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The Seventh Level of Craic

Posted on March 17, 2025March 17, 2025 by Paul Woodford

Eighteen years sober. Yay, me!

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Taking Joy Where You Find It

Posted on July 26, 2020July 27, 2020 by Paul Woodford

I’m on my own but there are leftovers in the fridge and I shan’t want for entertainment.

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Éirinn go Coraintín

Posted on March 15, 2020March 15, 2020 by Paul Woodford

Broke my stay-indoors-and-out-of-the-sun quarantine yesterday with a motorcycle ride up Mount Lemmon and back. It felt good!

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Erin Go Get a Job

Posted on March 10, 2019March 10, 2019 by Paul Woodford

If you’re doing something people need, it’s not menial or beneath you. Don’t disparage honest work.

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Éirinn go Tirim

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Paul Woodford

A friend sent a link to a New York Times Magazine article titled “Does Recovery Kill Great Writing?” Alas, I’ve used up my free clicks for the month and can’t read it; I include the link here in case you still have some and want to read it. If I had to guess, I’d say […]

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Erin Go Drygh

Posted on March 17, 2017March 17, 2017 by Paul Woodford

I quit drinking ten years ago this month. I wasn’t convinced I really meant it or how long it would last, so I didn’t mark the calendar. Every year I pull an anniversary date out of the air and tell myself not to celebrate until then. This year I picked the 17th, at the time not noticing it was also […]

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