Irish Chain

Everyone is Irish on March 17, or so the saying goes. A lot of people, Irish or not, will celebrate this day by wearing green, by drinking Guinness or by eating something involving carrots, potatoes, onions and cabbage. I chose to observe the day by making this Irish Chain block, and by remembering my favorite Irish-born author. C. S. Lewis was raised in Belfast around the turn of the last century. As a child Lewis was fond of Beatrix Potter and of Norse, Greek and Irish mythology. You can see their influence in his writing. I adore his Narnia Chronicles, but where Lewis really shines is in his defense of faith. About his homeland, he once said, “There is no doubt that the Irish are the only people: with all their faults I would not gladly live or die among another folk.”