By Kate Morgan on Thursday, September 7th, 2017 in Blog.
Hello, I’m Maeve. I started as the volunteer garden facilitator in the Green Ribbon at the start of this summer, and it’s been a great experience working in the garden there with members of the Basement Resource Centre gardening group. We head over to the garden every Thursday afternoon, and spend two hours in […]
By Kate Morgan on Thursday, September 7th, 2017 in Blog.
Written By John Noel Kenneally I am an artist and work with Mayfield Arts Centre, Newbury House, Mayfield, Cork. I have been there for four months. I do lots of art such as painting, drawing, pastels, etc. I held my first Art Exhibition in July 2017. I got to show all my drawings and pictures […]
By Kate Morgan on Thursday, August 3rd, 2017 in Blog.
On Thursday 6th July members and staff of the Basement Resource Centre Shine came together with enthusiasm to host a BBQ in the Green Ribbon Garden on Kyle Street. The event was a celebration of our community, to thanks the members who work hard in the Green Ribbon Garden and to thank our ongoing supporters. […]
By Kate Morgan on Thursday, August 3rd, 2017 in Blog.
Written by Emily Daly The Basement Resource Centre in Cork recently went on a summer outing to Spike island, Cobh. I facilitated the outing and 7 of us went for the day, to include 6 members. The day was thoroughly enjoyable for all, we had a lovely lunch on the quay, ferry ride over to the island, interesting […]
By Kate Morgan on Thursday, August 3rd, 2017 in Blog.
Written by Cecilia Ryan 9 members of The Basin Club went on a tour of Croke Park on Friday 28 th July. We all had a ball of a time. There were lots of people on the tour. We saw 32 jerseys of the different counties, all different colours. The tour allowed us to see […]
By Kate Morgan on Thursday, July 13th, 2017 in Blog.
Being. One way or another we are all in a state of being. Present. Living in the moment. Spiritual beings in an empty shell. What comes into being with the air that we breathe, the pulse in our body and the thoughts in our heads. We are separate entities each of us. Being makes me […]
By Kate Morgan on Friday, July 7th, 2017 in Blog.
Written by Angelín Fanning That morning I had mixed emotions, anxious would I complete the race, thrilled to be a participant and doing it for a wonderful cause. I arose about 8am and faced into the day, ready for what lay ahead of me. I checked the weather and I knew that the day predicted rain […]
By Kate Morgan on Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 in Blog.
The passage of time. Eternity in the palm of your hand makes me think of religion. It makes me think of a crystal ball in the centre of your hand. Endless and Eternal. No beginning or end. Peace and tranquillity. Eternity is forever. Eternity in the palm of your hand makes me think of palm […]
By Kate Morgan on Friday, June 23rd, 2017 in Blog.
June Early in the morning, the rain-spattered leaves wave in the breeze, And the low whistle of the morning wind, provides a background, As I rise to face the day Darkness still lingers on, and rain just pitter–patters down, Summer is here, Exams are over, and the students, are out of school, to enjoy the […]
By Kate Morgan on Wednesday, May 24th, 2017 in Blog.
Me. Down, down I go, into myself, into the depths, where everthing is grey. I notice my slippery self, my brain is communicating with me with loudspeakers, There is no one there. Just me. I have split up like a broken mirror and the different parts are fighting. I walk over the broken bits but […]
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