My close Irish friend S.’s mother died this past week. She was in her mid 70s and had not been in good health for some time, then two weeks ago she had a heart attack and was brought from County Longford to a Dublin hospital. Unfortunately, she was unable to recover and the family decided to suspend further medical intervention after consulting with the doctors. She passed away within 48 hours...
I’ve been intentionally offline for the past few days, other than for brief scans of the news headlines and weather forecast. Some Christmas catch-ups…. On the 23rd of December, I invited my friend CJ over for a pre-Christmas dinner — prime rib roast, scalloped potatoes, creamed spinach, and cornbread muffins. The inspiration came from the Christmas Eve dinners out I had with my friend Adam at...