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‘The day begins with endings': A new book of poetry about topography, time, and shifting identities
Lone Pine A mountain pine in the plains. How did it come in this unfrequented alley? How does it survive so out of place? It towers gawkily above the rear of the building. Walk past it every morning to touch its toughness. Its needles are dropping always. They are the sponginess you tread. A few are caught in the bark's rigid flakes. Gently prise them out. Release them to fall where they belong. They cover dust and flatness with the scent of resin slopes. That arrival: a return. The car with shut windows had wound through a pine forest. At last you stood on a ridge in the blue forgotten air through which the great trees were a dry redolence. It seemed that this was it: belonging. Home was this. But the pines kept murmuring something else. You are a guest wherever you are: home is out of place. Ol' Man River The flanks of the brown river beneath the massed and shadowless clouds fan out and slide into the shore. Midstream the water is patchy but looks immune as armoured cars to being diverted by myths on the side. The river is not an old man. Nor has it ever been the Mother no matter the evening pieties on show. It is young blood obeying old commands to just keep rollin' along. It bundles silt towards an ocean. Tea He hugs his tumbler of tea. It is the most precious thing. He stands beneath a dripping tree where those who still serve have served him. They are at their posts again. He was here as usual early and was given tea. Now that his service is over why does he exist? Scuffed shoes and shapeless pants that he has to pull up full sleeves almost empty with bones. But his tumbler has just been filled. Teens On Shravan Monday So many of them barefoot and merry striding through the unholy muck on the ghats at dawn. It isn't that the new dustbins have overflowed: they are mere appendages to a smart city whose time has been coming since the inception of time. More of the boys are in the murky water splashing within red barriers that keep them from colliding with boats or being carried off. Not that such things are to be feared: the boats are slow these waters can only drown misdeeds and this is an auspicious month with fasts to be observed precociously. What of hunger? Nothing requires smart phones to be given up. Here is music and there are selfies arms resting on shoulders nineteen to the dozen strong. The Bridge The day begins with endings. A message confirms the collapse of an arched fantasy. The news of a death belies another fantastic event: the union of man and woman. One of them is weeping along with a child who knows as something covered in blankets is stretchered out. The day is hazy and began for you at water's edge. The boats were tethered on sand. The bridge was lit like a birthday cake. Outsider Outsiders must learn this river's code. Today the sun will be shrouded but the bare bodied men at water's edge know when it is time. Nothing can stop their moment. A conch. They raise water in their palms and hail the rising they cannot see. Their voices carry the day. One of them is doing something expansive with a cupped flame. Their call makes light of sludgy steps. It has gone up through tree and temple to rouse once-forgiving streets. This call you remember from story books was raised in war against infidels. Now it so inflames piety outsiders must learn to lie low. Screenshot: Red And Green A convoy of military trucks is coming up the country lane. The caption says they are on a flag march to keep the peace between warring tribes. Hanging out of the drivers' cabs are red flags. Triangular red plates are fixed below one bonnet. But the trucks are mostly dark green almost black as if indelibly stained by the shade of forests disappeared. The tribes out in the open now must fight each other to be first in line. Here are trucks to keep the peace unstoppably. The photo shows another green and red unstoppable thing: resplendent as it arches above that single file is a gulmohar tree. Slightly out of focus doing its thing exotically until peace-keeping distends every road. The Watchman The watchman – that is to say the man who mends watches – does not look the part. He looks to be the problem when times are awry. He has a muscleman's shoulders a politician's paunch and a mafiosi's slur of speech. His cubbyhole must cramp his style. He does not look you in the eye and he is careless of his sparse hair. But nothing is careless in what his hands are upto. Beneath the glass attached to his eye his stubby fingers are doing things to things you cannot see. The drawer his stomach grazes is half open and he reaches in without looking for the implement he needs or for the bag of empty tags to label watches with their people. The pen has its place across the table spares are in stacked boxes – batteries, straps, protective glass, whatnot – and alarm clocks line the shelves. But no alarms in this precisely congested space that runs like the insides of a watch. Things are kept as they should be and here if anywhere sits the boss of small things. In quiet ready for you: he is the nub when ticking needs to be set right.
