All current members of our Santa Cruz Wake group happened to be in town for our last meeting, and, not without effort, one courageous individual managed to get us to stand still long enough to take a picture for this rare occurrence. (Tip!)
Finnegans Wake as Opera
-
Can you imagine an opera based on *Finnegans Wake*?
It's a book full of echoes of operatic arias and Irish popular songs. Joyce
borrowed from Wagner the id...
Pluribus Wake & Dance First
-
The show* Pluribus* on Apple TV is a binge-worthy series with an
interesting premise, and now it's been nominated for a whole bunch of Emmy
awards. I d...
Gathered in The Cloud
-
Matthew 17:1–9 A few years ago, a young social worker named Maya went on a
silent retreat in the Rockies after burning out from working in a crowded
inner-...
Snatches of the Everlasting Gospel 3
-
[image:
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNcpxZh71l2jCbTs7-nYBJmgvJTJrPf4wq2oyZ_7AbYvqESjZ94wqaJOKAPexY3gBRlHz2aFVqubZU16pxnLZA5...
[Word repetitions in Finnegans Wake]
-
Joyce uses repetitions in almost every sentence, but they're usually
slightly changed so they're very hard to inventory.
Using a very primitive regexp «\b...
Ulysses Chapter 1: Telemachus
-
*Solemnly he came forward and mounted the round gunrest. He faced about and
blessed gravely thrice the tower, the surrounding land and the awaking
mounta...
-
Usually Finnegans Wake readings are all trees, even leaves, and not much
forest. There's little narrative and even less sense. The broader plot
summary p...
@11ysses
-
When the first earthquake hit Japan this year, I realized that it was
surprisingly difficult to get up-to-date news. The New York Times was still
making ts...