【Watch Selina's Gold Online】
Mike McCormack,Watch Selina's Gold Online Galway City, Ireland
Windows on the World
A series on what writers from around the world see from their windows.
I have lived in this house on the edge of Galway City for over five years now and for a couple of hours a day I sit with my feet up on the window sill and look out over this cul-de-sac. And no matter what time of day I sit here it always seems to be the middle of the afternoon. The place is constant, not given to mood swings or tantrums, just that tree and the sweep of tarmac which curves along by the green, nothing much to hold the eye or interest. Of course this is precisely the kind of stillness in which the mind’s eye gets lost—vista as vortex. From time to time the stillness is broken up by a car or a child or a stray dog crossing the green. Sometimes a ball rolls into view. These are all quietly interesting but sooner or later they meld into the stillness of the place.
Today it’s raining—patient, steady rain which will keep falling into the night. That’s December rain, nothing new or unusual about it. Beyond the rooftops the sky has lowered down in heavy grey folds. Two years ago we had snow here for the first time, and for nearly a month the whole place was blanketed in soft whiteness. And while snow added little to the stillness of the place, for a short while it looked like it was elsewhere. —Mike McCormack
Search
Categories
Latest Posts
A worthless juicer and a Gipper-branded server
2025-06-26 07:06When Children Meet Eugene Ionesco
2025-06-26 07:05Farewell to Meat: At Masopust, the Czech Festival of Spring
2025-06-26 07:00iPhone 15 FineWoven cases on sale: Save 5% at Amazon
2025-06-26 06:50Mary Shows Up
2025-06-26 06:46Popular Posts
SpaceX's Starlink satellite launch in pictures
2025-06-26 07:55Noom Mood free for two weeks
2025-06-26 07:49“And I Was Like...” Exaggeration in Storytelling
2025-06-26 07:39My Exes’ Exes: A Note of Regret
2025-06-26 07:39Best Apple deal: Save $19 on AirTag 4
2025-06-26 05:31Featured Posts
5 Ways to Access a Locked Windows Account
2025-06-26 07:33The Picasso of ... Whatever
2025-06-26 07:13The Forest of Letters: An Interview with Valerie Miles
2025-06-26 06:48On the Pleasures of Escaping Yourself
2025-06-26 06:10Time to Unite
2025-06-26 05:25Popular Articles
Episode 4: The Wave of the Future
2025-06-26 07:45Amazon Echo Show 8 2023: 3 cool new features
2025-06-26 07:25On Elvis and Teddy Bears
2025-06-26 06:01Make 2022 the year of no expectations
2025-06-26 05:54Best keyboard deals: Save on Asus gaming keyboards at Amazon
2025-06-26 05:35Newsletter
Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest updates.
Comments (8183)
Style Information Network
Best robot vacuum deal: Save $140 on roborock Q7 Max Robot Vacuum
2025-06-26 07:27Mystery Information Network
Steve DiBenedetto’s Cave Paintings for the Future
2025-06-26 06:35Wisdom Convergence Information Network
How “The Pickwick Papers” Launched Charles Dickens’s Career
2025-06-26 06:02Vigorous Information Network
Trollope’s “Doctor Thorne” Adapted By “Downton” Creator
2025-06-26 05:48Information Information Network
Best Sony headphones deal: Over $100 off Sony XM5 headphones
2025-06-26 05:24