Cryptoquote Solved – 01/23/23

“For whatever we lose (like a you or a me), it’s always our self we find in the sea.”   —   E.E. Cummings

(I’ve got no major issue with the sea.  Salt water is supposed to be good for soothing your body, and all that stuff.  Just don’t drink it!  Also, they say that the sea is unforgiving.  And she is in many ways.  She’s home to killer whales, stinging jellyfish, a variety of sharks and other fishies with teeth that bite.  She also has riptides and rip currents that can really mess you up, or even kill you.  So, if you’re smart, you will show the sea the respect that she deserves.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Cryptoquote Solved – 09/09/22

“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”   —   E.E. Cummings

(Maybe I should’ve written out his name in all lower-case letters?!?  One of the best known, and important, poets of the 20th Century, his first wife was also his cousin!  That’s a little odd, but also the marriage did not last long, only 2 months or so.  His second marriage only lasted three years.  He did much better with his common-law wife, Marion Morehouse, around 28 years.  He died from a stroke at only 67.  I wouldn’t be surprised if it was smoking related, but that’s just conjecture.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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(Saturday’s) Cryptoquote Spoiler – 08/16/14

 

English: Grave of poet E. E. Cummings, located at Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

E.E. Cummings, full-length portrait, facing left, wearing hat and coat / World-Telegram photo by Walter Albertin. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“I’m living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.”   —   E. E. Cummings

(Boy, can I ever relate to this!  Old Edward Estlin was a very humorous fellow.  The dude often wrote like Yoda speaks.  But, when you’re a poet you get to do what you like.  That’s why the call it poetic license!  Be you well, and good you do, friends.)   —   YUR

 

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Cryptoquote Spoiler – 03/26/10

“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”   — E.E. Cummings

(Oh.  So that’s why some of us never grow up!) —   YUR