You are the only one who can enjoy your life. Howdy, howdy, howdy! Welcome back to The Art of Caesura! It's been quite a while since I've done one of these life updates! Life is just zooming by at such a break-neck speed, it's important to stop and smell the roses every once in a while! And, a special note, it's the blog's 500th post next week, so be sure to pop back for that one! It's all go in our household: Saoirse (age 5 - almost 6!) just finished her first year of big school (what would be Kindergarten back home, in Ireland is Junior Infants). She was awarded the medal for "Hardest Worker" so we're all very proud! Freya (age 3 - almost 4!) moved to a new creche (preschool) this year and immediately got stuck right in. Just yesterday, we were discussing the origin of her name and she asked me "Is I a god, daddy?" Isla (17 months) has really started to develop her own big personality. She charges 'round the house after her big sis...

Come one, come all to the NINTH birthday celebrations for The Art of Caesura!   It's an exciting day, here on the blog! For those of you joining us new this year - welcome! For those of you who have been 'round these parts a while - welcome back! Regardless of whether you're old or new, (and to quote an Irish pub song) "whoever you are, we'll make a fuss, whoever you are, you're one of us"! So grab the beverage and snacks of your choice (water and celery sticks, I'm sure!) and settle into the biggest blog post of the year as we celebrate the past year on The Art of Caesura! And, we shall begin the festivities in the time-honoured fashion of all great parties; with an infographic! I was kind of smitten with that template when I saw it, what it lacks in colour, it more than makes up for in that late 90's / early 2000's Mouldy Peaches / Napoleon Dynamite doodle-vibe.  But let's take a few moments to slow it down and take a closer look at what...

  Hello dear readers, welcome back to The Art of Caesura! Today is a very special day in our lives...it's Isla's first birthday! Our little ray of sunshine is one year old today and she already has her own personality! She is full of smiles and determined to keep up with her two older sisters.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY ISLA! I'll see you next week for another very special birthday...the blog's! Next Week: The Art of Caesura's 9th birthday!

  Birthdays have become kind of a thing on The Art of Caesura! I've always celebrated the blog's birthday (we're nearing it's NINTH in January), then I started celebrating my daughters' birthdays, and now, in recent years, I've started marking my own on the blog too!  So, happy birthday to me (in a few days)! I'll see you next week for our regularly scheduled programming.  Reading: Recursion - Blake Crouch Watching: Alien Romulus (again) Next Week: The brethren's barber...

Design is thinking made visual. - Saul Bass Hello all, welcome back to another Friday on The Art of Caesura! I'm sending loads of positive vibes your way, especially if you need them today! We've been looking at Black Templars (including the big man himself ) for the past few weeks, but t oday's post is one of those ones that's a bit different; it's a little look behind the scenes of the blog.    A year and a half into this blog, I saw one of my photos on someone else's site. After the glow of near-fame wore off, I was a little peeved that I hadn't been referenced, in fact the person was trying to pawn my work off as their own! So, 7 years ago, I created my own logo which has adorned the (typically bottom right) corner of my photos ever since. Well, that is, up until about 6 months ago.  So what happened? Nothing too interesting, just that I got a new computer for work, but I didn't transfer everything over from my old computer and when I tried to re-do...

  Hello all! Welcome back to The Art of Caesura! Today we have a brief interjection to all of our recent Hellboy content. Two of my daughters and my mum all have their birthdays in August - so before we ring out the month (and with it, the summer - at least in Ireland!) I just want to devote a post to these three important ladies in my life! Freya: Barbara: And Saoirse! And on top of all that, as you are reading this, my eldest daughter started big school yesterday! They grow up so fast! Next Week: Frogs in focus...

Stop the press! I have a huge announcement to make today! Welcome to the first post since the blog turned eight years old last week! If you didn't get a chance to join in the party last week, you can check out the festivities here . But, if you can believe it, I have even bigger news to share with you today... My third child was born last week - two and a half weeks ahead of "schedule" - she just couldn't wait to join us, and already, we can't imagine life without her! Welcome to the world, baby Isla! See you next week on The Art of Caesura!

Come one, come all, to the EIGHTH birthday celebration for The Art of Caesura! When I started this blog , I had no idea that it would having the staying power to still be here eight years later. But I have found that my enjoyment of creating the blog has only grown with time! I certainly have less time to devote to the blog than I did in the pre-kid era, but I have found ways to continue to make it what I want it to be, to be relevant for me, and (I hope) enjoyable for you! Let's kick this party off in the time-honoured manner that the best parties are kicked off: with an infographic featuring cutsie pastel anthropomorphized sea creatures. Yes, I really outdid myself this year! Let's slow down for a moment and take a more reflective look at what's been going on over the past year.  For anyone keeping score, there have been 416 Fridays in the past eight years...but there have been 421 blog posts. That means that I've never missed a Friday, and 5 times I released TWO blog...