Yahoo
01-06-2025
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Shreveport's The Bridge hosts open house on dementia care
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — Starting on Tuesday, June 3, The Bridge Alzheimer's & Dementia Resource Center will host open house tours every other Tuesday from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 'The Bridge' offers support to caregivers The Bridge is the region's first dementia-centered adult day program. During the Tuesday tours, visitors will be able to meet the team, explore what services are available, and learn more about The Bridge's programs. Executive Director of The Bridge Alzheimer's & Dementia Resource Center Toni Goodin said, 'We want people to know that they're not alone. These tours are a simple way for anyone—whether a caregiver, family member, or healthcare provider—to come see what we offer and ask questions in a relaxed, welcoming setting. More Health & Wellness The Bridge is, 'a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to providing education, resources, and support for individuals living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, as well as their caregivers.' The Tuesday tours do not require a reservation; guests can stop by during the tour hours. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
30-05-2025
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Explore dementia care resources at The Bridge in Shreveport
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – The Bridge Alzheimer's & Dementia Resource Center invites the community to open house tours every other Tuesday. The tours will allow guests to learn about The Bridge's programs, meet the team, and delve into its available services supporting caregivers and individuals living with Alzheimer's and other dementias in the region. CHRISTUS highlights speech therapy for communication disorders Guests will also be able to see The Bridge Adult Day Center, Northwest Louisiana's first dementia-centered adult day program. This program provides individuals with dementia with a safe, inviting environment while caregivers relax and refresh. 'We want people to know that they're not alone,' said Toni Goodin, Executive Director of The Bridge Alzheimer's & Dementia Resource Center. 'These tours are a simple way for anyone—whether a caregiver, family member, or healthcare provider—to come see what we offer and ask questions in a relaxed, welcoming setting.' The first tour will take place on Tuesday, June 3, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Registration is not required. For more information, visit The Bridge during tour hours. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Irish Times
29-05-2025
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- Irish Times
Lagom restaurant review: A Goldilocks moment where Swedish harmony meets fired-up Kerry fare
At Lagom in Kenmare , the Big Green Egg runs the kitchen. It grills, smokes, braises, and roasts, fuelled by oak shavings and Galway lumpwood. Very Swedish, in a way – if you imagine Sweden as a place where everyone is outdoors in perpetual daylight, calmly barbecuing things to perfection. And perhaps the owners, Brendan and Liz Byrne, do – Brendan having spent two years in Stockholm. Lagom, according to the website, is a Swedish word with no direct English equivalent – something about balance, harmony and feeding yourself from your surroundings – 'not too little, not too much, just right''. The room has Scandi energy, although I should advise at this point that it's not my Mastermind specialist topic, and I'm not sure that watching The Bridge counts for much. Still, the space is lined with birch saplings rising from the floor like they've wandered in from a forest, dividing the room with pale, iridescent bark. It feels gently choreographed, with warm putty walls, slate and light wooden floors, and art that might reward inspection, had I not been guided to turn left. Promising if you're boarding a plane – though here, it leads to the point where the restaurant simply runs out of room and softens into kitchen clatter. Three birch saplings frame the entrance to the triangular area with slate-blue walls, detailed with wooden reeding and a dried foliage wreath, and a clear sense – with the neighbouring table for four – of not quite being at the main event. READ MORE The menu is concise – five starters, five mains and four desserts. Bread comes to the table. The bun-shaped bread looks intriguing – treacle bread topped with white sourdough, like a miniature pint of the national stout in carb form. The second bread is a more rustic sourdough, which I prefer. The wine list is short and focused, with bottles from €29 to €95, all European, and 10 available by the glass. We opt for the Diez Siglos Verdejo (€34), a crisp white that pairs nicely with the crab starter (€14.50). It's a generous helping, piled into a squid ink croustade and topped with sharp hits of acidity: pressed