karst hills turned to tree-covered, razor-backed ridges; under the startling blueness of the Spanish sky it arrived like a landscape worth running away to.
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 Susan and Susana....or Louise and Louisa!
by Susan Stollard
First and foremost.....I really do like to cook. Not just throw something in a pan and heat it up, but COOK and CREATE and PLAY with FOOD! Now, this wasn't always so but I have EVOLVED and BLOSSOMED and....and.....I really can cook!
I can be such a nerd sometimes. Just ask the people I work with. They are my occasional test subjects. They know that I know how to sneak TOFU into things. And I can actually make them eat ZUCCHINI without knowing it. Late at night I read cookbooks when I can't sleep. I have been known to buy The Colonel's Chicken, not to eat it, but to tear it apart searching for the "secret herbs and spices".
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20 Sept
Erin Feis
Food, drink, live music by Leahy's Luck and Stephen's Green. Performances by the Mullane-Healy-O'Brien Irish Dance Academy, Quad Cities Ceili Club. Culture display, kids games and a raffle to win a trip to Ireland.
Admission only $6.00 for adults, children 12 and under free. Group rates available.
22 Sept
National Ploughing Championships
An interesting piece of history tells us that the National Ploughing Association was founded in Athy in 1931 and the first ever National Championships was held in Coursetown, Athy. The land is now owned by Jim and Iris Fox, Coursetown Country House and the same field will be part of the overall area used for the 2009 National Ploughing Championships nearly 80 years on.
An interesting piece of history tells us that the National Ploughing Association was founded in Athy in 1931 and the first ever National Championships was held in Coursetown, Athy. The land is now owned by Jim and Iris Fox, Coursetown Country House and the same field will be part of the overall area used for the 2009 National Ploughing Championships nearly 80 years on.
22 Sept
Co-Operation Ireland's Bike Ride New England
Co-Operation Ireland, the oldest peace-building charity in
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miles of beautiful New England coastal scenery in the height of
the fall foliage season. Funds raised will support the
continuing work, started in 1979, of fostering peace and
reconciliation in Northern Ireland/the Republic of Ireland.
19 Sep
St Baldricks Fundraiser
Dozens of men, women and children are expected to shave their
heads bald to show solidarity to children with cancer and to
raise money for childhood cancer research September 19, 2009 at
5:00 at The Friendly Sons of the Shillelagh Club in West Orange,
NJ.
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Granuaile: Grace O’Malley 
