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The time has come to tuck night-time living into bed for a little while. The almost full-time cycle of it has drawn to a close and served a function, I hope. However, parting with the nocturnal is something of a sweet sorrow. So, I wanted to say good-bye in proper fashion. As I look back on the recent season of nights, I’ll remember the moon-light most of all. The music and moonlight. And a dance within me coloured by moving shadows and bursts of occasional luminescence.
The causeway out to Mutton Island, off the coast of Galway city, is one of my favorite places to walk and offer the odd nod to the gods. I’ve never walked it at night, so I thought I’d give that a lash as a final hurrah. It was during a day-time walk listening to Florence and the Machine’s “ Never Let Me Go “ that I got the idea for one, last night-time excursion and also to incorporate the west of Ireland’s Atlantic sea-scape.
Looking up from underneath
Fractured moonlight on the sea
Reflections still look the same to me
As before I went under
And it's peaceful in the deep
Cathedral where you cannot breathe
No need to pray, no need to speak
Now I am under all
And it's breaking over me
A thousand miles down to the sea bed
Found the place to rest my head
Never let me go, never let me go
Never let me go, never let me go
This is the first in a series of audio podcasts on people’s experiences of the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021. I start off with my own to kick things off.
I’ll be posting photos of some of the solo walks on Substack Notes. Downloading the substack app is the easiest way to keep up to date and listen to the podcast episodes.
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A season of nights draws to a close.