There are several other Jumble blogs, but the ones I checked all started off by listing the answers. In this blog, answers can be either hinted at or masked by burying them in comments. No overt spoilers!
All hints are in the comments!
All hints are in the comments!
Friday, October 19, 2018
Oct. 19, 2018
|| brisk, bossy, outbid, acquit, "sirius" about it.
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Oft overlooked in modern day is the eldest Muse. The basis of Urania's art is now-a-days obtuse. Astronomy in our brisk times seems data set specific. Hardly any room in there for anything artistic.
Astrology would seem closer, making up alliance Between stars and men, and claiming it's a science. But when the child Muses were gifted their descriptors, Urania was the bossy one, and outbid all her sisters.
She wanted a greater canvas than Earth alone provided She claimed the whole night sky, by zodiac divided! And there she did acquit herself, drawing constellations, Drawing pictures in the sky, and mapping star locations!
Polaris, Sirius, and Rigel; Procyon, Canopus, and Vega! Orion, Scorpio, and Cetaurus; Lyra, Canis, and Ursa! Drawing dot-to-dot thru the myriad of glowing stars, And while she was about it, marking beauty that is ours!
Your knowledge is encyclopedic. We already marvel at your poetry, but I often find more to wonder at in your reserves of historical and natural lore. ~ OMK
Owen, your fine poem has seriously inspired and embarrassed me. If I had known the name of the dog star, the cartoon solution would have been simple. But alas I didn't before, though I do now. Also didn't know more than the few most frequently mentioned Muses. Looked them up too, just for the sake of general knowledge.
Actually had the last two words of the solution even without that pesky third clue, which eluded me until after I read your poem closely and realized what the first word must be. Then, with three of its letters placed, the third clue finally popped out.
This poem aand jumble were definitely a learning experience. Thank you so much.
Woohoo! Woooo! Thanks to Owen's poem and Sandyanon's reference to it, I got this starry Jumble! I actually managed to get all four items with a little struggle, but the theme just eluded me. I don't know my stars or my galaxies very well so it would not have occurred to me to go there. But once I looked at Owen's list, I figured it out! Fun Jumble, and fun process working with blog friends here. Thank you, all.
Don't give me too much credit. As a big science fiction fan, I'm familiar with a lot of star names, but I still had to go to lists of star and constellation names to get enough to camouflage the particular one that was needed so that it wouldn't stand out. And Urania has always seemed like the odd woman out among the Muses until Erato wrote this poem thru me!
I was in a hurry about 1pm. I'm occupied in the morning and at lunch . Fortunately, Betsy has gone nightshift so I don't need to hurry .
But after finally getting#3, I jotted down the letters, found nothing- I said "Wilbur, do they really expect me to know names of stars?" I guess I could have checked the "DATASET"* of Astronomy for Dummies but when I finished"over there" I got serious about the riddle and the solution popped . Much like Sandy, #2#3 appeared and presto#1 .
I couldn't get yesterday's and arrived here late (in case anyone wants to check it out, eh Misty?).
At almost the end of the day, I finally got to the Jumble! Solving the scrambles was not hard and I acquit myself well if not briskly. But the final solve took some time as I thought about it during commercials while watching TV. Finally my thoughts took a serious turn and with all those vowels I knew it! Your poem is a masterpiece, Owen!
| brisk, bossy, outbid, acquit, "sirius" about it.
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Oft overlooked in modern day is the eldest Muse.
The basis of Urania's art is now-a-days obtuse.
Astronomy in our brisk times seems data set specific.
Hardly any room in there for anything artistic.
Astrology would seem closer, making up alliance
Between stars and men, and claiming it's a science.
But when the child Muses were gifted their descriptors,
Urania was the bossy one, and outbid all her sisters.
She wanted a greater canvas than Earth alone provided
She claimed the whole night sky, by zodiac divided!
And there she did acquit herself, drawing constellations,
Drawing pictures in the sky, and mapping star locations!
Polaris, Sirius, and Rigel; Procyon, Canopus, and Vega!
Orion, Scorpio, and Cetaurus; Lyra, Canis, and Ursa!
Drawing dot-to-dot thru the myriad of glowing stars,
And while she was about it, marking beauty that is ours!
FYI, verse 4,line 1 are all stars, line 2 are all constellations.
Your knowledge is encyclopedic. We already marvel at your poetry, but I often find more to wonder at in your reserves of historical and natural lore.
~ OMK
Owen, your fine poem has seriously inspired and embarrassed me. If I had known the name of the dog star, the cartoon solution would have been simple. But alas I didn't before, though I do now. Also didn't know more than the few most frequently mentioned Muses. Looked them up too, just for the sake of general knowledge.
Actually had the last two words of the solution even without that pesky third clue, which eluded me until after I read your poem closely and realized what the first word must be.
Then, with three of its letters placed, the third clue finally popped out.
This poem aand jumble were definitely a learning experience. Thank you so much.
Woohoo! Woooo! Thanks to Owen's poem and Sandyanon's reference to it, I got this starry Jumble! I actually managed to get all four items with a little struggle, but the theme just eluded me. I don't know my stars or my galaxies very well so it would not have occurred to me to go there. But once I looked at Owen's list, I figured it out! Fun Jumble, and fun process working with blog friends here. Thank you, all.
Don't give me too much credit. As a big science fiction fan, I'm familiar with a lot of star names, but I still had to go to lists of star and constellation names to get enough to camouflage the particular one that was needed so that it wouldn't stand out. And Urania has always seemed like the odd woman out among the Muses until Erato wrote this poem thru me!
I was in a hurry about 1pm. I'm occupied in the morning and at lunch . Fortunately, Betsy has gone nightshift so I don't need to hurry .
But after finally getting#3, I jotted down the letters, found nothing- I said "Wilbur, do they really expect me to know names of stars?"
I guess I could have checked the "DATASET"* of Astronomy for Dummies but when I finished"over there" I got serious about the riddle and the solution popped . Much like Sandy, #2#3 appeared and presto#1 .
I couldn't get yesterday's and arrived here late (in case anyone wants to check it out, eh Misty?).
WC
I caught that Owen
At almost the end of the day, I finally got to the Jumble! Solving the scrambles was not hard and I acquit myself well if not briskly. But the final solve took some time as I thought about it during commercials while watching TV. Finally my thoughts took a serious turn and with all those vowels I knew it!
Your poem is a masterpiece, Owen!
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