Updated September 14th, 2026 from home in West Cork.
Life
Amid an unusually hot, dry summer we welcomed our daughter to the world. Now a couple months old, it’s wild how fast she grows. Parenthood, thus far, has been a lovely change of pace to life. We get decent sleep and spend a few afternoons every week out of the house.
Exercise
I had aspirations to run the Lap of the Gap this year, but I pushed that off to 2027. I’m back to running 2-3 days a week and, handily, we have some forest roads right across the lane. The race isn’t until late May next year so there’s time to ease back into real training.
It had been 18 months since I last played golf during the Bandon trip in 2024. After a long layoff I picked the clubs up again and played my first couple rounds (not terrible scores and not too bad of rust). What I love about golf here is the baseline quality of courses (high) and the price of club memberships (low). It’s a far more accessible sport here than in the US.
Books & Words
I’ve kept up with the blogging habit and it feels easiest to write as if no one is reading. That habit was rekindled by journaling with Day One, where I have an 80+ day streak. I plan to turn this all into a hardbound book each year to encapsulate and remember life each year.
I continue to read, though the pace is a bit slower than in years past. Part of that is having a newborn, and part of it is due to reading books that take more complete attention. I’m on a philosophy kick at the moment and revisiting lots of critical theory work that I enjoyed in college. It’s nice to read books that take effort. There’s too much popcorn already in the world.
Code
In 2025 I redesigned this site and I continue to make small adjustments to it. It got me back into making things and it’s a nice, calming side project. My guidepost is Ethan Marcotte’s post about websites as worry stones.
I’ve also switched my music listening back to local, downloaded music tracks. The problem is that my perfect music app doesn’t exist. With Claude Code’s help I built a small, native macOS app that I continue to develop. It’s just for me and has been a lovely exercise in craft.
With inspiration from Derek Sivers’ Now project.
