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Celine Kiernan
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Award winning author, cynical optimist, and social media sloth. Can't spell - get used to it.
she/her @celine_kiernan on insta
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Thanks to Kunak McGann for letting me know about this. Please pass it on
The UN General Assembly is voting on the Uniting for Peace resolution this evening. If you want Ireland's Ambassador to the UN to vote in favour of an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, you can call the Department of Foreign Affairs on 01-4082000 and tell them that. A lovely, patient woman answers your call and asks you to say your name and the above, and it is recorded.
December 12, 2023 at 3:17 PM
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You, child Your downy softness will not protect you, Your perfect feet, The fragile circumference of your brand new neck. You, grandmother, You, grandfather, Your work polished hands Will not protect you, The many kindnesses of your life, Your stories. Lost, the young. Lost, the elder. We must go mad. We must go mad. How else can we face tomorrow With any pride?
December 8, 2023 at 1:09 AM
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Since replacing my mower with a scythe, what looks oak seedlings have begun sprouting in the garden
A tiny oak seedling nestled in green grass
November 21, 2023 at 4:17 PM
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Happy Halloween: a cat dressed as a sheet ghost sits looking into camera, on its tail a wee mouse carries a mouse sized candle-lit pumpkin
October 31, 2023 at 10:59 PM
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Taking it a day at a time, but I'm enjoying roughing out the graphic novel
Rough pen and ink layout of graphic novel page. A moonlight night, a man in construction gear trudges to the last in a cul-de-sac of run down cottages. A small dark figure within the cottage reacts in alarm to his approach. The man passes a bedroom where a child sleeps. The small dark figure peers from under the bed. In the gloomy kitchen the man reads a letter, the small figure watches from around the bedroom door
October 26, 2023 at 8:01 PM
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Another wee painting.
Haven't been able to keep up with inktober , but I'm still using the prompts for inspiration. This one is 'spiders' and 'paths'
(Digital watercolour using ClipStudioPaint)
A curious mouse, wearing a lace trimmed white cotton nightie, and jay feather wings tied on with blue ribbon, steps from sunlight into a darkened tunnel of thorns and spider webs. Candles in glass globes light the gloom. A sign says 'This Way to Spider Tea Party'. A large spider waits around the corner, its intentions are unclear, but potentially benign
October 18, 2023 at 5:51 PM
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Challenge one of #Inktober
"Dream"
A mouse in a white cotten nighty flutters through hazy clouds. Her wings are two jay feathers tied to her shoulders with thin ribbon, the loops of which dangle behind her
October 2, 2023 at 1:48 PM
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September 30, 2023 at 10:26 PM
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I'm one of many authors with work stolen for AI learning
I wrote these books based on a life of experience, the death of my dad, the many wars that gnaw our world, the history of my country & family
They came directly from my heart
What are they to a machine but words in sequence?
September 27, 2023 at 7:50 AM
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Sunday Beer and Reading With Noel
(Life is good)
A loose pencil sketch of a coffee table. In extreme foreground, a pint of beer and bottle on a placemat. At the opposite end of the table a metal keep cup and small pile of jammy dodger biscuits, a tv remote and a portion visible of a man in a comfortable armchair reading a book which rests on his lap supported by a pillopad
September 24, 2023 at 3:37 PM
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A teeny bit overwelmed by the new app! Here, have a bit of art while I rest my brain
A smiling, sloth-like creature leans down from her tree to gently place a crown of flowers onto a young girl's head Art by Celine Kiernan
September 22, 2023 at 1:05 PM