We had a fabulous few days out on Inishbofin.  We read, we wrote, we walked, we hiked, we hung out (with each other and with some sheep).  Here are a few frames of our sojourn on the island.  

Kelsey captured these photos from our ferry crossing to the island. Something about the beautiful vistas and the sea breeze agreed with us!

On our way west, we stopped at the medieval monastery of Clonmacnoise, located on the banks of the River Shannon.  The group explored the site and logged some writing time in this scenic spot.

Kelsey caught a few more scenes from our character stalking at Trinity College.

On our last day in Dublin before heading out to the island, we hit a lot of hot spots.  We visited Trinity College Campus for some character stalking.  Teams of three identified “marks” and inconspicuously (…mostly) followed them around recording intel about their appearance, their…

We’re back safely from the west, and picking up the blog where we left off. On Friday Night, we walked the swift block to our neighborhood theatre—the historic Gate.  The Gate—which has a rep for lots of traditional theatre and audience members of a certain…

Hello Dear Readers! We’re off to Inishbofin tomorrow where we’ll have no regular wifi, some spotty service, and achingly slow bandwidths on occasion.  We’ll be in touch and continue to update the blog as we’re able, but please don’t worry if we’re a little slow…

Here’s Madison’s photographic view from our neighborhood art gallery.  A unique vantage of some much-seen work!

Yesterday afternoon, we hit our local art museum with aplomb—the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery.  Students peeped impressionist masters, contemporary heavy hitters, and the relocated Francis Bacon studio.  

Yesterday morning morning we had the sheer pleasure of a visit to Fighting Words—a non-profit founded by Irish author and playwright Roddy Doyle to provide free after school and summer creative writing programs for elementary and high school students.  It’s founded off the U.S.-based 186…