Ultan Cavanagh
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I Bought the World’s Smallest Smartphone and It’s So Good I Barely Use It, But When Nature Called, I Answered
When smart phones became a thing, I was one of the last of my circle of friends to get one. I was doing an evening degree at the time and I really began to feel that I was becoming an… Continue reading
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The Gay Bar Song and Toxic Masculinity: The Psychological Split That’s Destroying Both Men and the Earth
In June 2003 the band Electric Six released their debut album Fire. I still have that album lying around somewhere. One of the songs on that album was called Gay Bar in which the music video depicted Abraham Linclon in… Continue reading
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An Argument with AI, Planting Potatoes and Trees while Empathising with an Ancient Goddess
Everyone seems to be talking about it, the rain. I heard some expert on the weather stating that it’s being raining somewhere in Ireland for the last 61 days. There is some signs that spring has arrived. We are starting… Continue reading
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Date night with Blindboy and Professor Daisy Fancourt, How Art helped me Deal with a Stutter as a Child, and How Nature is Now my Safe Place as an Adult.
Last week we headed to Belfast to a live podcast. I listen to the Blindboy podcast weekly and for Christmas my partner got us tickets to see him live. Again, like my trip to Co. Offaly the other week, I… Continue reading
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The Organic Inspection and Dealing with the Weeds of the Mind
It was that time of year again, time for the yearly organic farm inspection. I had an on-the-spot inspection from the Department of Agriculture back in the early autumn, which was grand, but this inspection was from the Irish Organic… Continue reading
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Finding Mindfulness and Flow on the Night Trail
Even though there is a lot of talk and research about the benefits of daily meditation, I just could never get into it. I’ve tried over the years and never really got much benefit from it. I even experimented with… Continue reading
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When the Cailleach Lingers: Honouring Brigid Between Winter and Spring
We celebrated St. Brigid’s Day a little differently than last year. Last year, I gathered rushes and sought the expertise of my aunt to learn how to make the St. Brigid’s cross, which I then passed on to my partner… Continue reading
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What to do with Climate Deniers?
The title of my research for my Master’s in Psychology was ‘From Fear to Action: Exploring Climate Anxiety’s Role in Sustainable Community Development’. Now during the recruitment stage while I was looking for participants for interviews, I put out an… Continue reading
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Ah Christmas, ‘Twas a Time to Smell the Freshly Cut Grass and get Pissed Off About it!
I run at various times of the day, but my favourite time is during a still calm night guided by my head torch. The weather has been generally good over the Christmas period, but there was one particular night that… Continue reading
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Forest Raised Poultry
The weather has been perfect for getting through some projects on the farm. This last week I have been busy working on a new habitat for our hens. For the last few years now our hens have been out on… Continue reading