Today is "Bloomsday" !!!!

On this date 16th June 1904
James Joyce either first met Nora Barnacle his Partner for Life
[or maybe it was his first sucessful date/going-out with Her?]
Well whatever the auspiscious occasion it was ????
He commemorated and celebrated this momentious event everafter
in his world famous internationally acclaimed novel 'Ulysses'!!!

Nora Barnacle was from Galway[She met James Joyce in Dublin]
Every 16th of June People celebrate "Bloomsday"
[-the date that the action in'Ulysses'occurrs]
In Galway People gather at the 'Nora Barnacle'house
for Readings and general all round Litery 'craic'[fun]!!!
-I hope to attend there today and maybe do a
public reading from 'Ulysses'?[-i have done so before!]
of course some say 'It is All'Poseurs'and Litery Pretentiousness'
In my Opinion:It is a Litery Celebration and a 'Bit of harmless Fun'!!!!

For well over a week[or more?]
I have been Absent
from this Blog and the Internet !!
The Music Course is Over
and consequently So Too is my regular
access to computers and the Internet !!

For the past week or more I have been
living very quietly out in Conamara !!!!

For the first few days it was a bit of
a cultural shock[and a 'come down'after all
the hectic activity of the previous weeks
especially the Volvo Ocean Race in Galway where
We played Our Final and Most Sucessfull Concert !!!!

Afterwards at an Election Count Center
I Foolishly spoke to an Irish Politition
[a Minister in the Irish Goverment]
Afterwards I got Very Depressed Brooding
about the Issue that I spoke about
and which I am Concerned about !!
It was very much on my mind for Days
after I returned to Conamara-and the
More I Brooded:-The More Depressed I Became !!

What Saved Me? - What Rescued Me was Music !!!!
- I took out my Musical Instruements and I started Playing Music !!!!
and the more I Played Music the Better I Felt !!!!
and the Better the Music Became !!!!
and All my Worries and Concerns Faded Away !!!!
and Guess What ???? - I Became Happier and Happier !!!!

In Fact the past few days
have been Very Creative !!!!
in that I am Composing Music Again !!!!
and It is Good Music Too !!!!

and the Weather is Good Too !!!!

Thank God for All that is Good !!!!