Colm O'Regan: 'My inner forecast finally feels seen'

"It was my mother’s habit to tap the barometer every morning and announce which way the weather was going."

Colm O'Regan:  "The humble round barometer with the pale yellow face and ships wheel frame has been on the wall of the hall for as long as I can remember." Picture: Chani Anderson.

Stormy - Rain - Change - Fair - Very Dry. Does that sequence of words ring a bell? “Pressure? Pressure is for tyres” goes the old saying. 

Well, far be it from me to correct old sayings, but pressure is for barometers and I’m here to say: Let’s bring back tapping the glass.