Happy Bloomsday To Us All!

“Grey way, whose violet signals are…” James Joyce’s Bahnhofstrasse, Zurich, c. 1928

There’s a poem that comes to mind, usually unbidden. I can be doing something completely mundane, and suddenly, there it is. And as I intone the words to myself, I get goosebumps.

The poem is “Bahnhofstrasse” by James Joyce, better known as the author of the great novel, Ulysses.… Continue reading