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Cold and Wet

Cold and Wet

It's cold and wet here in Dublin. The kind of cold that blasts through your coat with the force of the wind. The type of wet that waxes and wanes...

Cold and Wet

It's cold and wet here in Dublin. The kind of cold that blasts through your coat with the force of the wind. The type of wet that waxes and wanes...

A dim lobby with a space-age chair and a round window showing a galaxy outside

Lost in Space

Barcelona is dead quiet in the early morning darkness. Back home, the pre-dawn hours are noisy. Delivery trucks clang and clatter. Buses slide by, their hydraulics hissing at every stop....

Lost in Space

Barcelona is dead quiet in the early morning darkness. Back home, the pre-dawn hours are noisy. Delivery trucks clang and clatter. Buses slide by, their hydraulics hissing at every stop....

Tightly packed black stones near the see at the Giant's Causeway

Seventeen Years Later

In 2006 I stepped on Irish soil for the first time. As an inexperienced traveler, I was anxious about all manner of things. How much currency should we bring? Did...

Seventeen Years Later

In 2006 I stepped on Irish soil for the first time. As an inexperienced traveler, I was anxious about all manner of things. How much currency should we bring? Did...

Vegas for Squares

Vegas for Squares

It's strange that I enjoy Vegas as much as I do. I don't gamble, I rarely drink alcohol, and I'm not into nightclubs. But there's something entertaining about being in...

Vegas for Squares

It's strange that I enjoy Vegas as much as I do. I don't gamble, I rarely drink alcohol, and I'm not into nightclubs. But there's something entertaining about being in...

Post-Pandemic Road Trip

Post-Pandemic Road Trip

Seven days after our second dose of the vaccine, the second we felt safe enough to travel, Patrick and I packed our backpacks...

Post-Pandemic Road Trip

Seven days after our second dose of the vaccine, the second we felt safe enough to travel, Patrick and I packed our backpacks...

dark stormclouds gather over mountains in the distance. In the foreground, the opening to a hedge maze

Roadtripping to the Stanley Hotel

Sometimes a place grips our imagination so tightly that we can't help but dream about it...

Roadtripping to the Stanley Hotel

Sometimes a place grips our imagination so tightly that we can't help but dream about it...