Tha mair A wus boarn in Lairne in 19an46, A wus raired in Boneybefore fae A wus twa yeir oul. "Boney" is alang tha shore o Bilfawst Lough, on tha Lairne side o Carrick, whaur President Andra Jackson's fowks leeved afore flittin tae Americae. Aist Antrim is tha hame o ma hairt -tae tha yin side it's Ulster-Scotch tae tha core, but ma schuilin, wark an weemin (in that order), haes brocht me mair an mair tae tha ither side -Bilfawst an, whiles, owre tha watter.

Fur mair nor twuntie yeir noo A'm leevin in Greba, ayont Newton in tha coontie Doon. It's lake gaun fu circle. As fur tha writin - weel that aye fins me bak at tha stairt o thaings.