This will be an short post mostly to share some photos from Dublin Pride last weekend. Dublin Pride is the second biggest festival in Ireland after St. Patrick’s Day, and the last officially organised Pride weekend was two years ago in 2019 due to COVID. My friend S. arrived into Dublin by train early Friday evening, then we met up with my friend CJ and a friend of S’s to go to an...
It’s been a warm but somewhat grey June in Dublin. Today has been one of the warmer days, with highs in the low 70s F / low 20s C, and humid – but nothing like the heatwaves that continental Europe or the U.S. have been having recently. There is no denying summer is here, now that we’re past the solstice. The sun doesn’t set until around 10:00pm these days. A well-timed photo...
I’ve taken a break from blog posts the past couple of weeks. Work has continued to be busy, and I’ve been going into the office 1-2 times a week. My social life has been muted. I came down with cold symptoms last weekend and have done several antigen tests but haven’t tested positive for Covid. The symptoms have abated almost completely except for some light chest congestion. In the meantime...