Algonquin fishing expedition, 1952, Dr. JJ on reader's right |
A blogsite offering entertaining daily oddities since January 2020. There are now over fifteen hundred posts in these four years. Images, photographic, computer-simulated and poetic, are drawn from daily life, as well as from material grouped by topic on our parent blog "Edifying Nonsense". The poetry displayed is all original, although portions of it evolved through rigorous editing on a collaborative website.
February 28, 2022
FEB 28, Canadiana: snow-biota
February 27, 2022
FEB 27, bar-fauna: at a medical watering-hole
verse in honour of Dr. JJ, whose love of life included comedy and the music of poetry ...
If you liked this submission, you might want to refer to our entire collection of verses about human and animal denizens of bars, pubs and other watering-holes. Click HERE.
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February 26, 2022
FEB 26, life in Palindrome Valley: 'Nauruan' (second language)
February 25, 2022
FEB 25, limerick for lovers of classic languages: Aramaic
February 24, 2022
FEB 24, waterfowl: flight of the great blue heron
links for any date on this blog: scroll over to the calendar-based listings of 'Past Posts' in the righthand column on this page, choose your month of interest, and then select (by clicking) the post of your choice.
Incidental Photo:
summer in Bermuda (medical externship), 1965 |
February 23, 2022
FEB 23, reprehensible modern history: cantankerous leaders
View the entire collection of poetic assertions on this topic (currently small, but growing) at our more encyclopedic blog 'Edifying Nonsense', by clicking HERE.
February 22, 2022
FEB 22, American satire (prolongation): deserved (schadenfreude)
Authors' Note:
oy gevalt (oy-guh-VULT): phrase borrowed from Yiddish; an exclamation expressing shock, surprise or disapproval
schadenfreude (SHA-den-froi-duh, or as here, sha-den-FROI-duh): loanword from German; taking delight in others' misfortune
You can review other mildly scurrilous illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Curtained verse: Faintly Obscene (Selected) Limericks' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'.
JJ and youngest bro, 1970 |
February 21, 2022
FEB 21, patients and their maladies: vitamin A deficiency
You can view these verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Nurse-Verse: Patients and their Maladies' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE!
February 20, 2022
FEB 20 (2022), singable satire: The Animals sing Lewis Carroll's "JABBERWOCKY"
"Dr. JJ" enjoyed playing the electric guitar among other instruments. He frequently enlivened major family events by performing parody songs written for the occasion, using base songs from the golden oldies period. His favorite song vehicle was undoubtedly the folk-rock classic "The House of the Rising Sun" (1964) as recorded by the British band The Animals. (A YouTube version is found HERE.)
"Jabberwock", Giorgio's copy, drawing by John Tenniel, illustrator of Carroll's books |
To review the rest of the lyrics and chord-charts, follow this link to our song-blog "Silly Songs and Satire" by clicking HERE.
And for historic interest, here is a slide used as part of an open-mike at a ukulele club when the concept of this pastiche was first entertained.
Incidental Photo:
Dr. JJ, Bermuda, 1965 |
February 19, 2022
FEB 19, funny bones: Jones (fifth metatarsal) fracture
You can view verses on this topic in a wider context by proceeding to the post 'Breaking News: FUNNY BONES' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE!
Dr JJ, in tub at reader's left, 1947 |
February 18, 2022
FEB 18, non-sequitur: the old prospector
February 17, 2022
FEB 17, binomial phrases: "flora and fauna"
To review our poetic effusion about binomial phrases, proceed to our blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE !
There is also an entire collection of lyrics to patter songs, somewhat older material, dedicated to various kinds of binomials, that provides more didactic material and an extensive series of examples, and allows you to sing these expressions for your own enjoyment, or for that of others around you. Click HERE !
Incidental Photo:
February 16, 2022
FEB 16, verse inspired by 'Dr. JJ'
JJ with family,2020, at his summer cottage (photo courtesy BF) |
February 15, 2022
FEB 15, poets' corner: the poet's family
February 14, 2022
FEB 14, wildlife of the Carolina lowcountry: consolation provided by Nature
photo-collage in honour of Dr. JJ, whose loves included the outdoor life ...
brown pelican closeup |
egret and shadow |
great egret launching |
two buddies |
waterfowl trio (great egret stalking slowly, snowy egret walking, tricolored (Louisiana) heron fishing) |
hooded mergansers: very cute, but quite skittish little ducks |
great blue heron |
aerial coyote, on guard at a seafood vendor |
green anole, displaying its orangy-pink dewlap |