I've been exploring Belfast with a bit more gusto, especially since the weather continues to get lovelier and the city has been quiet for Easter/Royal wedding holidays. (I admit I don't get the royal wedding clamor, but fair enough, extra quiet Belfast for me.) I tried beans on toast for the first time: not as bad as expected. Almost good.
I spent a good couple of hours in the Linen Hall library near the center of town today. They have an odd selection of niche and vintage books, and boutique-style books by local writers ... I did a quick survey of the astronomy section and it wasn't too bad, especially for a non-specialist library. The history section, to my delight, had a series of children's books, occult histories, and random real estate pamphlets. And so on. Plus they have great tea ... so, winner.
Last week I got to chatting with a guy at the climbing wall who offered to take me out with his friends into the Mournes, now that the weather's nice. I'm sure I'll be far behind the skill level of most of them (they're amazing, these guys, at least from what I've seen down at the wall) but it will be nice to actually get out a bit in the area. The weather has been good and getting better.
In time for differentiation, I finally narrowed my PhD topic down to focusing on Messier 45 only. Still a massive project area, but more narrowing to go. Dad's favorite part of the sky, that was. Not sure if that's a coincidence.
More soon. I'm doing better.
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