April 2018 - Purity Belle Environmental Blog

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Carotid Artery Dissection - 3 Year Update

It's almost 3 years on from my Carotid Artery Dissection (a tear in the Carotid Artery) and although I've posted at different stag...

Cliona Kelliher 29 Apr, 2018 12

compassion , empathy , Kindness

Moving towards Kindness

In some sort of weird serendipitous way, the word 'kindness' has crossed my path many times in the last while - a discussion with ...

Cliona Kelliher 16 Apr, 2018 4

Emo Court , Ireland , Laois

Emo Court and the Rock of Dunamase

It was a bit of a blustery and cold Easter weekend but we had a lovely trip to the Rock of Dunamase and to Emo Court. The Rock of Dunamase...

Cliona Kelliher 4 Apr, 2018 9

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