It was like a mini-carnival out the back in our socially-distanced safe space, eating pizza and swapping lockdown war stories. (I grew up in Kinsale, I get a bit crotchety if I don’t smell the sea every couple of weeks.) My brother-in-law arrived yesterday with some kind of plastic water slide gizmo he bought for the kids. My two spent hours on it yesterday in the sun – the highlight was when my daughter reached the end of her first slide down the thing and roared, ‘This is just like being on holidays’. I’m not sure if it’s as a result of lockdown, but men are cooking a lot more of the family meals.

Source: Irish Examiner June 02, 2020 17:54 UTC