Today I’m expecting an IKEA delivery with some items I ordered awhile back… I had actually wanted to add them to the earlier “click and collect” order with the dining room chairs, but IKEA had already shut down that as an option due to the government’s tightening of restrictions. At any rate, the shipment contains a shoe rack and some storage bins for the built-in...

This morning I wake up to the rare sight of snow falling in Dublin. Although it doesn’t stick to the ground, other parts of Ireland get blanketed and there’s a frost and ice warning for tonight. The cold weather is excuse enough for me to stay in all day. I have a leisurely breakfast, including a pain au chocolat I had picked up from Lidl’s yesterday. The apartment needs a touch...

The COVID-19 outlook here in Ireland continues to look grim… the headlines today suggest that restrictions (at least in some form) may last 6 months. Today I just came across Ireland’s official COVID-19 data hub; usually when looking up statistics I’ve just used Google or the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. After wrestling with various tools/apps, I created...