Episodios

  • Letters from Quotidia 2024 Episode 7
    Jan 22 2026
    Some say, Such Is Life, were the final words of Ned Kelly as he stood on the scaffold of Melbourne Gaol. In fact, his final words were Ah Well, I suppose…which his detractors use to claim that he was just mumbling incoherently at the end. Of course, nothing could be further from the truth, Ah Well, in the mouths of Irish people has the same plangency as Virgil’s sunt lacrimae rerum- there are tears at the heart of things.More
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    16 m
  • Letters from Quotidia 2024 Episode 16 New Years Eve
    Feb 4 2026
    For New Years Eve 2024, I leave you with something hopeful- this from Psalm 18, may serve: "You Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light."More
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    35 m
  • Letters from Quotidia 2024 Episode 15
    Feb 3 2026
    The best prophets have the capacity to surprise us! “For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.” More
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    19 m
  • Letters from Quotidia 2024 Episode 14
    Feb 2 2026
    What ⟨a⟩ piece of work is a man, how noble in/reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving/how express and admirable; in action how like/an angel, in apprehension how like a god: the/beauty of the world, the paragon of animals and/yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? Hamlet Act 2 scene 2More
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    16 m
  • Letters from Quotidia 2024 Episode 13
    Jan 30 2026
    Let’s hope that Armageddon is always scheduled for mañana. As Anonymous puts it, dispelling the gloom of this post, let this be the November you always remember. The November you chose to believe there was more to your future than you were able to see. More
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    27 m
  • Letters from Quotidia 2024 Episode 12
    Jan 29 2026
    One of my favourite songs from this source was The Castle of Dromore. The words of the song were written by Sir Harold Boulton to a traditional tune, My Wife is Sick, lulling a child to sleep with a prayer for safety against the wild weather and "Clan Eoin's wild Banshee." More
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    16 m
  • Letters from Quotidia 2024 Episode 11
    Jan 28 2026
    The chord sequence for Blue Moon is one I learned when first I picked up a guitar in my mid-teens. It is known as the doo- wop progression and Blue Moon is the first popular song to utilise it according to some sources. More
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    15 m