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My original comment about this high cross read as follows: As you walk along a lonely country lane from the LUAS tram stop at Laughanstown to the old church at Tully the first thing of note that you will see is a well preserved high cross. The cross was saved from destruction by James Grehan in the later part of the nineteenth century. The road next to the cross was being lowered and James Grehan had this small wall built and the cross placed upon it at it's original height.
Today it is nearly the end of 2017 and I have just realised that Dublin [Greater Dublin] is now changing faster than I can photograph the changes and as a result I really do need to review my programme for 2018. I think that the changes are more rapid than in the Celtic Tiger period.
Today as the sunlight was magical I decided to use my 15mm Voigtlander with my new Sony A7RIII body and I was more than a little bit surprised by the results. I am now convince that the Sony A7RIII is very much superior to the A7RII. Also while I was inclined to avoid using the Voigtlander 15mm until now I must confess that I was really impressed by it when combined with the A7RIII.
Every time I publish photographs of Laughanstown I receive mail advising me that I made a spelling error and that the name of the area is Loughlinstown. I am one hundred percent certain that there is no tram stop named Loughlinstown but to be fair I cannot blame anyone for being confused as it could well be argued that Laughanstown is in Loughlinstown.
Today, I met a very helpful lady on the tram who was convinced that I was totally confused about my destination. Even when I showed her photographs of the old church and graveyard she was not at all convinced that I was not confused.
I think that I last visited the area about a year ago so I was not really expecting to see any changes. In the past I was able to access the historic sites via a narrow country lane. Today I was a bit disappointed to discover that access to a really old historic cross was barred because of a major redevelopment. I met a gentleman, walking his dog, and was surprised to discover that he was East European [he look like a local farmer and I suspect that he actually was a farmer] but he explained to me that the area was being redeveloped as a public park with a major road passing through it and that I could only gain access to the site from Carrikmines. As the sunset was approaching I decided that it was best to come back at a later date.
[UPDATE... Further Research Resulted In The Following Information]
Tully Park is located at the centre of the Cherrywood development, and the park itself is centred on the ruins of the Tully Church and Graveyard. Tully Park will be 22 acres in size, roughly the same as Dublin’s St. Stephen’s Green Park.
Being the flagship park of Cherrywood, Tully Park will serve as a facility for the entire development, containing everyday walking and cycling routes and providing environmentally-positive connections.
Lehaunstown Lane and the existing hedgerows and tree lines will divide the Park naturally into four zones:
A Heritage Zone with Tully Church & Graveyard, High Crosses and their environs, with paths to explore the monuments.
A Biodiversity Zone with lots of native wildflowers, shrubs, trees and informal paths to wander.
A Play Zone which includes a large play area for kids, a skate park and an amphitheater area for open-air plays or performances.
A Passive Zone with lawns, meadows and wooded areas make up the majority here, with winding paths and seating areas.
Tully Park will be located beside a primary and secondary school. These schools and the local community will be able to avail of the outdoor recreational facilities and open space within Tully Park.
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I went with my friend Charlotte to an event on Prince's Avenue. I've been a few times before - it's called Beat The Clock. They play 70s and 80s and lots more - all played from 7" vinyl. Old school!
We had a cracking night and danced most of the night away.
While we were there, someone tok a photo of me while I was on the dancefloor, and I absolutely love it! I have it in colour and black and white, and I have to say I prefer the black and white - it's more atmospheric. Totally love the photo and it will be one I print out to put up on my wall!
At Beat The Clock. What a great night. And I totally love this candid photo!
After nearly 10 years of writing bizarre and frightening notes to the San Francisco Chronicle, the Zodiac Killer sent what would turn out to be his last letter in 1978.
Scan courtesy of the San Francisco Chronicle.
[Transcribed by me. Please note any errors you find in the comments.]
"Zodiac Ends Silence - 'I Am Back With You'"
By Duffy Jennings
Zodiac, the cryptic and boastful killer who stalked the Bay Area in the late 1960s and was last heard from more than four years ago, wrote a new letter to The Chronicle yesterday, proclaiming: "I am back with you."
The random slayer of at least six persons, who delighted in teasing police with coded messages to news media after each cold-blooded murder, claimed no new victims and made no threats in the note, but surfaced nevertheless in Zodiac's typical bold fashion.
"This is the Zodiac speaking," the letter began, exactly like the first message Zodiac sent The Chronicle in 1969. "I am back with you."
The letter, postmarked Monday in San Francisco and hand-printed in Zodiac's familiar style with a blue felt-tipped pen, was addressed simply, "Dear Editor."
He sent greetings to Chronicle columnist Herb Caen, taunted San Francisco police homicide inspector David Toschi, who has pursued Zodiac nearly nine years, and said he was waiting for a Zodiac movie.
"Tell herb caen I am here. I have always been here," he wrote. "That city pig toschi is good but I am smarter and better he will get tired then leave me alone."
"I am waiting for a good movie about me, who will play me. I am now in control of all things."
He signed the note, "Yours truly," as he did in his last message to The Chronicle in January, 1974.
Below that was drawn Zodiac's now infamous logo - a circle with a cross through it - and the notation "SFPD-0" - his customary method of reminding police that they have not caught him.