cucumber, apple, rocket, dillisk and chive flowers. The St Tola goat's cheese tortellini with beetroot and red cabbage borscht (€13) reads like a familiar pairing but lands sharper than expected. The pasta is firm but silky, filled with a lactic creaminess. The borscht – closer to salsa than soup – brings earth and acidity. Tear open the pasta, stir the filling through, and it all works beautifully. The fillet of hake (€29), cooked on the bone, is the only misstep – it's a shade overcooked. There's a crisp of dillisk, a sharp tomato and prawn salsa, and a well-charred wedge of gem lettuce. The structure makes sense, the grill is doing the work, but a little sauce, perhaps a beurre blanc, wouldn't hurt. Lagom restaurant, Kenmare. Photograph: Valerie O'Sullivan Photograph: Valerie O'Sullivan Photograph: Valerie O'Sullivan The lamb rump (€31) is impressive. A thick slice, well-seared, cooked pink, with a crust tasting of oak, fat and smoke from the Big Green Egg. It is quite heavy on the salt, which may not suit everyone. With it comes lamb cannelloni – a roll of pasta tightly packed with shredded meat and, possibly, cabbage, in a slick of pea purée, roasted apple and faint mint. It's rich but measured. The vegetables are superb: miso-glazed carrots, baby broccoli, cabbage, golden roast potatoes. Dessert toys with nostalgia. It's called a rhubarb 'iceberger' (€8), which is a clear nod to the HB classic. How could I not order this? And what a joy. Instead of a brick of vanilla ice cream between two cakey biscuits, it's a sandwich of gingerbread holding marinated rhubarb and something like semifreddo. The rhubarb has been soaked in Champagne – just enough to lift the sharpness. It's the sort of dessert that sounds twee on paper but absolutely floors you in real life. There's a confidence here that doesn't need translating. It's in the shortness of the menu, the way the fish is grilled on the bone, how the lamb embraces the grill, and how the acidity adds freshness to the crab. It's in the vegetables – not an afterthought – and in a dessert that starts with a nod to childhood and ends with structure and bite. Lagom doesn't circle back to explain itself – it just cooks, quietly, like someone has thought through each element. Not too much, not too little. It's just right. Enough to make you want to come back, and sit somewhere nearer the birch tree plantation. Dinner for two with a bottle of wine was €130. The Verdict: A ceramic grill and a steady hand give Lagom its edge. Food provenance: Spillane Seafoods Killarney, Paudie Randles butchers, Glenbeigh Mussels, and Garryhinch Mushrooms. Vegetarian options: There is a full vegetarian menu. Wheelchair access: Fully accessible with an accessible toilet. Music: 'Jazz Lagom' playlist.
CTV News
27-05-2025
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Dartmouth, N.S., shelter resident voices concerns over security
A person who lives at The Bridge shelter in Dartmouth, N.S., shares their experience. A person who lives at The Bridge shelter in Dartmouth, N.S., shares their experience. Inside look at hotel-turned-shelter in Dartmouth, NS For 175 people, the Bridge – a hotel turned shelter in Dartmouth, N.S. – is the only thing keeping them off the streets. 'I'm homeless, but I'm thankful to be living in a place where they provide food and security,' says shelter resident Shannan Armstrong. That security, however, is tested at times. 'There's a lot of issues, you know, a lot of fighting, a lot of miscommunication. There's a lot of staff and even though they try hard, they can't always prevent things from happening,' Armstrong says. 'There's a lot of drugs throughout and people are just not well mentally.' Some of that behaviour spills out onto the streets and nearby businesses. Armstrong has been at the shelter for a year due to a lack of affordable housing. She has a job but still can't afford to move. 'I have my own room and I'm so thankful for it,' she says. Jordan O'Toole, who has been living at the Green Road tent encampment since last July, would like to move into the Bridge. 'I would just love to be anywhere that I could call my home that has four actual walls and the door that I can lock because it has been hell,' O'Toole says. Jordan O'Toole Jordan O'Toole is hoping to get into the Bridge shelter. (Source: Jonathan MacInnis/CTV News Atlantic) The Nova Scotia government recently signed a five-year lease to keep the Bridge open until 2030 at a cost of nearly $24 million. The hope is that by that time there will be more affordable housing options available and encampments will no longer be needed. 'I want somewhere to call home, anywhere is better than a tent,' O'Toole says. Of the 400 people who have lived at the Bridge since its opening in 2023, 107 have moved on to more permanent housing. The Bridge The Bridge shelter has been operational since 2023. (Source: Jonathan MacInnis/CTV News Atlantic) For more Nova Scotia news, visit our dedicated provincial page
