Travel, Writing, Circus
March means St. Patrick's Day, and all this month I am celebrating my love affair with Ireland. In 2017, I experienced my first St. Patrick's Day in Ireland. It was my second visit to the Emerald Isle, a three-week book research trip for my Irish Noir crime novel. I had originally planned this trip for… Continue reading St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland
In this post, I face my anxieties and uncertainties in Galway as I search for a job while bouncing between temporary housing.
In this post, I leave Dublin behind and head west to Galway, where I land in the middle of the International Arts Festival.
In this post, I explore how the vulnerability of moving to a new country helped me face my long-held fears around money.
In this post I share about experiencing loneliness, anxiety and overwhelm as I continue to navigate my first few weeks in Dublin, and how a catch-up with a friend helped me shift my focus for my time in Ireland.
In this post, I continue to navigate the quagmire of life admin required for setting up my new life in Ireland, and venture out on my first day trip to Howth, a seaside village outside Dublin.
In this post I head to Marlay Park in Dublin to see Lord Huron and Hozier in concert. marking a milestone in my Canadian-Ireland odyssey.
In this post, I take reprieve from life admin to explore some weird and wonderful attractions in Dublin.
In first week of my year-long working holiday in Ireland, I navigate emotional highs and lows as I build my new life from the ground up.
In this post, I arrive in Dublin, and face off with my deepest fears as I take the first steps into my 12-month working holiday in Ireland.
