The weather has improved today. Over the holidays, a couple of packages were delivered to Mail Boxes Etc. for me, so I take this as an opportunity to get out of the apartment for a short walk. The streets of Dublin are subdued, with noticeably less traffic and pedestrians out and about. On the way back I cut to the River Liffey and walk along City Quay (pronounced “key”) to snap a few...

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...