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Saturday, January 3rd, 2026

Three fiddlers. Flute and two fiddles. Fiddle and two concertinas. Guitar, flute, fiddle, and another flute.

Playing tunes in a kitchen on a Saturday night.

Thursday, January 1st, 2026

A modern hand-crafted oval-hole mandolin made in Australia. A classic bowl-backed mandolin from eastern Europe. A red wall covered with Italian bowl-backed mandolins of different sizes. A classic F-5 mandolin from Gibson with its distinctive scroll.

More mandolins

Wednesday, December 31st, 2025

A mandolina from Lviv hanging up against a yellow background. A beautiful mandolin from Naples made in 1764 hanging up against a red background. A style 4 mandolin from 1903 hanging up against a blue background. A black 10 string F-4 mandolin hanging up against a grey background.

Found myself unexpectedly with a day to spend in Phoenix, so I went to the excellent Musical Instruments Museum and ogled the mandolins.

Saturday, December 27th, 2025

Scaffolding and paint tins in front of a wall being painted with a mural of clouds. Graffitti on a wall above a pipe that reads: Make America Doubleplusgood Again.

Painting heaven and hell

Monday, December 22nd, 2025

The silhouette of a mountain range on the horizon at dusk. Green cactus pads against a pure blue sky.

Arizona

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025

Fiddle, flute, and mandolin in a cosy pub. Guitar, flute, and fiddle players at a pub table.

Tuesday session

Thursday, November 13th, 2025

A handsome fluffy tabby cat outdoors. Profile of a handsome fluffy tabby cat outdoors.

Hanging out with Coco.

Wednesday, September 24th, 2025

Bowls of broth. A platter of chickpeas with pork fat and potatoes. Many different meats on two different plates. A table covered with the many courses of cocido; chickpeas, a jar of broth, and plates piled with meats.

Had cocido for lunch in Madrid yesterday and I’m still full today.

Monday, September 22nd, 2025

Old stone buildings and a blue sky. Old stone buildings and a blue sky. Old stone buildings and a blue sky.

Adios, Cáceres!

Thursday, September 11th, 2025

Stacks of shrimp festooned with pieces of corn on the cob. Slices of tomato covered with thin slivers of onion.

Sitting out on the porch feasting on peel’n’eat shrimp, corn on the cob, and tomato salad.

Thursday, August 28th, 2025

A screenshot of an accessibility auditing tool showing a score of 100% …even though we all know that you've got to manually test stuff. A screenshot of PageSpeed Insights showing scores of 100 across the board for performance, accessibility, best practices, and SEO. A screenshot of the blacklight inspection tool showing that there are no trackers on The Session. A screenshot of a security report summary showing a rating of A+. A screenshot from SSL Report showing an overall rating of A+. A screenshot of the website carbon calculator showing a rating of A+.

Accessibility, performance, privacy, security, sustainability …some of the things I value more than “developer experience” when I’m working on thesession.org

Monday, August 4th, 2025

Concertina, flute and guitar. Banjos, box and fiddle..

Monday session

Thursday, July 31st, 2025

An envelope addressed to “my sponsor” with a card that says “Go raibh maith agat, thank you” on the front. An envelope addressed to “my sponsor” with an open card that says “Thank you so much for my scholarship. I’m really enjoying myself and I appreciate this opportunity. GRMA Lorcain.”

Feeling a little verklemt at Belfast Trad Fest …thank you to everyone from thesession.org who made this possible!

Friday, July 11th, 2025

A selfie with some other musicians in a pub corner. A man playing banjo and a woman playing fiddle.

Friday morning session in Miltown

Wednesday, July 9th, 2025

A kitchen crammed with musicians. A line of musicians playing away.

Wednesday afternoon sessions at the Blondes

Tuesday, July 1st, 2025

A selfie with Jessica with green grass and a sandy beach in the background under a blue sky with a few clouds. A pint of Guinness on a wooden table with hills in the background under a clear blue sky.

Another lovely day in Donegal!

Monday, June 30th, 2025

The curve of a sandy beach lapped by waves flanked by green rocky countryside on either side. Looking through a small hole in a standing stone towards the mountain in the distance. A standing stone with celtic carvings and a single small hole amidst greenery. A field with yellow flowers topped by a church slopes down to a green valley with a rugged mountain on the other side, all under a blue sky with a smattering of clouds.

Gleann Cholm Cille

Sunday, June 29th, 2025

A selfie with Jessica down by the beach. Green grass and rugged hill under a blue sky with wisps of cloud.

Fáilte as Gleann Cholm Cille!

Monday, April 28th, 2025

A sunlit bowl of thin pasta with fresh tomato and basil in a white bowl outdoors. A fluffly tabby cat lounges drowsily on the deck by the wall near some plants catching the sun's rays.

Dining al fresco (with Coco the cat for company).

Monday, April 7th, 2025

A path winding between trees on gentle mounds of green grass under a clear blue sky. A line of trees in the distance with rolling hills behind them under a clear blue sky.

Went for a stroll around The Shire this afternoon.