Category Archives: Travel
Musings on Bloomsday
Today is Bloomsday, the date of Leopold Bloom’s meanderings and musings through Dublin as created by James Joyce in the great 20th century novel, “Ulysses.” I’ve been revisiting some of my youthful passions lately — France, European painting, foreign art … Continue reading
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Tagged exile, immigration, James Joyce, Stanislaus Joyce, Trieste, Ulysses
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Ciao Firenze
It’s like an overgrowth of algae, too much of a good thing. An infestation of indestructible pests. A herd of Michelango fans. A party of gelato seekers. A siege of shoppers. What they miss in descending on Florence in droves … Continue reading
The Shell
Around the 12th century the representation of the shell came to symbolize Christian pilgrims, or the pilgrimage itself within Europe to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Not being a scholar in these matters, I can only point to others’ research … Continue reading
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