Letters What the poets are saying
I liked your article about rhymes that help you predict weather [Summer 2008], but you missed a few. Here are two that I use all the time. I like them because, unlike some of the longer ones you mentioned, they are easy to remember. Tey work best for short-term forecasts:
“If you look up and see the sun, the chances it’s a-raining are none.”
“When water’s falling from the sky, lo, behold, rain is nigh.”
CLIVE MATHOLIE-GUEST Kelowna, B.C.
Paddle as palette
I thought you might find these paintings of interest. I love to paint the northern landscapes we visit
in our canoe. Tis one is from Hailstorm Creek in Algonquin Park.
OLAF SCHNEIDER Etobicoke, Ontario
Whip it yourself
As an avid reader of your magazine, and an even more devot- ed fan of [new wave, post-punk band] Devo, I took some sat- isfaction in your referencing of a Devo song in the Reader’s Tip section about whipping paddles [Summer 2008]. However, as an earnest Devotee, I have to take issue with
your choice of songs. Devo is so much more than “Whip It.” Like many other bands that have a hit song that draws atten- tion from the rest of the oeuvre, Devo is a victim of its own success. Because of the reach of “Whip It,” other equally fine songs are overlooked. I can suggest a few other songs for future nods. “Jerkin’
Back N’ Forth” (for an exposé of bad stern paddlers), “Free- dom of Choice” (for a tragically ironic look at negotiating braided river channels) and “Going Under” (self-explana- tory) all come to mind. What we call “Whipititis” has plagued Devotees since we
first donned yellow jump suits to usher in the 1980s. I trust your magazine will better reflect Devo’s depth in the future. Devotedly,
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