Erin Bair
@eebair.bsky.social
Lover of long novels, old friends, and black coffee. Aunt of four, priest, doctoral student, former redhead, newbie Irishwoman.
For those who say the protesters yesterday were extremists who hate America and capitalism, I give you my parents—including my dad, a veteran and a banker. #NoKings
October 19, 2025 at 9:14 AM
For those who say the protesters yesterday were extremists who hate America and capitalism, I give you my parents—including my dad, a veteran and a banker. #NoKings
Well, looks like I’m at least doing something right…
September 3, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Well, looks like I’m at least doing something right…
Let’s play a little game called “Guess what day Erin sprained her ankle”…
To be followed by a one-question quiz: “True/False: Having walked farther today than she has all week, Erin is spending her Friday night at home with her ankle elevated.”
To be followed by a one-question quiz: “True/False: Having walked farther today than she has all week, Erin is spending her Friday night at home with her ankle elevated.”
August 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Let’s play a little game called “Guess what day Erin sprained her ankle”…
To be followed by a one-question quiz: “True/False: Having walked farther today than she has all week, Erin is spending her Friday night at home with her ankle elevated.”
To be followed by a one-question quiz: “True/False: Having walked farther today than she has all week, Erin is spending her Friday night at home with her ankle elevated.”
Ireland — where even sprained ankles come with lovely views.
Glen Beach cliff walk, you haven’t seen the last of me…
Glen Beach cliff walk, you haven’t seen the last of me…
August 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Ireland — where even sprained ankles come with lovely views.
Glen Beach cliff walk, you haven’t seen the last of me…
Glen Beach cliff walk, you haven’t seen the last of me…
Nothing like wandering into a used bookstore in Dublin and finding an old copy of one of the novels from the American south that you wrote your undergraduate thesis on 25 years ago…
May 31, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Nothing like wandering into a used bookstore in Dublin and finding an old copy of one of the novels from the American south that you wrote your undergraduate thesis on 25 years ago…
May 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I’m sure this is why Trump wants the new Qatari Air Force One… so he can fly the Afghan refugees in Qatar to the US, right? Right????
(Source: www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...)
(Source: www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...)
May 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I’m sure this is why Trump wants the new Qatari Air Force One… so he can fly the Afghan refugees in Qatar to the US, right? Right????
(Source: www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...)
(Source: www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...)
It was a bank holiday today and the weather was spectacular and the tide was out so evidently I went walking in/on Dublin Bay?
May 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
It was a bank holiday today and the weather was spectacular and the tide was out so evidently I went walking in/on Dublin Bay?
I’d have to agree that if, 1500 years ago, you wanted to crown a High King of Ireland, this wouldn’t be a bad place to do it.
#HillOfTara
#HillOfTara
May 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I’d have to agree that if, 1500 years ago, you wanted to crown a High King of Ireland, this wouldn’t be a bad place to do it.
#HillOfTara
#HillOfTara
Because beauty and joy are part of the resistance.
Dollymount Strand, Bull Island, Dublin Bay
Dollymount Strand, Bull Island, Dublin Bay
April 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Because beauty and joy are part of the resistance.
Dollymount Strand, Bull Island, Dublin Bay
Dollymount Strand, Bull Island, Dublin Bay
I was supposed to go look at an apartment tomorrow. This evening, I found a website that analyzes crime statistics for any given address/area. I’m thinking… maybe not so much for this one?
April 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I was supposed to go look at an apartment tomorrow. This evening, I found a website that analyzes crime statistics for any given address/area. I’m thinking… maybe not so much for this one?
A handful of us gathered at the US Embassy in Dublin! Every little bit counts though, right?
April 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
A handful of us gathered at the US Embassy in Dublin! Every little bit counts though, right?
(Just to be clear, I wasn’t the only one there. We were a small but mighty group outside the US Embassy.)
April 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
(Just to be clear, I wasn’t the only one there. We were a small but mighty group outside the US Embassy.)
It’s true.
(Photo by a friend of mine)
(Photo by a friend of mine)
April 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
It’s true.
(Photo by a friend of mine)
(Photo by a friend of mine)
April 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
On this day of protest: a blessing.
by John O’Donohue
by John O’Donohue
April 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
On this day of protest: a blessing.
by John O’Donohue
by John O’Donohue
April 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Somehow I’m guessing Merlin wouldn’t quite know what to do with this. #aBirdFromTheLord
March 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Somehow I’m guessing Merlin wouldn’t quite know what to do with this. #aBirdFromTheLord
Practice resurrection.
March 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Practice resurrection.
#aBirdFromTheLord I only actually saw 4 of these (plus some pigeons), and I’m not convinced the long-tailed tit wasn’t in fact a car alarm… but it was a beautiful evening in Iveagh Gardens.
March 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
#aBirdFromTheLord I only actually saw 4 of these (plus some pigeons), and I’m not convinced the long-tailed tit wasn’t in fact a car alarm… but it was a beautiful evening in Iveagh Gardens.
Today’s #aBirdFromTheLord in Merrion Square didn’t yield much excitement in the way of winged friends (in fact I seemed to terrify the robin that landed right in front of me and then frantically flew off). But this little cherry tree in bloom and these hyacinths fed my soul.
March 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Today’s #aBirdFromTheLord in Merrion Square didn’t yield much excitement in the way of winged friends (in fact I seemed to terrify the robin that landed right in front of me and then frantically flew off). But this little cherry tree in bloom and these hyacinths fed my soul.
#ABirdFromTheLord Day 7 — a chilly sunset at St Stephen’s Green, but fun to see magpies and pigeons gathering in trees for the night. Also spotted: Eurasian blackbird, swans, mallards, and a Eurasian moorhen.
March 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
#ABirdFromTheLord Day 7 — a chilly sunset at St Stephen’s Green, but fun to see magpies and pigeons gathering in trees for the night. Also spotted: Eurasian blackbird, swans, mallards, and a Eurasian moorhen.