Indeed, just as many of you have suspected, there is a coming upheaval. To be exact, it will be July 28, but don’t worry: it will be in Canada only. I know! Canada! I’m talking about the “Day of the Commemoration of the Great Upheaval.” The great upheaval in this case was the forced removal of settlers of mostly French descent from English-controlled Nova Scotia, particularly the area around the Bay of Fundy known as Acadia, in the 18th Century. I won’t go into it in any further detail, but it is a sordid story with uncomfortable refrains. “Day of Commemoration of the Great Upheaval” is a relatively new observance for our great northern neighbor. It shows all nations have a past with which their modern citizens are left to grapple, even those mild-mannered Canadians. (They hate it when we say things like that!) I mention it now, because I needed something to mention, and it gives you plenty of time to stock up on holiday supplies. Why July 28? I’m not sure, but probably because it coincides with the day known in Canada as “summer.”
The Coming Upheaval
By Jimmy Johnson
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41 responses to “The Coming Upheaval”
Jimmy, you have talked about your creative process, and how you experimented with markers several years ago. I thought you and the Village might be interested in a comment from another cartoonist: http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2020/07/07/new-far-side-stuff-by-gary-larson-is-here/?fbclid=IwAR12Vbdj_Z68IsEz5ebiZfPz3tBbNDDdlancBWj7M-1fLtbBtEPCzaS8kcU
Well awright!!!
But the linked article leaves out a key bit of info: WHERE CAN WE FIND IT?????????
Click on the “New Stuff” button
Forgot the link!: https://www.thefarside.com/new-stuff then click the button.
I’ll build a little on your history, having lived in Cajun country for 10 happy years.
The residents of Acadie pronounced that name with short a’s and called themselves Acadiens, which, when said with the proper French pronunciation of the d, got translated to Cajun by the southern English speakers and the short a turned into a long a.
Longfellow‘s epic ballad Evangeline: a Story of Acadie is about that exile in 1755. The Evangeline Oak where the two lovers were supposed to meet is claimed by the town of St Martinville.
In Junior or Senior English way, way back in the day, we had to do a literature project. I chose the poem Evangeline and dressed a doll in what I saw as correct costume. (Of course , Mama could sew. It was the 1960s. So she actually made Evangeline’s costume.) I probably still have her in my doll box. (Only child syndrome!!)
In Junior or Senior English way, way back in the day, we had to do a literature project. I chose the poem Evangeline and dressed a doll in what I saw as correct costume. (Of course , Mama could sew. It was the 1960s. So she actually made Evangeline’s costume.) I probably still have her in my doll box. (Only child syndrome!!)
My husband and I have stated this phrase (Marriage is Odd) to each other over the 22 years of marriage and he purchased the print for me. Thank you for all the laughs and insights into the reality of relationships Jimmy!!
https://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2000/08/16
You are married to a lucky man!
Agree!
The Far Side, including today’s unveiling, is at https://www.thefarside.com/
I’m wishing we only had one day of summer in Canada. I miss the nice cool weather of California.
Other great upcoming Canadian holidays include Nunavit Day and Orangemen’s Day. On August 3rd every province gets to make up their own name for the holiday, which makes my calendar cramped despite there likely being nothing to do.
Michael, what part of California are you remembering? I spent most of my life in the Los Angeles area and wouldn’t ever describe the summers there as “cool.”
San Diego (temperature dependent on distance to the sea) and Mountain View. Only a few days as hot as what we’ve had for weeks.
Cool is a relative term. After a run crossing Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and the Mojave on I-10, an LA summer evening seemed cool enough for me!
My calendar is clear for the 28th, so Crawfish Étouffée it is, then.
I also make a chicken and smoked sausage (andouille, of course) version as well.
My calendar is open today, so I am making some shrimp and sausage gumbo for lunch!
Heh. The “thagomizer”.
Cajunland is very different now from what it was in my youth. My connection to Lafayette goes back 77 years when my mother met and married my father wbile a student .
After a lifetime of visiting family there I ended up graduating from the university and marrying a local. Cajuns incorporate so many races and nationalities, native American, blacks, Germans, Portuguese, Dutxh. The joke was if a Cajun couldn’t eat it he married it.
Everyone ended up speaking with the same accents and eating the same foods. But those foods in turn came not from Canada but from that huge melting pot of ethnicity.
Now I’m hungry for etouffee with a side of crawfish pie and eggplant stuffing with crabmeat and shrimp. Throw in some stuffed crawfish heads!
The difference between the Lafayette Zoo and all other zoos is that in addition to the common name and the scientific name on the sign outside the animal enclosure, the Lafayette zoo posted the recipe.
And a suggested wine complement.
HAHAHA to both of you. (We need emoticons.)
The Band did a song, Acadian Driftwood, about the Acadian’s expulsion. Four of the group’s five members were Canadian.
Re 7-8-20 real-time cartoon: Good to see that Arlo has still “got it”. Perhaps it’s the French, in, undoubtedly, his best Maurice Chevalier accent. Or the heavy-lidded look.* Whatever it is, it obviously still works for Janis.
* Smoking a Gauloises would, of course, be going too far. It would be fun to picture Janis in an Apache Dance outfit, though.
There’s an old Justin Wilson recording where he does a hilarious telling of the tale as well… 🙂
The “Day of Commemoration of the Great Upheaval” is July 28 and the celebration of the inception of Arlo and Janis is July 29. Coincidence??
Now I need some shrimp to stuff my squash with! I have perfect beautiful white pattypan squash crying out for a Cajun bread and shrimp stuffing!
Locked away up here in the geographic center of America it is hard to obtain good seafood. I miss my Cajun food. I just miss the South, the voices, the houses, the trees, flowers and people.
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