Jennie Finch on the seafront at Saltburn.
In the UK there is, in some circles, the idea that Ireland is just “England with a funny accent”. Let me disabuse any reader of this idea. It is a very different country, though the accent can take a while to get used to. There is the weather, of course, though this is not as […]
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/adjusting-to-a-very-different-country/
Happy Easter to you all from a cold and rainy Tipperary. This is a bit of a non-news blog as I don’t have much in the way of news from Tipperary. A lot of things are in progress but I’ve decided I need a week off so I’m sending you all good wishes but no […]
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/happy-easter-but-no-news-from-tipperary/
In this networked and computer driven society one of the most annoying thing is the compulsory upgrade. After years of using IT, way back to the dial-up days, I have always been of the opinion that if something needs constant upgrading it doesn’t work properly anyway. This rather rough rule of thumb applies to many […]
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/well-some-upgrades-are-good-if-annoying/
Pondering over the last month or so over last night’s dinner we both agreed we love our home. When we were first considering the move we had a short list of what we would like. A very short list actually. We wanted off road parking, one of the growing problems in Saltburn. In fact it […]
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/love-our-home-but-hate-the-infrastructure/
Something a bit different this week – a blog mainly about writing. In theory the last few years should have been good for writing. It’s been quiet and we are fairly isolated so there’s time and space to focus. Well, space anyway. Anyone who has read some of these posts will know we’ve been pretty […]
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/mainly-about-writing-this-time/
My apologies for the brevity of this episode, but there are very good reasons for it. I am currently struggling with “the new”. Specifically, the new Google that has imposed itself on the website I use. It has been sending little messages for several months now about “sun setting” some elements. I should move to […]
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/not-everything-new-is-a-good-thing/
Firstly apologies for the late blog entry. This was due to another spell of drain trouble – “second verse, same as the first”. The fatberg broke down a little when I was removing it and some got washed back into the kitchen outlet. This meant all the washing up water flooded over the back patio, […]
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/new-year-same-old-problems/
Here we are, a year round and our first Christmas in our own house in Ireland. I don’t know about you but we had a very happy day. Last year Jacqui scrambled and juggled and somehow made a special time for us. This year we had a bit more time and a bit more space. […]
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/hoping-you-had-a-very-happy-christmas/
Life is a series of ups and downs and the best we can hope for is it evens out in the end. Take this last week for example. A lot has been going on and there were mixed results. Some we won, some we lost and at least one outcome managed to be both at […]
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/sometimes-you-win-sometimes-you-lose/
I said last week this is the time of anniversaries for us and here is another. We landed in Ireland a year ago. It is hard to believe sometimes, looking back. Firstly that a whole year has passed since we packed up and headed for an unknown future. Secondly that we have done so much […]
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/another-anniversary-and-what-a-year/
