[Mutts, April 19, 2015. Click for a larger view.]
Patrick McDonnell’s Earl is today a canine version of James Joyce’s Stephen Dedalus, who, writing on the flyleaf of a geography book, worked out his place in the order of things. From A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916):
Stephen Dedalus
Class of Elements
Clongowes Wood College
Sallins
County Kildare
Ireland
Europe
The World
The Universe
Class of Elements
Clongowes Wood College
Sallins
County Kildare
Ireland
Europe
The World
The Universe
Earth Day is April 22.
[Dig the purple mountain majesties.]
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Are you familiar with Dylan Thomas' Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog?
I was thinking of that title, yes. But I haven’t read it. Should I?
I'm not sure. I started re-reading the book today. I'll let you know how it goes.
Okeydoke.
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