Nov 18, 20212 minAt It Again´s TitbitsWhile Ulysses will keep me busy for the next 78 days until Groundhog Day, the idea behind the Groundhog Day Challenge comes from a...
Nov 15, 20212 minWas Ulysses made for the internet age?“I think that the online world has actually brought books back. People are reading because they're reading the damn screen. That's more...
Nov 15, 20213 minUlysses & CocktailsMy love for Joyce has come about as a result of monthly readings of the Bloomsday Society in Madrid, and the drinks and discussion we...
Nov 15, 20212 min80 days left to Groundhog DayIf Phileas Fogg could travel around the world in 80 days then maybe I can finish Ulysses in the 80 days until the centenary celebration...
Nov 12, 20211 minMOVEMBERLast year, all I did was grow a mustache for Movember and post pictures on Instagram. It was very easy to do as I had online classes and...
Nov 12, 20213 minHave you seen Phil Conners golfing around Ireland?A bit of a long shot here and I'm very unlikely to land this one on the green but I have just spent the last hour trying to contact...
Nov 9, 20214 minTime to COP on about Climate ChangeMy article in The Irish Times that takes us back to the COP25 in 2019. Not very Joycean I know and unrelated to The Groundhog Day...
Nov 8, 20214 minA Ghost Story, & A Symbol of Irish Art"Tell us a story sir, oh do sir, a ghost story," our story begins at Wilde´s front door but ends thousands of miles away in Europe, with...
Nov 8, 20211 minOverwhelming at timesI am a couple of hundred pages into Ulysses but still have many chapters to read if I am am to finish the book by Groundhog Day which is...
Nov 5, 20212 minThe librarian and her bookLeinster House is an absolutely beautiful building that I always enjoyed working in and within the large complex of offices, meeting...
Oct 29, 20212 minSomething Special for 2/2/2022The Groundhog Day Challenge wouldnt exist without the passion and enthusiam of the Bloomsday Society in Madrid, and a comment made by...
Oct 28, 20212 minLongest way round is the shortest way homeTry to lose yourself, only to discover strange places, interesting people and the Irish village reaching out around the world, affecting...
Oct 28, 20212 minEl Arpo Media and Evening with Joyce, and Fake NewsAfter meeting with Sara Canto at El Ateneo theatre to talk about The Groundhog Day Challenge and The Bloomsday Society's first monthly...
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...