Today marks one month since my arrival to Dublin. I stayed up late watching Halloween movies, so I slept in later than normal. The weather is wet and windy. I’ve stayed in all day, and it’s been a lazy day overall… eating breakfast, goofing off on my phone, trimming my beard, doing laundry. Some good news — it appears the daily number of new COVID-19 cases in...
Halloween walk on the Northside
I haven’t left the apartment in the last couple of days, so today I resolve to get out since the weather is clear. However, it’s quite a windy day as evidenced by the ripples on the River Liffey: I text my friend CJ, who fortuitously is free and needing to get out for a walk himself. I meet him just on the other side of the river and we set out on a rough loop through a few...
Baby Yoda! and history underfoot at the grocery store
The first episode of The Mandalorian Season 2 drops this morning. I re-watched all of season 1 last night in anticipation. I’m ready with my fan tshirt, bring on more Baby Yoda! I’m waiting to watch it until my friend J comes over later to hang out this afternoon. Meanwhile, the SuperValu delivery arrives around 11:00am. The delivery person is Ciarán, the same older man from...