Wow…is it Friday already?  Happy St. Patrick’s day.  Interestingly enough, it’s a lot less of a big deal here than it is in the States.  In Indianapolis, they dye the canal green, drink green beer, wear all kinds of ridiculous green outfits.  Here there was a fairly short parade in Downpatrick (there was nothing at [...]

Hello, dear friends!  I feel excited waking up today knowing it’s a day to celebrate.  I love traditions of celebration.  Especially when they come with live music, parades (best when you’re with kids), and good bad-for-you food.  And today is just that day.  Mark and I are going to go to Downpatrick, one of the [...]

I’m at our favorite coffee shop right now.  I’ve started going here one morning a week, just to be out among people and also because I get stir crazy working from home all the time.  It’s a cool place – great scones, decent coffee, and a nice view of the Irish sea.  There’s another joy [...]

I wanted to give a short update because we’ve been a bit absent in the blog department.  One reason is that we’ve been really busy in the evenings lately and haven’t had a lot of time to sit and write about everything we’re doing.  The other reason is that the nature of the work we’re [...]