Proteus is all about Stephen walking alone along Sandymount strand and contemplating life and death. I was doing same this week, (well, minus the strolling along the shore part), as my father had a medical emergency complicated by the global pandemic and the (needed) restrictions on visitation and being able to help. He is now recovering in a rehabilitation facility, regaining his strength and balance. He shouldn’t need an ashplant when he gets out.
Now that my dad is stable on on the road to recovery, It’s time to jump into Calypso! Being in Bloom’s head will be fun after Stephen’s broodiness and focus on the death of a parent.
Reading James Joyce 