OCT 31, gruesome verse: by halves (autophagia)

Happy Hallowe'en!

Check out the whole collection called "Gruesome Verse" on our blog "Edifying Nonsense" HERE.

And, HERE's a less gruesome verse about autophagia, explaining the use of the term in modern biology (link available after August 18).

OCT 30, commercial products: cyber-box

 

                                                                                                         final approval: #120270, Apr 2023.

Authors' Note: This verse deals with a nonsensical 'tall tale' prevalent in the author's family. Our children grew up in the 1980s in a universe in which 'remotes' (remote controllers) miraculously helped manage elements of their computerized daily lives. With its expandable dimensions and the ability to either hide or display, the Cyber Box offered a digitized but imaginary solution to logistic problems, worthy of attribution to Aladdin. Unfortunately, no one could ever find the misplaced 'remote' for the mythical device.    

OCT 29, gruesome verse: scary upshot

Hallowe'en is approaching!

Check out the whole collection called "Gruesome Verse" on our blog "Edifying Nonsense" HERE.

 

OCT 28, Toronto ravines: Seton Park (Central Don), photocollages #1-#2

The Canadian Pacific rail bridge across the West Don valley south of Eglinton Avenue.

If you are interested in wending your way through an encyclopedic collection of four blogposts stuffed with photo-collages on Toronto ravines, click HERE.

OCT 27, diagnostic imaging: technetium generators

You can review all our verses on this intriguing topic by proceeding to a post on 'Edifying Nonsense' entitled 'Selected Topics in Diagnostic Imaging'. Click HERE!

 

OCT 26, Toronto ravines: Wilket Creek / Edwards Gardens

 

If you are interested in wending your way through an encyclopedic collection of four blogposts stuffed with photo-collages on Toronto ravines, click HERE.

OCT 25, Toronto ravines: Nordheimer Ravine

 If you are interested in wending your way through an encyclopedic collection of four blogposts stuffed with photo-collages on Toronto ravines, click HERE.

OCT 24, Toronto ravines: Mimico Creek

 

If you are interested in wending your way through an encyclopedic collection of four blogposts stuffed with photo-collages on Toronto ravines, click HERE.

OCT 23, Toronto ravines: Todmorden Mills

 

If you are interested in wending your way through an encyclopedic collection of four blogposts stuffed with photo-collages on Toronto ravines, click HERE.

OCT 22, old world palindromes #1

   You can view the entire collection of 'Old World Palindromes' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense";  start by clicking HERE. 

 

OCT 21, Toronto ravines: Moore Park (Mud Creek) Ravine, photocollages #1-#2

 

If you are interested in wending your way through an encyclopedic collection of four blogposts stuffed with photo-collages on Toronto ravines, click HERE.

OCT 20, Toronto oases: Toronto Islands (photocollage #3)

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OCT 19, Toronto oases: Toronto Islands (photocollage#2)

OCT 18, a brief saga: Cyclades (Greek islands)

For the purpose of this blog, a 'brief saga' is defined as a poem, usually narrative, but occasionally expository, that tell its story in at least 15 lines. Most commonly, the format involves three stanzas in limerick form. Your blogging team has been presenting these concoctions at the rate of one per month, mixed in with the shorter poems, wordplay and other  stuff that we offer.    

To access the next 'brief saga' on this blog (November 2020), proceed to 'the Acropolis'.

To access the most recent previous 'brief saga' (September 2020), back up to 'food intolerance'.  

 

OCT 17, Toronto ravines: Taylor Creek

 

If you are interested in wending your way through an encyclopedic collection of four blogposts stuffed with photo-collages on Toronto ravines, click HERE.

OCT 16, wordplay maps: American Scramble-towns 11,12

(Same old introductory message ...)

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 #13

Back to U.S.A. map #9

Let's skip all this stuff and get on to the Canadian version, eh?

OCT 15, Toronto oases: Toronto Islands (photocollage#1)

 

OCT 14, Toronto ravines: Humber River Valley (photocollages #1-#3)

 

If you are interested in wending your way through an encyclopedic collection of four blogposts stuffed with photo-collages on Toronto ravines, click HERE.

OCT 13, mammalian wildlife: beavers (Rod the rodent)

You can review the whole collection of illustrated verses about mammals (both domestic and exotic) by checking out the more extensive post on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE !

 

OCT 12, Toronto ravines: salmon run on the Humber

If you are interested in wending your way through an encyclopedic collection of four blogposts stuffed with photo-collages on Toronto ravines, click HERE.

OCT 11, Canadiana: Canadian Thanksgiving

 Get ready for tomorrow's festivities (by Zoom and other online modalities).

Authors' Note: 

Acadia (uh-KAY-dee-yuh, as here, or uh-KAY-dyuh) or  l'Acadie: (French), name given in colonial times to the region corresponding to today's Atlantic Canada (the Maritime provinces)

tofurkey: a vegetarian substitute for turkey made from tofu

Action de grâce (ak-syon-duh-GRAS): literally action of grace; name derived from continental France for a harvest festival

habitants: French colonial settlers, a term honored in the title of Montreal's professional hockey team

   Thanksgiving Day, or Action de grâce, is a statutory holiday in the majority of Canadian provinces and territories, observed on the second Monday of October.

You can review poems, pictures and diverse nonsense related to Canada on the post "Canadiana" on our full-service blog  "Edifying Nonsense".

OCT 10, waterfowl: Caribbean brown pelicans

You can review these illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Immersible Verse: Limericks about Waterfowl' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. (Or, if you prefer, you can view them on Facebook in Giorgio's photo-albums).

OCT 9, poets' corner: authorly skill

You can find lots of other verses on this blog under the rubric "Poets' Corner".  Most of them are in limerick format, and have been subjected to the editing process at OEDILF, the Online English Dictionary in Limerick Form. To access the others, type the phrase Poets Corner into the searchline on this blogpost (at the top of the righthand navigation column).

OCT 8, Ontario nostalgia: stormy Ashbridges Bay

 

You can review the entire series of illustrated poems about  the good old days in Ontario by checking the post 'Ontario Nostalgia' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE. 

OCT 7, Toronto oases, Leslie St. Spit photocollages #1 to #4

 

You can review the entire series of illustrated poems about  the good old days in Ontario by checking the post 'Ontario Nostalgia' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE.