Day 4: County Mayo (August 19, 2019)
...I’ve gotten quite behind on posting, but am fortunate to have found some time to catch up a bit while sitting for lunch at the Museum for Country life in…
Day 3: Howth (August 18, 2019)
So I woke up pretty early after having a wicked dream that was a mashup of war imagery inspired by the Kilmainhaim Gaol tour from the day before and scenes…
Day 2: Kilmainhaim Gaol (August 17, 2019)
So Ireland *is* amazing. I'm trying to be careful not to mindlessly romanticize this place and "the people" here, but it really has felt incredible to start to get my…
Day 1: Whew…I’m in Ireland (August 16, 2019)
It took almost 34 years to get here, but I made it to Ireland. I'm going into this whole thing pretty ungrounded. It's always been hard for me to conceive…
Prologue
Hello. My name is Erick Boustead. Welcome to my blog. Before anything else, a content warning. The following will include stuff about suicide, drinking and addiction, grief, and "mental illness".…