Mama, Belleek Pottery, and An Abiding Love of All Things Irish

My heritage is a bit of a mixed bag ... Irish, Macedonian, French. Quite a concoction, isn't it? But it is the Irish I see when looking in the mirror: for me there is no denying the Ould Sod. And it was mother who gave me a love of all things Irish ~ from laces to Irish tenors (she'd stop whatever she was doing to see/hear John Gary ♥) to her More Than 10,000 Ways To Cook A Potato ... and a