Greetings from Galway Ireland where I am presently.   Many of you know Mise from  www.prettyfarwest.com and this past Wednesday I had the delightful honour and pleasure to meet Mise and her daughters sometimes known as Blue Girl and Pink Girl.  We met at Builin Blasta Restaurant, in Spiddle, Co Galway and spent a memorable afternoon dining and chatting.   Mise is elegant, gracious, warm, has a winning smile and speaks softly.  She is fluent in Gaelic and communicates with her children in this language.  It brought lots of beautiful memories flooding back when she whispered to Blue Girl and the word "a stoirin" was used.  This is an endearing term to a child and it means much more than my little darling. Henceforth, I will be commenting and using Dr. Mise.   Mise has a doctorate in mathematics.  She also works as a translator  from English/Gaelic.
We have much in common.  We were both born on islands linked to the mainland by bridges. Our homes were by the ocean in Co Galway Ireland.  A distance of about 15 miles by boat.  We share the same beautiful memories of a magical childhood.   The perfume of sea weed, the cry of the curlew, the barking of seals and the cuckoo who heralds summer.  The time went all too quickly and on leaving Mise, I was overcome with joy at having met one so special.  I shall treasure my beautiful memories of this day and will be looking forward to our next meeting.

Mise is the first blogger I have met in person. Have you met a blogger, in person and if so who did you meet?
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