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General views around Newmarket Yards – my new home in Dublin!

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September, 2024

I moved into Newmarket Yards in mid-August, after a rather frantic two weeks of apartment searching.  My various belongings arrived a week or so afterward, and an IKEA trip later saw me with a basically completely set up apartment.

Strangely, I didn’t put up any of my photos from Oregon… I still haven’t, as of when I wrote this post around the end of the year.  It doesn’t feel right, to me – This is a break from my past, and an opportunity to appreciate that past while moving on to my future.  I adore the photos I took, and the memories and awe they inspire, but it feels right to let them stay in storage, as memories of a past that I appreciate but have moved on from.

That’s a bit of a diversion from the point of the post, but it’s worth mentioning.  With that stewing in your minds, dear readers, please enjoy these snippets of life in my new apartment.

A shift in July plans – Visiting Home

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Wednesday, 07-July-2021 through Wednesday, 14-July-2021


After the funeral, I couldn’t bring myself to fly back to Oregon immediately. It didn’t seem right… I had the opportunity to work remotely, and my family was grieving… why wouldn’t I stay for some time?

I went to visit my Aunt first, but after spending a few days with her I headed back to my childhood home, to spend time with my Mom, Stepdad, and Sister.

It’s been so long since we’ve all lived under the same roof… it felt good, if a little strange. We’re all the same people, even if a few years have gone by… but we definitely interact a bit differently. A bit more calmly, I like to think.

Anyways, we had a good time. We worked, we ate, we chatted, and we enjoyed spending time together.

A Thanksgiving adventure – Kicking around Wilsonville

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A Thanksgiving adventure – Kicking around Wilsonville

Thanksgiving is going to be different this year. This is my first year being single in half a decade, and thanks to the COVID Pandemic it’s also the first year that I can’t travel, and don’t have any friends still in town. I’m flying solo, have a ton of vacation to burn, and am feeling energetic...


From Saturday, 21-Nov-2020 through Monday, 30-Nov-2020



I did a lot, this week.

It’s weird though… it really didn’t feel like a lot, at the time. I relaxed, I had a really nice, calm, quiet and reflective time. Waking up when I felt like it, walking and lifting weights and relaxing on the couch when the mood struck. I gamed, I walked, I ate excellent food (lots of un-photographed BLTs, for one reason or another), and I enjoyed the quiet solitude of living alone in the midst of a pandemic.

Truth be told, I’m not unhappy with it.