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Unread 03-01-2018, 04:27 AM
Jerome Betts Jerome Betts is offline
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Default LUPO For March '18 en marche

LUPO 41 is now up with the usual strong showing of Spherians. Brian Allgar, Walter Ancarrow, Melissa Balmain, John Beaton, Jerome Betts, Joan Butler, Martin Elster, Max Goodman, Peter Goulding, Martin Parker, Susan McLean, Ed Shacklee, Gail White and new members Damian Balassone, David Galef, Louis Hunt and Peter Wyton all appear in its various niches.
Their topics range from the lady of Ellis Island to cats, taking in Paul the Psychic Octopus , a Hurkle, Semele, Sisyphus. W.S. Gilbert, Thomas Hardy, age, ailments, and other matters on the way.

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Unread 03-01-2018, 07:51 AM
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Jerome, I'm loving this issue already--and I've barely scratched the surface! How thoughtful of you to publish on a day when I have a stack of student papers to grade. My reward after each one: reading five more pages of LUPO.
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My first pass through the issue offered many occasions for laughter. Two of the high points were Mae Scanlan's poem on growing old (always good for a laugh) and Max's more sprightly versions of Shakespeare. Who knew the Bard just needed an editor to really shine?
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There is seriously brilliant stuff going on in this issue, Jerome! Like Melissa, savouring slowly, but honestly - speaking of Melissa - Melissa, that is hilariously true!

And Gail White! Those rhymes had me in stitches!

And wow to Ed's Statue of Liberty - insanely good.

And the absolute classic -- Walter's Paul.

What a fabulous issue Jerome. What a great job you do, putting such an array of quality together!
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Cally, thanks so much! I've realized, while continuing to enjoy this issue, that I have lots of excellent company in the writing-about-age dept.: https://www.lightenup-online.co.uk/index.php/issue-41-march-2018/1409-competition-40-a-dangerous-age
Well done, everyone who wrote about the big 4-0!

(And I second the praise that's been heaped on Mae, Gail, Ed and Walter.)

Still many pages left to read.
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Jerome Betts Jerome Betts is offline
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I'm emailing from my house/igloo down here in the palm-infested south-west, as the Beast from the East battles with Storm Emma from the South for the third day running, to thank Melissa, Roger and Cally for their appreciative words about the issue and its contributors. It's a pleasure to work with such a sparkling bunch. Now, I'm just going outside and may be some time . . .
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It's wonderful, Jerome.
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Unread 03-03-2018, 03:24 AM
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Jerome: "Well, here's another nice issue you've gotten us into!"
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Thanks, good to hear Vera and Brian and, Vera, good to be in your very varied BTS section with John Beaton, Robin Helweg-Larsen , Susan Mclean, and Richard Wakefield.
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