Tuesday. This morning I woke at 5.15am, had some coffee, and went with the dogs up the mountains. They can run around off-lead, chase rocks that are thrown for them (this is their very favourite game), have a splash around in the river, and generally have a grand old time. The only sounds are the crunching of footsteps, birds chirruping in the trees, and the dogs panting as they career up and down paths and banks, tongues lolling ever further as the walk goes on. It's nice. From where we live in Dublin, we're lucky that a 15 minute drive can take you out of the city into nature. There are woods and mountains. The quiet is soothing. It gives you time to think, or even better, to think of...
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