"It has been a long four years," Toschi said late yesterday after a handwriting expert "positively confirmed" the printing as Zodiac's first communication since he wrote to criticize the film, "The Exorcist," in 1974.
Zodiac is known to have killed at least six persons and wounded two others between 1966 and 1969, mostly in random shooting attacks on couples alone in remote Bay Area settings.
Included in the slayings were the shooting of a San Francisco in the Presidio Heights district in 1969 and the 1966 throat slashing of a young woman student at Riverside City College.
In his last letter in 1974, however, Zodiac claimed a total of 37 victims, then disappeared and was not heard from again until yesterday.
"I could feel the excitement in my body as soon as I saw it," Toschi said after the letter was turned over to him for examination.
Toschi said he was so rattled by the development, in fact, that he picked up a cigaret [sic] and started smoking for the first time in three years.
"But I put it out right away as soon as I realized what I was doing," said the detective, his voice trembling with nervous excitement.
Toschi said he has talked to more than 5000 persons since he was assigned to the Zodiac case in 1969.
"I have always felt that he was alive and out there, somewhere," Toschi said of Zodiac's self-imposed 51-month silence. "I still don't know where he is, but at least now I know that all our work all these years definitely has not been in vain."
Zodiac's latest reference to a movie of his exploits is in keeping with his apparent affinity for show business, particularly films and theater.
In his previous messages, he often quoted from Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta "The Mikado," and, in addition to his harsh review of "The Exorcist," he panned other movies as well.
A movie about him, titled "Zodiac," was, in fact, produced and shown here at the Golden Gate Theater in 1970.
The low-budget film, starring two unknown actors in the title role, ended without clearly identifying either one as the killer but a narrator hinted to the audience that he "may be the man behind you in the theater."
Zodiac first came to public attention in October 1969, when he mailed a note and a piece of cab driver Paul Stine's bloody shirttail to The Chronicle a few days after Stine was murdered in his cab at Washington and Cherry streets.
In the letter, Zodiac heckled police for not catching him at the scene of the killing and also said he was "the same man who did in the people in the North Bay Area," referring to four other murders in Vallejo and Lake Berryessa during the previous year.
At the time, witnesses to and survivors of Zodiac attacks described their assailant as a husky white man wearing glasses and a crewcut. The descriptions served as the basis for a composite drawing circulated widely at the peak of the hunt for him.
The case drew worldwide attention - and thousands of tips from persons believing either that they knew the killer or had broken the code of the peculiar cryptograms in his messages.
But the elusive Zodiac remained free and unidentified other than his self-chosen astrological nickname.
He continued to write letters and bizarre messages to this newspaper and others until 1971, when he abruptly stopped all communication and kept silent for three years until the so-called "Exorcist" letter of 1974.
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Skirmish - Clifford D. Simak [589 2014-02-11]
"Skirmish"(1977) is a collection of ten stories by the noted science-fiction author Clifford Simak (1904-88). The stories were all previously published during years 1944-75.
In addition to the stories there is a very informative 5-page author's forward. Simak details the themes he uses, the type of characters that appeal to him and his use of southwest Wisconsin as a local for many of his stories.
The following are comments on the stories in the order they appear in the book:
"Huddling Place"(1944) and "Desertion"(1944) may be familiar to some readers since they are chapters from the author's future history novel "City". The stories can be enjoyed individually but interested readers should read them again in the context of the book "City".
"Skirmish"(1950) originally published under the title "Bathe Your Bearings in Blood" features a newspaper editor as the protagonist - interestingly that was author Simak's day job for most of his working life. Alien beings animate machines - typewriter, sewing machine etc. prior to an outright invasion and the subjugating of mankind. This 60 plus year old story has not aged well.
"Good Night, Mr. James"(1951) a vicious alien being is let loose in a Midwestern city and must be apprehended before they reproduce. A nasty twist of fate for the protagonist awaits readers in the stories last sentence.
"The Sitters"(1958) the location for this thoughtful story of human aging and benevolent alien beings is the town Millville - a local used frequently in Simak's fiction and the name of the town where he was raised.
"The Big Front Yard"(1958) this story won the Hugo award for best novelette published during 1958. I found this story just too cute and overflowing with SF stereotypes and full of logical impossibilities but many Simak fans think this is one of his better stories.
"All the Traps of Earth"(1960) one of the best stories in the collection in my estimation. The two themes that permeated much of Simak's fiction, robots and mankind's intellectual evolution, are thoughtfully parsed out in this absorbing tale.
"The Thing in the Stone"(1970) a man retreats to a dilapidated farm in southwest Wisconsin to heal from an accident that killed his family. In this geological pristine location he become aware that a head injury gives him a view into the ancient past where he discovers an enigmatic mystery.
"The Autumn Land"(1971) an old town in a hidden Midwest valley serves as a metaphor for an indeterminate rest stop after death. In his introduction to this collection Simak states he was very pleased with this story - and so was this reader.
"The Ghost of a Model T"(1975) another metaphoric story of life after death. A model T automobile drives two presumably dead individuals around reliving some prior life experiences.
If you are curious or new to the writings of Simak this collection is well worth reading.
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