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| Finally, these last two kind of sum things up well |
2 The joy of reclaiming long lost positive words
Some of our happiest words are such because they make us smile, and often involve a bit of fun at our own expense. Who can resist such nicknames as “cacklefarts” for eggs, or “bags of mystery” for sausages (because you never quite know what’s in them)? Even the prudish Victorians knew hankies as “snottingers”, and umbrellas as “bumbershoots”.
3 Omicrom variant - 2022's hero or villain?
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A woman draws on the National Covid Memorial Wall on the embankment in London. |
4 Poetry corner (for new year's day 2022)
from What I WantYes, that's what I want right now,Just that sensationOf my mind's gradualDeceleration, as if ITook my foot off the gasAnd the Buick rolled to a stop.Alicia Ostriker (1992) |
5 RIP painter Wayne Thiebaud (pronounced T-Bow) aged 101
Overtime: Austin Kleon's quotes.
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