Author: endardoo

A newspaper sub-editor for many years, I am now a freelance sub-editor, blogger and content writer. Husband of one and house daddy of two: a feisty and dramatic 16-year-old girl and a bright, resilient football nut of a boy aged 14. My website: endastories.com.

by endardoo May 25, 2020 10

Personal

25 Years Ago Today, The Irish Press Passed Away

Remembering when a newspaper institution closed — and I lost my job

by endardoo May 13, 2020 52

Family Life Personal

We’re Just Normal People Living In Abnormal Times

These strange lockdown times no longer feel strange. Maybe that’s the strangest thing of all

by endardoo Apr 30, 2020 32

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Nine Ways To Fry, Ten Ways To Die …

Maybe I should have waited for the pandemic to be over to read Bill Bryson’s A Short History Of Nearly Everything

by endardoo Apr 8, 2020 31

Family Life Personal

Radio Daze

The Wireless Voices are coming at me, irradiating my precious thinking space …

by endardoo Mar 30, 2020 57

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Oh, It’s Prine Time Again … Don’t Leave Us

From magic to melancholy and back in these Covid times

by endardoo Mar 19, 2020 46

Personal

How Fragile We Are, Yet So Resilient

There’s a disease Going ’round the hospital. Green green leaves Falling from the trees
— Evan Dando

by endardoo Mar 2, 2020 52

Family Life Personal

Daddy’s In The House, But Mummy’s In The Home

One from the hearth as Caveman Dad lays down his club and armour

by endardoo Feb 25, 2020 23

Personal

Stepping Under A Waterfall Of Words …

Sometimes you go with your own writing flow, and sometimes you don’t