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, style-crazy 14-year-old girl and a football nut of a boy aged 13. My website: endastories.com.

by endardoo Oct 28, 2019 35

Personal Sporting

Sudden Death On A Far Away Field

The Ireland men’s hockey team miss out out on Olympic qualification — in the final seconds

by endardoo Oct 22, 2019 22

Family Life Personal

Don’t Be Happy … Worry

How did we get to this: a five-year-old boy eating his dinner on a cardboard table on a Dublin city street?

by endardoo Oct 16, 2019 34

Personal

All Aboard The Fever Bus …

Under-the-weather or not, the freelance hack has to go to work

by endardoo Oct 7, 2019 41

Personal

Lourdes Of Money!

My adventures in the pilgrimage trade

by endardoo Sep 30, 2019 56

Family Life Personal

I’ve Gone On A Career By Mistake!

What will I be when I’m a grown-up? Oh heck, I am a grown-up!

by endardoo Sep 24, 2019 24

Personal

Crazy Like The Wolf

Barking dogs and barking thoughts keep me awake

by endardoo Sep 16, 2019 42

Personal

Nana’s Salted Caramels

A short story about childhood guilt — and generational revenge

by endardoo Sep 10, 2019 26

Personal

What’s A Metaphor? For Everything!

Making connections and comparing things … metaphors are the building blocks of our imagination.