It’s a drizzly, wet day. I get up relatively early (compared to last week) with a determination to be more productive. The top priorities on my agenda are career development / job search and health insurance. But first… I just read a headline in The Guardian that Ireland surges to worst infection rate in the world with 10,100 cases per million over the seven days up to this past Sunday...

It’s been a grey, cold Sunday, and as a result I’ve had low energy all day. I haven’t seen apple fritters anywhere in Dublin, and this morning I decide to try making some in the air fryer using a recipe that only uses self-rising flour, cinnamon, sugar, an apple and greek yogurt (plus milk and confectioners sugar for the icing). They turn out decent on the outside (thanks to...

Apparently today is the coldest morning Ireland has had in three years, with lows dropping below freezing in the 20s F. I get up and have a leisurely breakfast of bacon, egg and cheese bagel sandwiches, which I usually only do on weekends. I decide it’s time for the Christmas tree and other holiday decorations to come down, and this inspires me to do a New Year’s cleaning of the...