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I was scribbling a few thoughts about how to organize my first palindrome anthology. I wrote down some category names and one triggered a nascent palindrome. Artistic or Bonkers was the name, and I focused on artistic.

First I reversed it.

artistic c it sit ra

Of course, there are other ways to split the reverse, but I tried that one first. Then I swapped the forward and reverse. I added a D to avoid the doubled-letter A in the middle.

c it sit ra artistic
c it sit rad artistic

As I knew from previous experience, many words end with C. I got lucky when the word mastic popped into my head.

Mastic it sit rad artistic it Sam
Mastic. It sit rad artistic. It's a.m.

Building materials as art. What will we think of next?

If you’ve ever taken a road trip through the south or parts of the Midwest, you undoubtedly have seen the occasional signs every 1/8 mile or so so along the way: Sweet Corn, Fresh Molasses, Saltwater Taffy, Tee-Free Deer Feet, Roasted Pecans, etc.

Wait a minute... WHAT??!

Somehow, I don’t think Les is going to get any awards for this....

I have no excuse for this.

I guess we all have questions from time to time. I started this one with “ruff fur”. Neat that dogs do this and have that.

My sister valued her privacy, so she never liked this.

This one’s a little hard to follow but I think it makes sense once it is understood. The tide and ocean are always moving and changing the ecology (eco-edit) of things in the water and shores. Sodium (Na) is the first component in salt, which the ocean has in abundance.

Washtubs for bathing used to be the work of a tinsmith. I thought of the old West when I finished this palindrome that seems to be telling Enola to have a bath.

This palindrome started with maniac. It turned out to be a very fitting description for someone who killed his brother, as described in the Bible in the book of Genesis. It amazes me sometimes how seemingly random words can make so much sense backward.

I don’t know why she calls me that, but she’s my Gramma, and she can do whatever she wants.

I am glad I recently spoke to Damon, or I may have never known where Della wandered to...

Even the most prying relative can be bamboozled when they aren’t paying attention!

Fields like to do nothing and just sit there all day. That sounds so relaxing. So if you’re stressed out, just diddle if a field did.

The first speaker played for the Dolphins, so it is strange that the subject matter subtly names another team, the Rams. Marion just may win the argument.

Are these the song titles of a rap artist named Suga, or are Suga’s knuckles being used to tap out the words in Morse code? Hmm...

This palindrome started during a trip to the produce section of a grocery store.

The word “Slay” is being used here to mean “strongly impress” or perform exceptionally.

One of the Starship Enterprise’s crew has set up shop and is selling traditional ulu knives of the Inuit and Yupik people.

If your truth-telling sometimes goes astray and your name happens to be Ed, someone may ask you this.

If “Ankle Elks” actually exist—which I’m sure they do—then they undoubtedly announce themselves to their grandmothers with a Middle English opening! This one seems a little unsure of himself.

Iron ore is often red. Cameroon has it but doesn’t mine it. I wonder why?

I was counting on it. And to think I traveled all that way for nothing...

I like “No iron on Orion” by itself but the additional words seem to help it make more sense.

This conversation includes things about the sea and water, as well as the mysterious “Enola.” The somewhat science-fictional “Prawn Warp” must assume that everything Nemo says is a sign of his soothsaying abilities.

This palindrome started with the word abalone and grew from there several days later.

Hal, a once so-so director, made it known that he was still proud of his abilities, even if it meant being involved with a theater in decline.

An advertisement for a new start-up company, with locations in three states. Only cola, so far, though. The business will most likely add other flavors like grape, citrus, etc. if this one is a hit!

Thoughts of a soccer mom...

No, this is not an excerpt from “The Waste Land” by the famous author.

Was it the conviction of Tyson that the small child was eager to learn things he should not know or was it only the prima donna’s perception of Tyson?

This palindrome has sort of an English “ring” to it, as Elba hails from the UK; Sir Isaac Newton was also from the same general area.

Which “Di” could they be referring to? Hmmm... and “Cassi” is a shortened name for Cassiopeia, which makes the whole thing astronomical, more so if these four ever met and were involved in any court proceeding!

“Issac” is a variation of the name Isaac.

I have a T-shirt showing a T-Rex holding a long-handled, T-Rex-head-tipped grabber in each of his little arms. At the top of the shirt, it says, “NOW I AM UNSTOPPABLE.” While looking at the mirror, I saw that the reverse of “Now I am” is “Ma I won.” Just took a few more minutes to work a llama in the middle.

A semi-trailer is a trailer with no front axle. So it's a partial trailer, a semi. I reversed semi and got imes. Well, Times is a word, and Semi Times sounds like it should be a magazine for truckers. There you go.

Needless to say, Neil’s wife was very surprised to see what had emerged from the object hovering over their wheat field.