N-uptial
E-ndurance
S-uccessfully
T-riumphs
O-ver
R-ough
&
S-eas,
U-sing
S-olid
A-ffection
N-everendingly
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Monocrostic (Anniversary of Nestor & Susan Panganiban)
Now, a year has turned, a joyful sight,
Embraced by warmth and radiant light.
Sunshine smiles, as memories gleam,
Today you savor, a happy dream.
One page again leads to another's call,
Rivers of blessings flow once and for all.
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(Birthday of Bro. Nestor M. Panganiban)
“We must feel glad that, for the moment, the kea has been saved to amuse us, surprise us, even annoy us and damage our property, and cheekily remind us that land was not made just for the benefit of the human race.”
– Authors Rod Morris and Hal Smith on the kea
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Endemic to New Zealand
Omnivores in harsh alpines
Smart, playful, curious bird
Parrot species endangered Kea
Delightfully curious, clever learner
Lover of new things
Waitaha gave them name
‘Guardians of the mountains’
Flying emeralds, camouflage wild
Ground nesting social lives
Vulnerable to ground predators
Stoats, possums, feral cats
Wires, power lines, cars,
Chocolate, wrappers, plastic, rubbish,
Lead, Timms traps, baits
Wrongfully persecuted Nestor notabilis
He’s always So Behind
Hasten,
Mason
Heavenly Guy
Sky glow
Milo
A Great Guy
Maxwell
acts swell
Sure Not Dickie Nixon
Tricky
Micky
Spoiled Guy
Bratty
Mattie
Why We Follow
Moses
Shows us
Such a Cheerful Fellow
Jaunty
Monty
Hope he Doesn’t want Kids
Sterile
Merrill
The Stoic
Spartan
Martin
He Keeps Them in the Family
Newel’s
Jewels
The King’s Favorite
Jester
Nestor
He’s Just so Tall
Shorten
Norton
Almost got Left off the Ark
Noah’s
Boas
I Have . . .
Faith in
Nathan
The Shrewd One
Heady
Neddy
The guy in Charge
Foreman
Norman
Never Sits Still
Goin’
Owen
Stuck at Home
Snowed in
Odin
A Nobody
Zero
Nero
Put Him on a Diet
Fatty
Paddy
Give Him a Shave Please
Hairy
Parry
Never Finished Med School
Nursie
Percy
Kind of a Loafer
Restin’
Preson
Mr. Popular
Tweeter
Peter
His Magic
Patrick’s
Hat Tricks
Worm Man
Wriggly
Quiggly
N-uptial
E-xpression's
S-tatement
T-ruly
O-ffers
R-apturous
&
R-egards
E-mploying
Y-early
N-ote's
E-ndless
L-ove
Y-ou
N-eed
Topic: Anniversary of Nestor & Reynelyn San Pablo (May 28)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
N-eatness
E-mploys
S-anitation
T-o
O-bliterate
R-abid
F-lu
E-rasing
R-isky
N-astiness
A-nd
N-otorious
D-isease's
E-pidemic
Z-one
Topic: Birthday of Bro. Nestor M. Fernandez (May 02)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
N-oble
E-xpression
S-tarts
T-o
O-ffer
R-apturous
F-elicity
E-agerly
R-elieving
N-egativity
A-s
N-ice
D-elight
E-mploys
Z-est
Topic: Birthday of Bro. Nestor M. Fernandez (May 02)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
N-ew
E-arliness
S-eems
T-o
O-bliterate
R-ain
E-nding
C-hilling
H-owler
A-s
N-iceness
O-pens
Topic: Birthday of Nestor Echano (July 27)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
N-ew
E-arly
S-unshine
T-riumphs
O-ver
R-aindrops
Topic: Birthday of Nestor M. Fernandez (May 2)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
I spend my hours these days
Watching the Olympics
With the usual champions the Americans
Canadians sometimes winning
A few medals for swimming
Women winning
Still no men
Emotional with Oleksiak
16 year old Torontonian
Breaking Canadian records
With 4 medals
Women rowers too getting there
Wrestlers, high jumpers, gymnasts,
And Nestor and Pospisil
For tennis medals. Eliminated by Spain.
22 medals for Canada, tying it to the Atlanta Olympics
In 1984...
What else can a retiree do
But leisurely watch tv
Take leisurely walks and swims
See a movie,
Pray, eat, sleep
And repeat this routine
Symbolically comparing the Olympics
To life, to youth, to that period in life
When competition was the be-all and end-all
But now I watch passively
As the young go through this Olympic process
In life, of life, youth, middle age,
Then, old age when the process ends
And life is but that Shakesperean 'walking shadow,
A poor player that struts and frets upon a stage
And then is heard no more.'
By now, see.
You almost know me.
A shy type little man;
With pretty wife, as my avid fan.
I’ve 1, 2, 3 syllable count, rhymed name;
Thor, Nestor, or Ernesto; it’s the same.
More than a decade, never been home;
Before, I wandered by myself, and lived alone.
Alas, I found my other missing half;
Miraculously, I learned to share a laugh.
Now I write, from summer to fall;
Four magical seasons, I love them all.
I love you...three words thou, yet, it’s for y’all;
For relentlessly reading the pieces, of my soul---
Which, I offered to the Unseen;
To protect me, from wallowing in sin.
In return, he gave me a silver quill;
So that I won’t be tempted to praise evil.
Hey, if you don’t see me often,
Worry not, I’ll send you a kiss from heaven.
For I’m in the lord’s house, worshiping…
Hope you can come…and see me sing.
Oh yes, aside from working…
That’s what I do, when I’m not writing.
Wish, we’re together not just for today;
But, till last days end; so, I pray.