John M
@johnmeephotography.com
Photographer. Coffee drinker. Terrible Writer. Words and images from the West of Ireland. More at johnnymee.substack.com 📸🍷🎵
I'm using a Mac for 20+ years and today I finally built my very first Quick Action in Automator and assigned it to the Services menu. Spent decades wondering what they were for. Turns out I’ve been missing a gem all along! Any other suggestion for the Automator app are very welcome. #mac #apple
November 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
See how ICM can transform your photography. Forget the tripod, play with longer exposures & let your creativity shine through. It’s not about rules. It’s about capturing the essence of a scene. 👉 ICM – A Different View #Photography #ICM #CreativePhotography
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ICM – A Different View
Stories in the blur
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November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
See how ICM can transform your photography. Forget the tripod, play with longer exposures & let your creativity shine through. It’s not about rules. It’s about capturing the essence of a scene. 👉 ICM – A Different View #Photography #ICM #CreativePhotography
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Between Thoughts and Words.
I’ve written about my mum’s journey with dementia. It’s about memory, language, and the empty spaces that remain when words slip away. I hope it resonates with others walking similar paths.
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I’ve written about my mum’s journey with dementia. It’s about memory, language, and the empty spaces that remain when words slip away. I hope it resonates with others walking similar paths.
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Between Thoughts and Words
Where my mum is ... and sometimes isn't
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November 13, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Between Thoughts and Words.
I’ve written about my mum’s journey with dementia. It’s about memory, language, and the empty spaces that remain when words slip away. I hope it resonates with others walking similar paths.
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I’ve written about my mum’s journey with dementia. It’s about memory, language, and the empty spaces that remain when words slip away. I hope it resonates with others walking similar paths.
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First time having coffee in The Foxford Woolen Mills. I'm waiting for the fog to lift so I can get a nice aerial shot of a property. Can someone get the weather gods to facilitate please. Nice ambience, lovely decor and most importantly, great coffee. To quote Arnie, I'll be back.
November 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
First time having coffee in The Foxford Woolen Mills. I'm waiting for the fog to lift so I can get a nice aerial shot of a property. Can someone get the weather gods to facilitate please. Nice ambience, lovely decor and most importantly, great coffee. To quote Arnie, I'll be back.
Working, on a Sunday, and in a church. Stranger things have happened, I guess.
November 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Working, on a Sunday, and in a church. Stranger things have happened, I guess.
Leaving the hospital after visiting someone, there’s a constant audio loop: “Smoking is prohibited on hospital grounds.” Signs everywhere say the same. Yet there’s always a couple of feckers puffing away at the door. Back when I smoked, that alone would’ve shamed me into walking down the street 😃🚭
November 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Leaving the hospital after visiting someone, there’s a constant audio loop: “Smoking is prohibited on hospital grounds.” Signs everywhere say the same. Yet there’s always a couple of feckers puffing away at the door. Back when I smoked, that alone would’ve shamed me into walking down the street 😃🚭
I still have Twitter on my phone, though I rarely post there these days. Opened it this morning, scrolled for a minute, and instantly remembered why I stopped. Just a relentless stream of noise, hate bad vibes. Irrelevant picture of a crow taken thru the coffee shop window a few days ago.
November 3, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I still have Twitter on my phone, though I rarely post there these days. Opened it this morning, scrolled for a minute, and instantly remembered why I stopped. Just a relentless stream of noise, hate bad vibes. Irrelevant picture of a crow taken thru the coffee shop window a few days ago.
The Real Size of Things
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The Real Size of Things
What we think we know is often very different from reality...
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October 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The Real Size of Things
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🎧 The coffeeshop knows I’ve got work to do, but the playlist says otherwise. So far, they have played Pearl Jam, Massive Attack, Portishead and Radiohead in the background music. The playlist knows I’m not ready to face the day. 😃☕☕
October 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🎧 The coffeeshop knows I’ve got work to do, but the playlist says otherwise. So far, they have played Pearl Jam, Massive Attack, Portishead and Radiohead in the background music. The playlist knows I’m not ready to face the day. 😃☕☕
October morn. While I, and the rest of the people in the coffeeshop were scrolling the sun came out. Message learned.
October 22, 2025 at 9:22 AM
October morn. While I, and the rest of the people in the coffeeshop were scrolling the sun came out. Message learned.
