Friday, June 16, 2006
Bangers on Bloomsday
It was Bloomsday today. But I did not make a big fry up for breakfast, nor did I take part in any of the numerous events scheduled all over town. I got up as usual, at 7.15 and fought my way through Dublin traffic to the other side of town to have a dried out croissant and some mediocre coffee for breakfast. Lunch was equally forgettable as was the afternoon entertainment - well, maybe apart from the football that we watched on our break.Unfortunately, my friend and her mates missed the
whole Bloomsday thing as well and that was not because they did not try hard enough to take part in some form of event. Former Taoiseach Charles Haughey died this week and the funeral was held today, reason enough to cancel most of the official celebrations of this memorable day in the life of James Joyce's hero Leopold Bloom. I personally did not care about either - although I think I cared less about the real life politician than the fictional character - so I did not mourn the loss of either. Instead, I tried to survive the last working day of the week as best I could and then went home to cook a dinner of bangers and mash with onion gravy, which was exactly the kind of comfort food I needed on a tired Friday night.Christine at 10:49 pm
