MAY 21, excursions: views around Toronto, Victoria Day

 

Lishman's sculptures at sunset
(see also the post of March 21)

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MAY 19, organic brain poetry: hyperthyroid mania

 

Authors' Note: 

TSH: thyroid stimulating hormone, also known as thyrotropin, initialism for a peptide hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland in a feedback loop that regulates production of thyroid hormones by the thyroid gland

Hyperthyroid states in which the level of TSH is reduced include Graves' disease, subacute thyroiditis (inflammation of the gland), autonomous thyroid nodules and excessive thyroid hormone replacement. Hyperthyroidism in which the blood level of TSH is found to be elevated is extremely uncommon, related to very rare functioning tumours of the pituitary gland.

The operation of the feedback loop in relation to states of thyroid deficiency is discussed HERE.

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."

MAY 18, lexicon of word-pairs: rhyming binomials I to L

 

Quite a few rhyming binomials have been hightlighted in short verses by the authors:  

Matching the selection shown above, these include "itchy and scratchy". 

And, don't forget! For those with a musical bent, we have a song-cycle of 9 songs displaying the spectrum of these binomial expressions. They have lyrics stuffed with word-pairs, arranged to familiar tunes. You can readily access this singable treasure trove of binomial expressions of various types by clicking on the link for the first song, "WORD-PAIRS", HERE. 

You can proceed to the next blogpost in the lexicon series (rhyming binomials M to N) by clicking HERE.

MAY 17, palinku (poetic novelty): denial

  In this post, we continue with our novel form of poetic wordplay. Inspired by Japanese haiku poetry, the "palinku" is a terse verse with a total of 17 syllables displayed on three lines. Unlike its earlier English-language forerunners, 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  (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. Readers will note that we have been publishing verses of this type on the 17th of each month.

 You can readily view all our "palinku" verses if you proceed with a single click to our more encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE. (Or if you prefer, you can stay on this particular blogsite and look for the offerings for the 17th day of each month -- there are now more than 60 of these.) 

MAY 16, lexicon of word-pairs: rhyming binomials H

 

 Quite a few rhyming binomials have been hightlighted in short verses by the authors:  

Matching the selection shown, these include "haste makes waste", "he and she", "by hook or by crook", "healthy and wealthy", "high and dry", and "hot to trot". 

And, for those with a musical bent, we have a song-cycle of 9 songs displaying the spectrum of these binomial expressions. They have lyrics stuffed with word-pairs, arranged to familiar tunes. You can readily access this singable treasure trove of binomial expressions of various types by clicking on the link for the first song, "WORD PAIRS", HERE. 

You can proceed to the next blogpost in the lexicon series (rhyming binomials I to L) by clicking HERE.

MAY 15, "pictures at a renovation":

PREVIOUS VIEWS:

You can follow the whole arduous undertaking by scrolling back through our earlier posts (you can also click these dates for direct transport back to see the previous views). The earlier posts show the demolition phase, and that may be of particular interest for many viewers.

May 7: reconstruction

May 3: reconstruction

April 26: reconstruction

April 18: reconstruction

April 16: demolition phase

April 10: demolition phase

April 6: demolition phase

April 4: demolition phase

March 31: demolition phase

And, check out the project-planning stage, elucidated in photos and verse, on March 19, and March 27.

vestibule (office on L, coat closet on R)

office

breakfast nook

den

LR

studio

MAY 14, holidays and celebrations: Mother's' Day xxxxxx

  A HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all: 

And some personal reminiscences ...

Lil, 1951, thanks to Sarah !

at G's Bar Mitzvah, 1958

with N. and C., 1976

with L.M.; such a good friend

70th anniversary

Click HERE for more pics.

