![]() Hmm, let me see …Īll in all, a concept well worth executing on, but the gridwork issues drove me crazy. If we could only think of something that would fit. However, it'd be much easier to work with, since it doesn't force awkward black square placements.)Īnother central entry pattern that would be easier to work with: _ _ _ ME _ _ _. (It might seem like DONT GET (ME) STARTED would be tougher to grid around since it's longer than THANK (ME) LATER. It isn't a great phrase, anyway, so a replacement would have done wonders. I bet shifting KEEP IN TOUCH to the far left (and DROP ME A LINE to the far right) would have created better spacing.Īnd don't get me started on how THANK (ME) LATER causes gridwork problems. We have 1 possible answer in our database. It was last seen in Daily quick crossword. Here are the possible solutions for 'Stay afloat, in a way' clue. We will try to find the right answer to this particular crossword clue. I liked the idea, but I would have asked for a complete overhaul. Today's crossword puzzle clue is a quick one: Stay afloat, in a way. Abbreviations or shortened words: ERE TIS.Esoteric words: MOSELLE ILIAC SWALE ESKER.There aren't any partials, but I introduce Exhibits A, B, C, and D: However, Alan hit most every type of glue called out by editors in their specs sheets. They might not understand why KISS and KATE are connected, or they might not grok why THYME is weirdly clued, but chances are they won't be stumped by both.Ĭleanliness isn't as important to me in a Thursday product since not many newbs dare to tread in these deep waters. Then again, this way does make it easier for solvers to figure out the concept. Below you will be able to find the answer to Stay afloat, in a way crossword clue which was last seen on LA Times Crossword, April 11 2021. Those dropped MEs seem like they should cleverly blend into the background, rather than sticking out. ![]() I wasn't sure why SHAME was clued as SHA, similarly THYME to THY and NO TIME to NOT I. We've written ME in white to help you see the theme entries more clearly, but we've also grayed out the MEs below those. The book is also being launched on November 19th at the Blasket Centre in Kerry as part of the Dingle Literary Festival, and there is a panel discussion with Maria Simonds-Gooding, Cristín Leach and Seamus Barra Ó Suilleabháin.DROP ME A LINE is a great phrase to riff on, and it perfectly explains what's going on today. Its publication coincides with a special exhibition of Peig Sayers at the Museum of Literature Ireland. Copyright Maria Simonds-GoodingĪn File Micheál Ó Gaoithín: The Blasket Painter”: Selected and Introduced by Maria Simonds-Gooding is published by Lilliput Press on November 3rd, and copies can be pre-ordered here Sochraid ar an Oileán | An Island funeral | watercolour | 20.2 cm x 27.5 cm. We put a few more sods of turf on the fire to mark the start of an enduring and close friendship.”īook cover for An File (The Poet), Mícheál Ó Gaoithín, The Blasket Painter edited by Maria Simonds-Gooding. “It must have been a great discovery for him. “Here was this lonely man, dreaming night and day of the life he had lived on the Blasket Islands, and now he was reliving those memories through a whole new visual medium with which he had never worked before,” she continues. “Though the painting is sparse, it is all the more rich and colourful in what it includes, “she writes in her introduction to a selection of his naive art, which is due to be published next month (November 2022) by Lilliput Press. He had captured Sayers sitting by the fire with a magnificent grey cat, its tail wrapped around a red footstool, staring out from the foreground. Though he didn’t seem to take much heed of her gesture, he next greeted her with a celebration of his mother, “painted freely with luminous brushstrokes in bold yellow watercolour”. Simonds-Gooding introduced him to painting after she left paper, paints and brushes on his kitchen table.Īn Blascaod Mór an tan a bhí sé i réim | The Great Blasket in its prime | coloured pencils, blue biro and graphite | 25.4 cm x 34.8 cm. Life on the Great Blasket depicts gulls and puffins, lobsters, seals, men towing a cow behind a currach, goats in a churchyard, and his mother Peig Sayers are among images which Ó Gaoithín painted and which are reproduced in the book.Īs The Sunday Times reports, Simonds-Gooding first met Ó Gaoithín 54 years ago when he was living on the Kerry mainland and was known locally as “An File” for his poetry, storytelling and translation work. A new book curated by artist Maria Simonds-Gooding which is due to be published next month, highlights the creative spirit of the late Blasket islander Mícheál Ó Gaoithín. One of the world’s premier destinations, it is absolutely breathtaking, and its beauty is hard to describe. Blasket islanders may be remembered as writers, but they were also artists.
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