Just met a guy on the street I used to hang out with years ago. He looks like total shit. I sit down beside him to say hello. 'How are you', I say. 'Stoned out of my head', says he. Man, am I glad I left that life all those years ago.
October 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Just met a guy on the street I used to hang out with years ago. He looks like total shit. I sit down beside him to say hello. 'How are you', I say. 'Stoned out of my head', says he. Man, am I glad I left that life all those years ago.
Sitting in an Irish bar having a beer with my best friend, listening to those around us talking about AI, business and the economy. There's actually some real, live, excellent Irish musicians playing and loads of great Irish people being themselves. Go with the floor people.
October 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Sitting in an Irish bar having a beer with my best friend, listening to those around us talking about AI, business and the economy. There's actually some real, live, excellent Irish musicians playing and loads of great Irish people being themselves. Go with the floor people.
I just saw a post about how people used to memorize landline phone numbers, back in the day, before mobile phones. I used to, did you? 030775795899 - a number of an old girlfriend. Man, how we used our brains back then! :-)
October 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
I just saw a post about how people used to memorize landline phone numbers, back in the day, before mobile phones. I used to, did you? 030775795899 - a number of an old girlfriend. Man, how we used our brains back then! :-)
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
The Street Guy. I wrote something on Substack about someone we all know - not by name, but by presence. The one who’s part of every town’s rhythm. #street open.substack.com/pub/johnnyme...
The Street Guy
The kindness of being seen
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October 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The Street Guy. I wrote something on Substack about someone we all know - not by name, but by presence. The one who’s part of every town’s rhythm. #street open.substack.com/pub/johnnyme...
Full house here at The Wild Atlantic Words festival. Our MC for this event, A poem and a Pint is local wordsmith @kenarmstrong.bsky.social Slainte!
October 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Full house here at The Wild Atlantic Words festival. Our MC for this event, A poem and a Pint is local wordsmith @kenarmstrong.bsky.social Slainte!
Today, #budget2026 will dominate the headlines. But will it change anything for you or me? For those already stretched thin, life gets trickier. More housing? Hospital beds? Support? Hope? Or just more noise and hand-waving? You already know the answer. Take care, and enjoy your Tuesday.
October 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Today, #budget2026 will dominate the headlines. But will it change anything for you or me? For those already stretched thin, life gets trickier. More housing? Hospital beds? Support? Hope? Or just more noise and hand-waving? You already know the answer. Take care, and enjoy your Tuesday.
Dear Tuesday, please don't be fucking Monday!
October 7, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Dear Tuesday, please don't be fucking Monday!
Coffee with my better half this afternoon. Cafe Nero not too busy because of the weather. Pretty windy in Castlebar atm but not as bad yet as the coastal areas of the county.
October 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Coffee with my better half this afternoon. Cafe Nero not too busy because of the weather. Pretty windy in Castlebar atm but not as bad yet as the coastal areas of the county.
October 2, 12.54pm.
Having a coffee and looking out on the west of Ireland October rain. A simple coffee and a few moments of quiet time. But sometimes, coffee is more than that. Here's a short read about a previous coffee.
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Having a coffee and looking out on the west of Ireland October rain. A simple coffee and a few moments of quiet time. But sometimes, coffee is more than that. Here's a short read about a previous coffee.
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October 2, 2025 at 11:58 AM
October 2, 12.54pm.
Having a coffee and looking out on the west of Ireland October rain. A simple coffee and a few moments of quiet time. But sometimes, coffee is more than that. Here's a short read about a previous coffee.
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Having a coffee and looking out on the west of Ireland October rain. A simple coffee and a few moments of quiet time. But sometimes, coffee is more than that. Here's a short read about a previous coffee.
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It's October the first. Let me take this moment to wish you all a very happy Christmas.
October 1, 2025 at 9:31 AM
It's October the first. Let me take this moment to wish you all a very happy Christmas.
Someone fired a firework at our beautiful Indian neighbour this evening. It hit him in the back but could have been more serious if it hit him in the face. He was 'shook'. He was walking along our street, minding his own business. The rest of us need to step up and stand against this 'casual' racism
September 28, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Someone fired a firework at our beautiful Indian neighbour this evening. It hit him in the back but could have been more serious if it hit him in the face. He was 'shook'. He was walking along our street, minding his own business. The rest of us need to step up and stand against this 'casual' racism