LIL's SELECTION of WONDERFUL SONGS

When You're Smiling

PlayingNotes:  F#7 = 3423;  Bm7 = 2222;  Bm6 = 1222;  D7+5 = 3223;  AmM7 = 1000

G            D7              G             D7            G               D7           G      F#7 
 I saw a blind man, he was a kind man, helping a fel-low a-long 
 Bm                  F#7  Bm7               Bm6                D                D#dim            Em7    A7   
One could not see, one could not walk, but they both were humming this song 

CHORUS: 
D7                        G                           GM7             E7                                    Am 
When you’re smiling, when you’re smiling, the whole world smiles with you. 
                        Am  AmM7                      Am7          D7                    D7+5    G 
When you’re laughing,  when you’re laughing,  the sun comes shining through. 
                                G7           C 
But when you’re crying, you bring on the rain, 
                       A7              D7 
So stop your sighing, be happy again. 
D7+5      G                                             E7 
Keep on smiling, ‘cause when you’re smiling 
        Am7              D7                 G       D7 
The whole world smiles with you!          (Coda-“The whole world smiles” X3)

 G               D7       G             D7     G                 D7             G    F#7 
 I used to worry, I used to hurry each time it started to rain 
Bm             F#7  Bm7                          Bm6                   D       D#dim               Em7   A7       
Now I see light, learned wrong from right and you’ll never hear me com – plain 

CHORUS (When you’re smiling….)

Somewhere Over the Rainbow 

C#m = 4446;  C#m6 = 3444;  Bm7 = 2222;  AM7 = 1100;  Bbdim = 0101;

D6 = 2222;  Dm6 = 1222;  F#7 = 3424;  E7sus = 1203

A        F#m    C#m      C#m6     D   Bm7 AM7  Bbdim
Somewhere over the rainbow, way up  high

D6     Dm6 AM7            F#7           Bm7      E7   AM7  E7

There's  a  land that I heard of, once in a lullabye.

A        F#m     C#m      C#m6      D      Bm7  AM7  Bbdim
Somewhere, over the rainbow, skies are blue
D6   Dm6 AM7                   F#7        Bm7              E7          AM7  E7sus

And the  dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.

          AM7                  F#m               Bm7                          E7                     Bm7        E7

Someday I'll wish upon a star and wake up where the clouds are far behind me.
             AM7                         F#m                  G#7   

Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops,

             C#m   C#m7  Bm7 E7+5

That 's where  you'll  find   me.

A         F#m    C#m     C#m6     D    Bm7  AM7  Bbdim
Somewhere over the rainbow blue birds fly,
D6    Dm6 AM7        F#7         Bm7               E7          AM7  E7sus

Birds fly  over the rainbow, why then oh why can't I 
     A                  F#m                   Bm7                   E7(sus)               A
If happy little bluebirds fly above the rainbow, why oh why can't I?

MAY 13, duplication: dilly-dally

  this verse has been approved for publication at OEDILF, #128300

Authors' Note: The essential appended line (L6) of this verse is acknowledged by the author to have a puzzling rhyming scheme, although the latter is partly offset by the action taking place near the palpitatingly iconic Palindrome Valley. Another redeeming feature is that, unlike the other half-dozen or so other OEDILFian poems on this topic, it is gratifyingly concordant with the normal conversational stressing of DIL-ly-dal-ly on its first syllable.

Another view of wordplay competitions in Palindrome Valley can be found HERE.

HERE is an example that we have published, involving the synonymous expression shilly-shally. 

Readers willing to go down an internet rabbit-hole can easily get to a collection of more than a dozen other short verses SHORT VERSES  in which we have dealt with specific reduplications. 

If interested you could also discover three fairly lengthy PATTER-SONGS about this fascinating linguistic phenomenon. These songs form an important part of our cycle of 9 songs about "Word Pairs".

MAY 12, folio-entry, couples: bros

 

You can view this sample from our portfolio of 'Couples' portraits in a wider context on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense" HERE. 

MAY 11, Carolina lowcountry: farewell, wildlife!

'Til next year, IAC!

Readers' advisory: You can expand any photo on this blogpost, or any other, by clicking on the photo (those embedded in slides are an exception.) 

unabashed swimmer in a gatory pond

another suburban pond, close by

a green (Carolina) anole, on patrol

Carolina anole at leisure,
 sunning on our front-yard sago palm

a handsome southern toad,
occasional visitor to our backyard

brown pelicans strolling
 after dinner at the neighborhood 'pelicatessen'

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paper-wasp mother building her nest

And, here's a verse about another domesticated great egret ...

wood stork and Canada goose

a white ibis sits for a portrait