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Virginia Gillespie
Oct 10, 20240 min read


Virginia Gillespie
Oct 10, 20240 min read


Reflection
Throughout my life during personal, cyclical and societal changes I have always turned to music as a trusted companion for solace and...
Virginia Gillespie
Oct 10, 20241 min read


Even in the darkest night the light will come
Rotkäppchen Munich 2002 – Galli Theatre Virginia Gillespie, Grandmother The bi-lingual version of the fairy tale Rotkäppchen – Red...
Virginia Gillespie
Dec 19, 20151 min read


Irish Playwrights and Brian Friel
Playwright Brian Friel died today. Special moments all round Dublin theatres tonight. This public art piece is in an alley between Temple...
Virginia Gillespie
Oct 2, 20151 min read


and moan the expense of many a vanisht sight…
Shakespeare’s Sonnet 30. FOURTEEN lines, ONE Portugese writer-actor, TEN volunteer reciters. BY HEART by writer-actor Tiago Rodrigues,...
Virginia Gillespie
Sep 27, 20152 min read


Stairwell to the Hall of Dreams
Dartington Hall Devon September 2015
Virginia Gillespie
Sep 21, 20151 min read


Following the Blue Trail
Travel plans are moving out of the mists. We will soon be departing for England and Ireland to visit family and also to attend the Dublin...
Virginia Gillespie
Aug 23, 20151 min read


Irish Travel… a tale within a tale
This story is from 2002. I will be traveling again in Ireland in the autumn and hope that the magic I found then is still there… I wonder...
Virginia Gillespie
Feb 24, 20155 min read


“I have faith in nights”
Winter Solstice 2015. Today I remember Maeshowe in the Orkneys and think of how this winter festival still stirs my imagination….. You...
Virginia Gillespie
Dec 21, 20141 min read


ROOTINGS by Virginia Gillespie
My story was accepted as part of the of the If Women Rose Rooted Like Trees project 2014 by Sharon Blackie in Donegal. Originally posted...
Virginia Gillespie
Dec 7, 20144 min read


There and Not There
I’m in Alberta at an artist retreat. The population 5000 rural town is similar to ones I know in Wyoming and Colorado, only there are...
Virginia Gillespie
Jun 17, 20142 min read


Hey Donkey
Fierce guardian of sheep from coyotes, he loves to have his nose rubbed. Farm, Alberta Canada
Virginia Gillespie
Jun 17, 20141 min read
Evening Thoughts Medicine Hat, Alberta
Border Eco-diversiy Tapestry. A new Road trip. This time, third night from Crescent Beach, South Surrey eastwards along southern British...
Virginia Gillespie
Jun 9, 20143 min read


June View from my Kitchen Window
So lush this year and enough sun for growing herbs and other cooking tidbits.
Virginia Gillespie
Jun 9, 20141 min read
A Year and a Day
A year and a day – A Celtic phrase that marks the passage of one cycle into the next. Not a wheel spinning round and round, but a spiral....
Virginia Gillespie
May 18, 20142 min read


Spring Portal
Ah! Frozen pool morphs into reflective mirror gently catching ephemeral message of plum blossom font.
Virginia Gillespie
May 6, 20141 min read


Virginia Gillespie
Jan 27, 20140 min read


Hogmanay Tales and Recipes
Bliadhna mhath ur! • [ blee-unna va oor ] Happy New Year English: Fireworks over Edinburgh on New Year’s Eve (Photo credit: Wikipedia)...
Virginia Gillespie
Dec 29, 20133 min read


Winter Solstice Neolithic Style
Winter Solstice – a time for tales and rituals. For me it is the sublime holiday for people of the northern hemisphere. This year it...
Virginia Gillespie
Dec 16, 20133 min read
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