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Week one of my new job is done. Therefore, month six of my circumstantial sabbatical has been attenuated. My teaching starts next week, as my boss starts handing over one of the courses to me. Just to...

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Next week I'll make my first visit to the US since move to Ireland earlier this year. Dad's 91 now, so I need to make the journey at least once a year. At least it's just a 6 hour flight rather than 24 hours. And it'll be the first time managing the jet lag in the other direction: will arrive at…

Everything – people, birds, most traffic—stopped. Around two seconds after the sun was covered the black sun revealed itself. I was speechless.

We had a mob of relations at ours for lunch yesterday. Strangely they weren't from the (massive) Egan clan: these were from my Mom's side, so Bickners/Uptons. William C Upton was an Irish shit disturb...

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I have one more job interview coming up later this month: after that I have no more applications in the pipeline. It's peak summer here in Ireland, so I'm kind of amazed anyone's doing anything recrui...

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We cut the lawn with our strange electric lawn mower. We walked the dogs twice. I baked banh mí rolls without having a mixer to do the kneading (totally edible, but not to the same standard), and gril...

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Today was my leaving 'do at work. I did not want to have one: I hate being the centre of attention and nothing fucks up this Pisces' peace of mind like managing expectations of others. But the one thi...

Earlier today my beloved arrived at our new home in Rosslare Strand Co. Wexford, accompanying our two beloved dogs, Niamh and Oisín. Because we did everything correctly, there was no need for quaranti...

On Himself's penultimate date in Aotearoa, we were doing the things — mostly about the pups. First there was a certified heart worm treatment for a certified veterinarian. Then it was off to the gover...

We are doing all the moving things and some of them are giving me the feels. This morning was our final appointment with our NZ vet . Ostensibly it was to get sign-off on some paperwork, but she also ...

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Today the movers come to pack up (most of our) shite. We're not bringing furniture, so this entails: Media devices Cooking devices Baking hardware Clothes Pet supplies Our dogs are very good protector...