theatresetDec 17, 20194 minO Sapientia!In the liturgical calendar, the first of the eight days before Christmas is marked by a short hymn to Wisdom and known as ‘O Sapientia’....
theatresetNov 7, 20193 minTime To Take StockJust about every day I seriously consider coming off social media. I vaguely envy those who’ve managed to make the break. I’m beginning...
theatresetMay 9, 20193 minWhere Shall Wisdom Be Found?Or perhaps that is an oversimplification of what foiling the enemy in wartime really entails. Most of us have not known armed conflict at...
Lorraine CavanaghOct 18, 20224 minSome Thoughts on Solitude‘You’re never alone with a Strand’ ran the once popular ad. Today, its haunting ambiguity lingers on, inviting reflection on the...
Lorraine CavanaghOct 5, 20223 minMood of the MomentI am not usually in any kind of identifiable mood, or even frame of mind, when I sit down to write one of these blogs, or, if I am, and...
Lorraine CavanaghSep 29, 20223 minMy New Memoir: Re-building the Ruined Places - A Journey Through Childhood TraumaThe hardest thing about writing a memoir is explaining to yourself, let alone to anyone else, why you wrote it. I envy the writers of novels
Lorraine CavanaghMay 19, 20223 minMikhail Khodarenok – The ‘What If?’ QuestionIt is reported by the BBC[1] that a senior Russian military figure, Mikhail Khodarenok, a military analyst and retired colonel has, on a...