Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Bloomsday in Rome; Polyphonic Grief on the Adriatic

Through much good luck I will be in Rome this Saturday, which is Bloomsday! Joyce moved there on July 31, 1906, with his young family when the school he was teaching in in Trieste had financial troubles and his employment wasn't certain. Joyce very specifically chose to move to Rome,  but his...
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Saturday, June 2, 2012

A Rare Long Weekend: The Jubilee Queen Meets the Transit of Venus

Americans don't have Jubilees. The only way I can think of that we relate to the word is Cherries Jubilee. And that, it turns out, was created by Escoffier for one of Queen Victoria's Jubilees (she had a Golden in 1887 and a Diamond in 1897). The Catholic Church has Jubilee years, during which plenary...
              
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