After more driving than I care to repeat we’re settled into our new place. It’s remarkable how quickly your inner clock downshifts when the only ambient sounds are birds, a rushing creek, and farm animals.
The creek bounds the southern and eastern sides of our property and, at least at this time of year, provides a steady, calming gurgle you hear all around. In Dublin, if I cracked my office window I heard construction crews. Here I can listen to water cascade down the creek. That’s a win!
We got groceries in town yesterday and, on the way home, were hilariously flagged down by a passing car. An Irish couple had, in their words, “gotten a touch lost.” We pointed them back to the road they wanted and they laughed (fair!) at how they had to flag down recently transplanted Americans to get directions. Hopefully they got back to Cork just fine.
Starlink, so far, has held up wonderfully. Fiber covers almost all of Ireland, but hasn’t made it to our street of just 2 homes. Given that, Starlink feels like a genuine miracle and is the easiest €50 we spend each month.
Rich Roll’s podcast is consistently fantastic and his interview with Jennifer Pastiloff is a deep, heartfelt conversation. I often feel 2+ hour podcasts would be better as 45-minute episodes; not this one.
A side effect of a less-than-smart phone is that I treat it more like an e-reader. The e-ink display and small size make it something to cozy up with. As a result I’m reading a ton more, both short and long form. A few favorite articles:
- A People’s History of Free Speech. A short history of the First Amendment’s origins and the role that persuasion ought to play in its exercise.
- Landslide; a ghost story. “knowledge problems that ripple across our information ecosystems can become…the equivalent of colony collapse.”
- Is It Really So Much Better Now? Chris Arnade’s Dignity remains one of my favorite books; unsurprisingly his newsletter is also excellent.
