Hi there, I live in Cloughjordan, Tipperary, Ireland, in an ecovillage, in the country, surrounded by trees, rain, storms and sunshine. I live with my partner and two sons, one who plays hurling (Irish field game) and drums, and the other who has fled the home to learn how to make films. We also live with our two doggies, Timmy and Bella, often called ‘The Hairy ones’. I have lots of great neighbours and friends here and it’s a great place to live and work and write.

I hope you like my stories and poems. I wrote them many years ago when I lived in Berlin, and I really enjoyed writing them. They are for children and adults and I hope to upload videos and podcasts of me reading them. I found them fun to write, I hope you find them fun to read.

My little people in hats help me. They run around my head and come out my hands. I teach adults English as a second language to asylum seekers, foreign workers, mammies, daddies, grannies and grandads and my Hat people help me explain the finer, and not so finer points of the English language.

The site is brand new. Please mail me, or message me on the Stories with Hats facebook page. I’d love it if they inspired you to paint or draw a picture inspired by the stories. I’ll put them on the site. That’s all for now. Thanks for reading.