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".
February 27, 2023
* FEB 27, trees -- sabal palmettos
February 25, 2023
* FEB 25, American satire -- 'covfefe'
By the way: Readers may note that for the next while, or perhaps indefinitely, this 'daily' blog will be published every other day. Except for the very finicky among you, that's probably close enough.
reprise from February, 2020
We hope that you enjoyed this verse. You can find 30 more on this topic in 5 collections on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE to start!
February 23, 2023
* FEB 23, insects -- fire ants
reprise from February, 2020
FEB 23, insects: fire ants
Even in the winter, they can be activated. Watch out! |
February 21, 2023
* FEB 21, American satire -- revision of NAFTA
reprise from February, 2020
FEB 21, American satire(2): revision of NAFTA
February 19, 2023
* FEB 19, waterfowl -- Canada geese
reprise from February, 2020
FEB 19, waterfowl: Canada geese
February 17, 2023
* FEB 17, curtained verse -- octogenarian
reprise from February, 2020
FEB 17, curtained verse: octogenarian
You can review other mildly scurrilous illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Curtained verses: Faintly Obscene (Selected) Limericks' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'.
February 15, 2023
* FEB 15, wordplay maps -- new world palindromes, #7, #8
reprise from February, 2020
FEB 15, wordplay maps: new world palindromes (#7,#8)
February 13, 2023
* FEB 13, classic palindromes -- 'never odd or even'
reprise from February, 2020
FEB 13, classic palindrome: 'never odd or even'
February 11, 2023
* FEB 11, garden intruders -- common moles
reprise from February, 2020
FEB 11, garden intruders: common (eastern) moles
February 9, 2023
* FEB 9, American satire: tribute to an American senator
reprise from February, 2020
FEB 9, anagram swarm: tribute to a Senator
Picking up on last week's news (February 2020), here is our tribute to an individual, Senator Mitt Romney, who decided to voice his opinion, even if that would result in invective and scorn being heaped on him by those who hoped to pressure him to toe the 'party-line'.
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February 8, 2023
FEB 8, painterly poetry: Auvers-sur-Oise
Authors' Note:
Oise: a tributary of the Seine River, just north of Paris
Auvers-sur-Oise (oh-vayr-syoor-WAHS): village on the river Oise, in which a number of prominent 19th and 20th century painters lived
Vincent Van Gogh moved from St-Remy in the south of France to Auvers-sur-Oise to be closer to Paris and his art-dealer brother Theo. The move brought the possibility of supervision by Doctor Gachet, a friend of Cezanne and other impressionist painters. Appearing to be convalescing from his mental illness, Vincent spent 70 productive days there before his unexpected suicide. He is buried in a cemetery in the village beside his brother Theo, who died 6 months later.
February 7, 2023
* FEB 7: brief saga -- Chemainus, BC (part #2)
reprise from February, 2020
FEB 7, a brief saga: Chemainus, British Columbia part #2
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 shorter poems, wordplay and other general offerings.
February 6, 2023
FEB 6, objectionable adjectives: histonomical
The role of histonomy, if any, as well as that of its adjectival derivatives, is considerably less certain.
February 5, 2023
* FEB 5, savoir-faire -- Gallicisms
reprise from February, 2020
FEB 5, savoir-faire: Gallicisms
February 4, 2023
FEB 4, creative anachronism: the dawning of history
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, J.M.H !!!
February 3, 2023
* FEB 3, American satire -- US intellgence
reprise from February, 2020
FEB 3, American satire: intelligence (Californians)
February 2, 2023
FEB 2, palinku (poetic novelty): drinks
(Ed. note:) Verses of this ilk have continued to accumulate. You can view them all at one swoop if you proceed with a single click to our more encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE.
February 1, 2023
* FEB 1, lowcountry excursions
reprise from February, 2020
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Giorgio (on the left) with Pete the Plastic Pelican |
Other Canadian retirees |
At the harbor, Mt. Pleasant SC |
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Lunch: Heron-herring? No! That's a great egret with a shrimp |