A book signing on Bloomsday

A very literary day for me because I accompanied Jennifer to two book signings. The first was at Waterstones in Sauchiehall Street; it was a rainy morning and the shop was quiet so she didn't sell many copies. However we did have a lovely coffee and chat. Then we rushed to East Kilbride; the Waterstones there was nice and busy and Jennifer did a brisk trade. Needless to say, given the location, I met quite a few people that I knew! One of these was Lee, who used to volunteer in my workplace and is now running the children's section of EK Waterstones, he is a pleasant chap. We were in the shop for several hours and had lunch there. It was an interesting experience for me and surprisingly tiring. When we got home Jenn went to a party in the west end and I gave Ally a lift to Dunlop to a party there, then picked up Jennifer who didn't want to stay late. This gave me the opportunity to listen to a bit of Radio 4's Bloomsday coverage as I drove along. Ewan and Heather had kindly alerted me to this a couple of weeks ago because they know that I read Ulysses last summer; as all aficionados will know, the events of the book take place on 16th June 1904 and it has become an annual day of celebration especially in Dublin. In honour of this the BBC were broadcasting excerpts from the book over the course of the day, each extract at about the time of day that it was supposed to happen. Each piece was introduced and explained. The bit I listened to was the beach scene in the evening and it sounded a lot ruder than when I read it! Later on Jenn, Davie and I relaxed on the couch eating pizza!