I just finished a wonderful, whirlwind trip to Dublin!  Lots of interviews to come out in the next few weeks, including a piece on “The View” and “Today with Pat Kenny,” an interview with Sue Leonard for her column “Beginner’s Pluck” in the Irish Examiner, and an interview with Edel Coffey for the Irish Independent.  Everyone was absolutely lovely–so warm and welcoming.  I also got to have dinner with the outstanding teacher and polymath Niall MacMonagle.

And I managed to see a few of the gorgeous sights.  Trinity College and the Book of Kells were breath-takingly beautiful, as was the National Gallery House.  And maybe most exciting of all: a terrific exhibit at the National Library on William Butler Yeats.  One of my favorite things (aside from getting to see the handwritten drafts of so many of his poems), was his school record, which noted that he was “very poor in spelling.”  I am so sorry to have to leave after only a brief 36 hours, but I can promise that I will be back!