Hope springs eternal

 The title is  from Alexander Pope's  An Essay on Man written in 1733. Here is another extract.

'Two principles in human nature reign;

Self-love, to urge and reason, to restrain;

Nor this is a good, nor that a bad we call,

Each works its end, to move or govern all:

And to their proper operation still,

Ascribe all good; to their improper, ill.'

Maybe March and Mars the god of war go together. So disheartening to remember that the Iraq war was declared on  St Patrick's Day and March 2026 will be remembered too with a heavy heart.

But ¨Hope springs eternal in the  human breast: Man never is, but always To be blest.¨

St Patrick's Day Celebrations in Madrid

 

SEMANA  DE IRLANDA  EN MADRID 2026

Following the commemoration in 2025 of the 90th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Ireland and Spain, the Bloomsday Society will mark St Patrick’s Day through Literature.

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LIBRES  E  IGUALES

¡FELIZ  DÍA  DE L A  MUJER1

A woman’s place is …

In the law courts, in Parliament, in schools, and universities, in hospitals, in nursing homes, on a space shuttle, on the factory floor, on construction sites, on the football field, behind the wheel of the bus or  taxi , on the streets demonstrating, on the farm, building bridges, designing clothes, looking after animals, on the computer, in banking, conducting anorchestra, managing firms, making  films, writing, singing,  dancing, in sport and commerce , planting seeds of respect and equality and nurturing them with love  so that they will grow like flowers , unstoppable year after year to make  this world a safe and beautiful place for all humankind.