JAN 31, American satire(2); the 'Mooch'

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JAN 30, Canadiana: Eastern Canadian funky towns

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JAN 29, magical palindromes: introductory poem and examples#1 to #5

This verse has now been approved as #110668

You can become an expert fan of our wordplay concoction 'magical palindromes' by reviewing the explanatory material found in ancient days on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense" HERE; then, you could check how we applied this technique to 'canal palindromes' by viewing this more recent post.

JAN 28, Canadiana: Western Canadian funky towns

JAN 27, insects: bumblebees

Keep more to yourself for a while, wash your hands frequently, remember to laugh on occasion, and stay well!

Author's Note re the photo: One week ago, this fellow seemed to land for a rest on the roofrack of our car, parked in our lowcountry driveway. He stayed for a while, not seeming to mind posing for photos, and then took off again. Pictures were taken with my i-phone 7 camera.)

You can review Giorgio's other verses about pesty and occasionally beneficial insects, as  collected in 'Buzzwords: Verses about Insects' on the full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE.

JAN 26, waterfowl: great blue herons

  

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JAN 25, fabric art: the fabric artist

You can find other examples of awesome illustrative fabric art on this blog in posts for the dates January 27, February 20, and March 19, 2020.
You can also review these illustrated verses in "In Stitches: The Fabric Artist", as posted on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. 

WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THE POETRY ON THIS SITE?

POEMS: Poetry appearing on this site was written (unless otherwise indicated) by Giorgio Coniglio (registered pseudonym), and for the most part contributed to the online humour dictionary-site...

OEDILF (Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form). In its 15 years of existence, OEDILF has worked its way alphabetically from Aa- to Gr-, with the goal of accumulating a verse defining every meaning of every word in the English language. This co-operative project has  accumulated over 107,000 carefully edited limericks, with completion date estimated to be around the year 2065. In the past three years, Giorgio has contributed over 300 poems to the project; the site's accession number for the verses is indicated at the bottom of the relevant slides in our presentations.

JAN 24, wordplay maps: new world palindromes(#3,#4)

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You can view the entire collection of these 50 wordplay maps, by accessing the collection 'Tourists Palindromic Guides: The Americas'. Start by clicking HERE! 

JAN 23, wordplay maps: sister-cities anagrams (4-6)

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JAN 22, American satire(1): laying blame

 The author reveals that he was influenced in this formulation by TV interviews given by his niece, the clinical psychologist Mary Trump.

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JAN 21, American satire(1): nursery rhyme -- 'grating'

Author's Note:

JAN 20, holidays and celebrations: Robbie Burns' Day

 

The mathematical expression in the second line of the fourth verse should be read as "sine-over-cos", cos being the mathematical abbreviation for cosine. The mathematical abbreviation for tangent is tan.

JAN 19, personal and family history: relations

  This nostalgic photo was taken June 13, 2004 by SJBH, who kindly provided permission for its use here.
 (The editor admits that the scansion of 'relatively' in the final line of the verse is skewed, and that the mildly cynical verse is not suited to the upbeat nature of the picture. Sometimes, the constraints of verse-writing seem to lead things off in a direction of their own. - SORRY!)

JAN 18, trees: Norway maples

 

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JAN 17, wordplay maps: American Scramble-towns 1,2

Who would ever have guessed? It turns out that an unparalleled word in generating anagrams (letter scrambles) is P-A-L-I-N-D-R-O-M-E-S. We have taken advantage of that property to create this unique series of wordplay maps of imaginary American (and Canadian) locales, each one completed by its official two-letter state (or provincial) abbreviation. 

LINKS: 

Forward to U.S.A. map #3

JAN 16, American satire(1): borscht

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JAN 15, a brief saga: Chemainus, British Columbia part #1

Authors' Note:   For ecological reasons, the mining of uranium has been banned in British Columbia for several decades. Uranium has been extensively extracted from pitchblende ore at sites elsewhere in Canada, and is present in the reduced or 'uranous' chemical state.

   In the late 1890s, copper, gold and silver were discovered at Mt. Sicker on Vancouver Island. A gold-rush ensued, and mines were operated profitably in the area until 1909.   

   Today, the town of Chemainus (sheh-MAYN-uhs) is best known for its extensive exterior wall-murals which depict the history of its once-thriving resource extraction industries.

   The Dominion Astrophysical Laboratory, site of many important discoveries about the Milky Way, is located 70 km south, in Saanich BC.

The saga  continues ... See part #2 for the second half of this intriguing adventure. Click HERE.

 

JAN 14, American satire(1): D-O-N-A-L-D T-R-U-M-P anagrams

Author's Note:   Generally, anagrams give results which are bizarre, unexpected and somewhat random, like "fake news". At least to his current detractors, there may appear to be a compelling stories hidden in these anagrams (italicized) of the name of the 45th U.S. President, but in fact the possible links are coincidental. It should be remembered that composers of wordplay, such as anagrams and palindromes, do not 'invent' the material, but only report it.

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JAN 13, Carolina lowcountry: oyster clusters

Elegant table service at an outdoor charity event:
 Steamed oyster clusters

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JAN 12, Carolina lowcountry : Ravenel Bridge

Arthur Ravenel Bridge,
 joining Mt. Pleasant to the downtown Charleston peninsula

pizza delivery boxes in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina,

touting service to 'the Lowcountry'

JAN 11, American satire(1): impulse control

 

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JAN 10, American satire(1): Vladimir's hope

Author's Note: 

IOC: International Olympic Committee

          

  The fanciful concept of medals being awarded to a 'hacking team' grew out of the conjunction of developments in 2017 and 2018, notably (i) censure of Russian athletic organizations, including subsequent retraction of Olympic medals, and (ii) investigations into Russian efforts to sway the results of past and upcoming American presidential elections. 

NEWS UPDATE !!!:  In the Senate trials of impeached American President Donald Trump, constitutional issues have taken precedence. Senators from many locales across the United States bring their specific viewpoints on the interpretation of this document to the debate. Some of these locales are shown on the map below.

JAN 9, the Charleston garden: Loutrel Briggs, garden designer

 

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JAN 8: Carolina lowcountry: winter afternoon walk

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female sago-palm displaying seed pods

secretive black-crested night heron

squirrel visiting a back-patio

white ibis scooping its dinner