I approve. All jigsaws should come with an almost life-size copy of the picture. I know nothing about James Joyce's work so this is quite intriguing. A huge lemon soap? A giant potato? A man jumping on his hat?
It reminds me of Mondays when I was little and my gran would do the washing in the sink and then, in later years, in a little boiler thing. The house would be filled with steam so she'd keep the doors open, which made it cold too. I have the same sort of 'urgh' feeling now.
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Somehow or other, I have also missed reading Joyce. I once knew a fellow who at Easter would proclaim, "Read Joyce."
I read A Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man, which became a favorite of mine, and The Dead. I used to think I would tackle Ulysses one of these days, but now I think life is too short for me to spend time on it when so many other books call my name. Have fun with your jigsaw. I have no idea what the potato means.
Love,
Janie
I am not a puzzle person Husband is. My grand used an wringer washer and I was thrilled to be the catch person. Catching clothes after they went through the wringers.
Cathy
I read Ulysses - that was enough!
Congratulations to anyone who has read Joyce! Cathy, I used to love that job with the wringer/mangle too.
I failed to finish Ulysses. Probably one of my better decisions 🤪
I love Joyce. But I have the cultural advantage of a longtime Catholic partly Irish family and a heavy education in the classics and church Latin. His characters talk like my relatives did! I knew a lot of the jokes. But it's harder if you need a lot explained as you read. Ulysses took me a while, but Dubliners, Portrait of the Artist, not so much. I haven't read Finnegan's Wake. Is that the jigsaw puzzle reference?
The jigsaw sounds fascinating. I've never read anything by James Joyce so I wouldn't get the references either. I remember my mum having a twin tub when I was little, how modern that was at the time, haha.
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