Jun19

Thanksgiving in New England – The flights out

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Thanksgiving! Last year, Thanksgiving was a bit too busy for me to fly back to the United States… classes, and general insanity, conspired to keep me in Dublin. Which, frankly, was a perfectly lovely time with friends and classmates. 2025, however, had none of those challenges… and thus, saw Andrea and I winging our way to New England for a well-deserved holiday…

Sunday, 23-Nov-2025

Flying is one of those really fun things for me. I adore the calmness once you’re in the airport… it’s magical time, to me, where I can really focus in and get things done.

This time was no exception. Flying from Dublin to Boston is simple and easy, thanks to TSA being on this side of the pond (probably due to the sheer volume of Americans coming back here), so it’s clean, it’s simple, and it’s a beautifully quiet spot.

Jun17

Christmas in Newmarket yards

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Friday, 21-November-2026

Walking home from… Well, walking home from something, I saw wreaths up for sale in one of the shops near the apartment.

I mean, it works, right? They’d put up the Christmas trees earlier, so… yeah. It felt like it was time.

Seriously – one of the things I appreciate about living in an apartment building like this is the decorations. They’re just that lovely extra little bit of fun to the year.

Jun15

The travails of finding a spice rack

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Fall, 2025

All I wanted was a spice rack.

Just a simple spice rack for the kitchen – not something special, not something bespoke, just a simple place to store my spices and use the vertical space efficiently.

IKEA? Nope, don’t have anything.
Shops nearby? Nope. “What’s a spice rack?”
Charity shops? HahahaNO.
Any stores or Facebook marketplace style things? yeahrightno.

Fine. Fine, you know what? FINE. I’ll make it myself.

So I did.

I measured, I designed, I printed, and I assembled. I was weighed and measured, and my ability and creativity was not found wanting.