Memories & Reflections
Authors: Adult groups in Dublin and Galway Publication Date: September 2022 Description: A collection of stories, poems and memoir by adult groups including the Irish Deaf Society, Lourdes Youth and Community Services, Sophia Housing and writing groups in libraries in Walkinstown, Dublin and Ballybane, Galway. Story Seeds: Memories & Reflections is a joint project of Fighting Words and An Garda Síochána Community Policing, supported by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Creative Ireland and the Irish Youth Foundation
Authors: Adult groups in Dublin and Galway
Publication Date: September 2022
Description: A collection of stories, poems and memoir by adult groups including the Irish Deaf Society, Lourdes Youth and Community Services, Sophia Housing and writing groups in libraries in Walkinstown, Dublin and Ballybane, Galway.
Story Seeds: Memories & Reflections is a joint project of Fighting Words and An Garda Síochána Community Policing, supported by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Creative Ireland and the Irish Youth Foundation
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And the Word is …<br />
Penelope Drake<br />
Lourdes Youth & Community Services (LYCS),<br />
Metropolitan Building,<br />
James Joyce Street, Dublin 1<br />
apple apple apple apple apple apple<br />
I’m still thinking about the black chair. I know I agreed<br />
to be interviewed, which is flattering, but some of the<br />
questions were silly, instead of being probing. I was<br />
expecting them to delve, nice word, into the inner<br />
mysteries of the mind of Hudson O’Dwyer!<br />
I told Dannika about my ordeal in the black chair. Her reply<br />
stunned me. I love the word ‘stunned’ – I immediately<br />
think of Botox, don’t you? Anyway, Dannika said, “Why<br />
don’t you tell your story – I’m sick of listening to it!”<br />
The following week, she texted me in the middle of Bingo.<br />
I waited till the interval to reply.<br />
“Wha?”<br />
She came right back with:<br />
“After film night – need to talk.”<br />
I just sent a thumbs up – I was busy.<br />
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