Writing ~ Re-connecting
Writing ~ Re-connecting
Heimat/homeplace means a place of safety, familiarity and security which can live on in our imagination sometimes even when we have left or been forced to flee. A place where shelter, food, culture and nature intertwine. Inhumanity destroys it for…
What does Brexit mean for my Ulster Heimat? Heimat? ‘In a sense it means home, the castle in a person’s heart, if you will …. but in truth there is no specific English translation,’ to quote a character in Patrick…
Heimat – the place where the language of being comes naturally and you can read the faces and gestures of the people around you. Can unpacking „home“ in the German word help with the sense of dislocation, aggravated for many…
The German word “Heimat” speaks to the mind, body and spirit of home and homeland. It has a myriad of individual interpretations but the question “What is your Heimat” elicits a response from every German speaker and has prompted me…
Donegal’s fulfilled Ulster’s reputation for truculence with the only No vote in the Eighth Amendment to the Irish Constitution. The 51.9 per cent of No voters is a sign of Ireland’s lingering bi-polar tendencies. Women like my friend, who have…