Authors' Note:
Flying straight is a casual metaphor associated with performing expected or routine function.
A blogsite offering entertaining daily oddities since January 2020. There are now over a thousand unique posts in these three years. Images, both visual and poetic, are drawn from daily life, as well as from verses, photos and computer-graphics on our parent blog "Edifying Nonsense".
Authors' Note:
Online References:
Great Famine (Ireland) - Wikipedia
Newfoundland Potato Famine - Wikipedia
History of Irish immigration to Canada - Irish Post
reprise from June 2020
You can view the entire collection of these 50 wordplay maps, by accessing the collection 'Tourists Palindromic Guides: The Americas'. Start by clicking HERE!
SELFIE with BISON
Authors' Note: It's hard to believe that there was a 'responsible driver' who let this young person out of the car to take this picture (isolated from a published video), but there you are.
In national parks in both Canada and the United States, there are fines imposed for approaching wildlife too closely, and signage usually makes this abundantly clear.
A verse, and more pictures of the American bison (buffalo), can be found on this post.
reprise from June 4, 2020
reprise from May 2020
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'Friendship Archway', Chinatown gate, world's largest paifang |
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Union Station |
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Columbus Circle |
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typical DC row houses |
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statue of Nathanael Greene, Revolutionary War general. Stanton Park, Washington NE. |
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"Knife Edge Mirror Two Piece" Henry Moore, National Gallery of Art |
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on the steps of SCOTUS |
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congressional selfie |
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at the United States Botanic Garden (what a conservatory!) |
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spokesperson for the Capitol Hill Squirrel Lobby |