Oct 28, 20211 minEat The FrogSTOP PUTTING OFF ULYSSES, EAT THE FROG While attending a team building exercise for an academy where I teach, our guest speaker spoke...
Oct 27, 20214 min"A NEW DAY WILL BE" if we make changes today“I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.” A NEW DAY...
Oct 26, 20212 minMartellosFor me there is only one Martello tower which is now known as Joyce Tower but in reality, Ireland alone had as many as 50 with more than...
Oct 25, 20211 min100 days to goAs of today, October 25th, you have just 100 days to try and finish James Joyce's Ulysses by the time of the centenary celebrations on...
Oct 21, 20212 minWhen She Said YesA New Day Will Be I discovered a bittersweet story when looking for images of Bill Murray reading, I found a story about that final scene...
Oct 21, 20212 minWhere is Ulysses really set?Joyce spent as much of his life abroad as he did in Dublin´s fair city and I was very interested in the comments made by Maria when she...
Oct 20, 20212 minWhat Language Do You Read Joyce In?I was delighted to see one of the members of the Festival Bloomsday Montreal Ulysses reading group sharing a picture of their bookshelves...
Oct 19, 20211 minPick Up a Copy, Any CopyPick up a copy of Ulysses and open it, while it might be a challenge to read, it is a well loved classic that was banned and burnt before...
Oct 17, 20211 minCast and Crew and Punxsutawney tooWouldn't it be great to get Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell to pick up a copy of Ulysses before the centenary celebrations on Groundhog...
Oct 17, 20212 minHow Long Does a Day Last?Born on Groundhog Day before anyone ever celebrated the event, The Groundhog Day Challenge challenges people to try and finish Ulysses in...
Oct 17, 20212 minWhy Groundhog Day?Born some five years before the first-ever Groundhog´s Day was ever celebrated, James Joyce will forever be associated with our furry...
Oct 14, 20211 min147 Days Left to Read UlyssesI decided I was going to read Ulysses by the time of the centenary celebrations and quickly checked how long was left to Groundhog Day....