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".
May 31, 2022
MAY 31, domestic hazards: fatbergs
May 30, 2022
MAY 30, objectionable adjectives: forced (bulbs)
May 29, 2022
MAY 29, Ontario nostalgia: commuting by rail
May 28, 2022
MAY 28, Toronto excursion: 'Brickworks', dusk approaching
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a midland painted turtle |
May 27, 2022
MAY 27, mythed opportunities: 'Infernal' (Dante's Divine Comedy)
May 26, 2022
MAY 26, reptiles: fence lizards
May 25, 2022
MAY 25, back in Toronto: views in the neighborhood
May 24, 2022
MAY 23, life in Palindrome Valley: organizing the Palindrome Rally
May 23, 2022
MAY 23, toxic vignette: 'mad as a hatter' (the Danbury shakes)
May 22, 2022
May 21, 2022
MAY 21, Carolina lowcountry: farewell, wildlife!
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great egret at a pond in a nearby luxury condo. Watch your step! |
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a green (Carolina) anole, on patrol |
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Carolina anole at leisure, sunning on our front-yard sago palm |
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a handsome southern toad, occasional visitor to our backyard |
brown pelicans strolling after dinner at the neighborhood 'pelicatessen' |
pelican swimming fantasia |
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wood stork and Canada goose |
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a white ibis sits for a portrait |
May 20, 2022
MAY 20, palinku (poetic novelty): Dennis's ongoing sin
In this post, we continue with a novel form of poetic wordplay. Inspired by Japanese haiku poetry, the new format is used for a terse verse with a total of 17 syllables displayed on three lines. Unlike its classic Japanese analogue, this concoction does not mandate the precise distribution of the syllables among the three lines, but does stipulate that each word in the poem be included in a palindromic phrase or sentence in English (i.e. one that can be read either forwards or backwards).
To help the reader discern the origin of the lyrics, each palindrome (generally occupying one of the three lines of the poem) has been color-coded.
May 19, 2022
MAY 19, doctors and their practices: ex-hospital chief
May 18, 2022
MAY 18, a brief saga: echoic binomials (Eco-pairs)
To review the poetic effusion that we have accumulated about binomial phrases, proceed to our blog "Edifying Nonsense", and enjoy the post 'Grandpa Greg's Grammar: Binomial Expressions'. 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 !
May 17, 2022
MAY 17, binomial phrases: 'front and centre'
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 !
May 16, 2022
MAY 16, planet-saving verse: species loss
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