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".
April 30, 2022
APR 30, reprehensible modern history: Crimean War
April 29, 2022
APR 29, limerick variations: verses with embedded illustrations
April 28, 2022
APR 28, French savoir-faire: pied-a-terre
April 27, 2022
APR 27, planet-saving verse: clean coal
April 26, 2022
APR 26, mythed opportunities: Eliyahu (the prophet Elijah)
Note that Eliyahu may come by his reticence to use modern technology for good reason. Last week, Israel's chief rabbis decided that even in this plague-ridden year (2020), video-conferencing is subject to the usual ban on the holiday use of electronics.
APR 26, waterfowl: more tranquil views from Swan Lake / Iris Gardens
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cypress 'knees' abound at the edge of the swamp |
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black swan, approaching feeder |
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turtles particularly enjoy the sunny day |
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"take my advice" |
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black swan couple, female nesting |
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whooper swan, outstretched wings |
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"Y'all come back tomorrow for some more." |
April 25, 2022
APR 25, waterfowl: swans at Swan Lake, SC
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waterfowl flotilla Black (Australian) swans, Canada geese, et al. |
See the post of Feb 21, 2021 on this blog for an illustrated verse about the mute swan.
See this blogpost for Giorgio's recent poetic take on the trumpeter swan.
April 24, 2022
APR 24, Carolina lowcountry: beach re-engineering
links for any date: scroll over to the calendar-based listings of 'Past Posts' in the righthand column on this page, choose your year and then month of interest, and then select (by clicking) the post of your choice.
April 23, 2022
APR 23, binomial phrases: 'hem and haw'
To review the poetic effusion that we have accumulated about binomial phrases, proceed to our blog "Edifying Nonsense", and check out the post 'Grandpa Greg's Grammar: Binomial Expressions'. Click HERE ! (Or, if you prefer, you could look over this stuff on Giorgio's Facebook photo-albums.)
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 !
chocolate matzoh pieces (B's Pesach recipe) See you next year! |
April 22, 2022
APR 22, a brief saga: Anglo-Latin (and -Greek)
April 21, 2022
APR 21, patients and maladies: Jack Sprat and his bypass grafts
April 20, 2022
APR 20, organic brain poetry: cerebral metastases
You can view and review all our verses on the topic of 'Organic Brain Poetry' by following this link to the encyclopedic collection on "Edifying Nonsense."
April 19, 2022
APR 19, American satire (prolongation): Deceit, social
April 18, 2022
APR 18, excursions: further afield in South Carolina
GREENVILLE
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Greenville: Falls Park, and the Liberty Bridge over the Reedy |
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Belltower at Furman University, Paris Mountain in the background |
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CONGAREE NATIONAL PARK
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forests of cypress knees |
unusually large temperature discrepancy |
April 17, 2022
APR 17, culinary verse: boiled peanuts (goober peas)
Enjoy viewing Johnny Cash and Burl Ives singing 'Goober Peas' on YouTube by clicking HERE.
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on-line photo: a nearby establishment in the Carolina lowcountry |
Find the collection of illustrated poems dealing with these issues on the post 'Culinary Verse' on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE!