From Cork With Love - by Paul O'Mahony @omaniblog

This was recorded after midnight on Wednesday 29th of October 2025

Recorded just before midnight on Tuesday 28th of October 2025

Recognise the group?  Where they performed on 1st May 1978?
Who was with me at the concert?  #Octaver25 - my contribution 

This was recorded on the evening of Thursday 23rd of October 2025. My contribution to #octaver25

Recorded at midday on Thursday 23rd October 2025. My contribution to #Octaver25 Day 13

This is one of the first times I’ve discovered a new pop song I love now. 
Recorded on the morning of 19th October 2025.  My contribution to #octaver25

This was recorded on the morning of Friday 17 October 2025 - as my contribution to Day 11 of the music festival #octaver25

This is a speech given by Paul O'Mahony at OneCountryOneWorld (online) Toastmasters Club on Sunday 12th October 2025.  On the day after the round-Ireland awareness-raising campaign (5th-11th October). 

Recorded on the afternoon of Wednesday 15th of October 2025. My contribution to #octaver25

Recorded on the afternoon of Tuesday 14th of October 2025.  I was driving. I was walking. You could even say I was working out.  My contribution to. #octaver25

This was recorded shortly after midnight on Thursday ninth of October. #octaver25 

The last time I listened to at least three songs by the same artist, and where and when was that? #Octaver25 

This was recorded partly during the day and partly at midnight on the 6th of October 2025. Specially for #Octaver25 Day 6 

This was recorded on the 5th of October 2025, Day 5 of #octaver25

“ What’s your second favourite genre of music?”
Recorded late at night for #Octaver25  Day 4.

This was recorded on Saturday, the 4th of October.  It’s my third contribution to #octaver25 

This was recorded on second of October 2025. Day two of #octaver25

Day 1 of Music Month #octaver25  “ Teddy bears picnic” & “ PETER and the Wolf” & “ Ghost riders in the sky” & “ Slattery’s mounted fut” & Chopin “Etudes”-  these are my earliest musical memories

#octaver25  Octaver began in October 2012.  As 31 musical audios in 31 days, it continued for several years during the month of October.  This is the 2012 introduction:

"To help us connect with each other under the banner of "Music"- #octaver is the hashtag (courtesy of Slandi).
Here is a suggested structure of topics for each day:
Day 1: "Music I like now..." Day 2: "The earliest music I remember liking ..." Day 3: "Music with a story..." Day 4: "Musicians I've known or loved..." Day 5: "Music that reminds me of a place..." Day 6: "Music to go with go with food..." Day 7: "Music I hop...

This was recorded during the afternoon of the 28th of September 2025

This was recorded around midday in the south court hotel just before meeting up with a group of classmates. 

This was recorded at midday on Thursday 25th of September 2025. It’s my contribution to #seppodpomo

This was recorded on 24th of September 2025 shortly after the dressing was changed by the nurse. A doctor said that there had been good progress.

This was recorded early on the morning of Tuesday 23rd of September 2025.  Shortly after I got a message from Audible. The new book by Brené Brown is out. 

This was recorded shortly before midnight on Monday 22nd of September 2025. 

This was recorded on the evening of the 22nd of September 2025

This was recorded at a recent meeting of a Toastmasters International club.  This is off-the-cuff speaking. 

This was recorded on the morning of Friday 19th of September 2025 while starting the journey from Cork to Malahide cricket club in Dublin - hoping to see Ireland play England in a T-20 game

You hear me expressing my feelings about what the. Israeli government has instructed the Israeli army to do in Gaza.  You hear the word genocide. You hear the word USA.
Recorded on Thursday 18th of September 2025.
My contribution to the audio month of #Seppodpomo 

A slow story with a big punchline… 
This was recorded on Wednesday morning 17 September 2025 - the 17th day of #Seppodpomo 

“I’m late, I’m late - for a very important date”. 
 words taken from “Alice in Wonderland” which fit my world today.  I woke up late after having woken up early - in other words, I fell back to sleep at  7:15 I wake up 8:30 and I didn't know it - I've made a terrible mistake. I was due to be at the dentist at 8:30. I got this phone call 8.35 saying “Paul would you be here soon?” - ruined my whole world. In the end, the appointment was postponed. I'm suffering the after effects of having lost control of my day. I feel reall...

This was recorded on the morning of Monday 15th of September 2025.  Beginning with a hole in my back, it goes on to my struggle putting an agenda together, and ends up being about Golf and mental health.

This was recorded at 9:40 on Sunday morning, while looking at Blue Sky 
#Style is the name of the Haiku

Recorded shortly before midnight on Saturday - while tired in the kitchen eating pineapple.

(Recorded on Thursday morning.)

11th of September
Perched on the side of the bed
Not yet dressed
Bare feet on the carpet.
Nothing in the diary today …

Recorded on Wednesday 10th September 2025 while walking with my English setter Louis. My contribution to day 10 of #Seppodpomo 

Ghosting
How good are you at using LinkedIn? is it something that’s part of your daily or weekly habit?  are you, by any chance, in a LinkedIn group?
I'm awful at LinkedIn. I mean really bad.  for somebody who loves connecting with people around the world, who has quite a few connections on LinkedIn, and who from time to time gets a few LinkedIn direct messages,  I'm a disgrace.

I forget to look at LinkedIn for a month at a time -  I have all my notifications turned off.  I got a big surprise when I went...

Obsessed
Have you ever been obsessed with your partner?  To the point that you spend more time with your partner than with your wife, or your husband? Have you been that obsessed?

Well I have.   I've certainly spent more time in communication with my partner then I have with any member of my family, or extended family,  in the last month - except perhaps Louis the dog, and Puma the cat. 

(This obsession means that  - no no …
I'll give you an example.  This morning I read something written by somebody I've never met,  whom I am...