Welcome to Siggy
Buckley! Educated in Germany with a Master’s Degree in English,
Siggy lived in Ireland for over 15 years, first teaching at the University
of Limerick as an adjunct professor, while building up an organic farm. She
later ran her own businesses in Dublin before coming to the USA in 2003. In
2005, Siggy married an American and pursued her life-long dream of writing.
Her new book--coming out on Bloom’s Day this year--is:
I Once
Had a Farm in Ireland: Living the Organic Lifestyle. www.IoncehadaFarminIreland.blogspot.com.
Her first poem Special
K was published by Akashicbooks.com.She is a passionate blogger; her
main site is called Siggy’s Omnibus. She also created an Internet
style coffee house platform for writers called www.Writersgettogether.blogspot.com.
Her Twitter
handle is @Hernibs.
Siggy Buckley appeared several times on local NPR with
Melissa Ross’ First Coast Connect and On First Coast
Living (Local TV ─ NBC) and had numerous interviews on blog talk
radio. Her experience as a former Irish matchmaker makes her a welcome guest
for local paper interviews and Op-ed pieces.Since 2006 she has been a member of
the National League of American Pen Women in Jacksonville, FL, and writes a
book/movie review column for their Jacksonville branch.
What brings your writing into focus? The ability to put what happened to me in my life into words
and stories so that I can share them with readers.
What inspired
your latest book? My
life. I had other plans for myself; life happens--as John Lennon allegedly
said--when you’re busy making other plans.
Written or
not, what’s the most ill-conceived story idea you’ve ever had? At age 12, I began to write a crime
story, having just started to enjoy them. I managed exactly 2 paragraphs
describing the villains sitting around a table and scheming. I had no idea of
what their crime would be or what should happen next. I left it at that.
How much fact
is in your fiction? If
I said my works are true verbatim, that might be a shocker to some readers--and
my family. I prefer to call it “creative non-fiction.” I wish I could write
different genres, but honestly I lack the imagination that is necessary for
that.
What tune/music could be the theme song for your book? I alternate between two. For my
farm book I’d say: "Non, je ne regrette rien" by Edith Piaf and
overall for the rest: "I did it my way" by Frank Sinatra.A
wheelbarrow, a cable drum, gardening tools, and a pickaxe are unusual items on
a wedding registry. They’re what Mac and Siggy, a German professional couple,
need to fulfill their dream of organic gardening. But Siggy doesn’t know that
Mac is harboring secret dreams of full-scale farming and emigrating to seek a
healthier and simpler life in an unspoiled country: Ireland.
After two babies
and the Chernobyl meltdown in 1987, they are scared enough to make big changes.
They buy a farm in Tipperary, and give up their jobs, friends and home to raise
their children in an unpolluted environment.
More than just
fleeing the nuclear threats, they want to blaze a new path to wholesome,
sustainable living. A period of intense learning and acquiring new skills
follows: how to raise chickens, pluck geese, breed cattle and sheep, and how to
grow all kinds of vegetables.
Soon they
realize that farming means a relentless workload with no time off. They almost
kill themselves to produce healthy food.
I Once Had a
Farm in Ireland is
a modern woman’s journey from a sophisticated, hectic urban life in western
Germany seemingly back in time to a lifestyle that may be rustic, so different
but just as complex as a modern European professional’s. It’s the story of a
woman who sacrifices her own dreams for the sake of her family until she
discovers her own path.
Detailed
descriptions of gardening and farming activities, combined with recipes make
I once had a Farm in Ireland a useful “How to” book for
green-minded consumers and environmentally conscious readers who are
toying with the idea of producing their own food.
About the
Author:
“As the
descendant of central Virginia agricultural families, I relate to the candor of
Siggy Buckley's words - "For almost ten years, we nearly killed ourselves
— and each other! — producing healthy food." Buckley's book I Once
Had a Farm in Ireland: Living the Organic Lifestyle is
a 'must read' for any one who considers or views modern day homesteading
as idyllic. For, enabling an organic life-style as Siggy found, can be an all
consuming life altering experience.
---- Sylvia Hoehns Wright, an
eco-advocate, challenges all to 'Move from eco-weak to eco-chic - green life's
garden, one scoop at a time!”
Here are the two
links to purchasing the Irish farm book on Amazon:
Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25574518-i-once-had-a-farm-in-ireland?from_search=true&search_version=service_impr
Blog: www.SiggyBuckley.blogspot.com (a main
website is under construction)
For my first
book I have this: www.NextTimeLucky.com.
Trailers:
