DEC 18, In Memoriam: Alan N. Young

 

a) Review of material posted on December 18 in previous years ...

2020: anagram swarm, CONSTITUTIONAL (wordplay map)  
2021: language-lovers' limericks, Hebrew alphabet (illustrated poem)

2022: newspost, FIFA world cup 2022 (photo-collage) 
2023: defining opinion, hoot (poem)

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b) Today's Offering (Dec 18, 2024): 

zooming with J.

 

partying (2021) with Dr JJ, another major Raptors' fan

HERE's a nonsense-verse that always made us think of Alan (although whether he would have enjoyed this one remains an unsettled question). And, we almost forgot to mention this palindrome that we concocted in his honour. ... Toronto pot? No rot. 

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DEC 17, palinku (poetic novelty): 45th prez 7/7

a) Review of material posted on December 17 in previous years:

2020: palinku, partying #2 (poetic novelty)
2021: palinku, X-mas scandal (poetic novelty)
2022: palinku, timidity (poetic novelty) 
2023: palinku, reversal (poetic novelty) 

b) Today's Post (Dec 17, 2024): 

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DEC 16, Canadiana: stand on guard (Canada): "fifty-first state"

 a) Review of material posted on December 16 in previous years ...

2020: holiday verse, Advent #3, OEDILFian limericks)  
2021: new world palindromes, #48 (wordplay map)

2022: patients and maladies, Graves' disease (poem) 
2023: braincheck, homunculi (poem)

b) Today's Offering (Dec 16, 2024):

   

Authors' Note:  The Canadian author regrets the unapologetic tone of this diatribe. See the verse speech borrowings. 

This particular verse is also a member of a 'trio of imperialistic nonsense'.  To see the other verses, click HERE for "Panama Canal Zone", and HERE for "Greenland".

Collected poems in the series "Stand on Guard" can be viewed HERE.

More generally, you could peruse poems, pictures and diverse nonsense related to Canada on the post "Canadiana" on our full-service blog  "Edifying Nonsense".

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DEC 15, postal places, USA: Hoboken, NJ

  a) Review of material posted on December 15 in previous years ...

2020: etymology, miser (illustrated poem) 

2021: Ontario nostalgia, Toronto's distillery district (photo-collage)

2022: reptiles, herpetophobes (poem)

2023: homophonous verse, corrective (illustrated poem)

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b) Today's Offering (Dec 15, 2024): 

Authors' Note:  NJ is the official abbreviation for the American state of New Jersey, in which Hoboken, a town with population of about 60,000, is situated, commuting distance from New York City.

THe town was first settled by Europeans in the 17th century as part of the New Netherland colony. Following the Dutch era, it became known as the site of the first recorded game of baseball, and as the birthplace (1915) and hometown of Frank Sinatra. 

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DEC 14, around and about: Port Sunlight, UK

a) Review of material posted on December 14 in previous years ...

2020: Toronto oases, upbeat art (photo)  
2021: funny bones, alignment (poem)

2022: classic palindrome, Go hang a salami. (illustrated poem) 
2023: fabric art, abstract (illustrated poem)

b) Today's Offering (Dec 14, 2024): 

Port Sunlight is the model industrial village founded by 'Soap King' William Hesketh Lever (subsequently Viscount Leverhulme) in 1888. The village was built to house Lever's 'Sunlight Soap' factory workers, but today is home to a fascinating art gallery, a museum, unique Tudor revival architecture, and an active community. Between 1899 and 1914, 800 houses were built to house a population of 3,500. The houses were built in blocks, each designed by a different architect, influenced by William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement. Each block was surrounded by green space, and each family was provided with an allotment for growing their own food.

Port Sunlight Museum, (web-photo)

Lady Lever Art Gallery (web-photo)

sculpture at the Gallery

Antinous (lover of Emperor Hadrian),
circa 138,
restored as Ganymede, 1795

Leda and the Swan,
sculpture 

To get up to date with the Greek myth of Leda and the Swan, see our illustrated poem HERE.

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DEC 13, around and about: visit to the National Gallery, London, UK

 a) Review of material posted on December 13 in previous years ...

2020: anagrams, Republicans-in-Canada (wordplay maps) 
2021: poetry of healthcare, Canadian healthcare (illustrated poem)

2022: duplication, harum-scarum (poem)
2023: commercial product: male-turkey prosthesis (illustrated poem)

b) Today's Offering (Dec 13, 2024): 

Time Orders Old Age to Destroy Beauty,
Pompeo Battoni, 1746

Sun Rising Through Vapour, JMW Turner, 1807

The Execution of Maximilian, Edouard Manet, 1868

Eva Gonzales, Edouard Manet, 1870

Bathers at La Grenouillere, Claude Monet, 1869

The Skiff, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1875

Bathers at Asniere, Georges Seurat, 1884

Late Afternoon in Our Meadow, Camille Pissarro, 1887

Two Crabs, Vincent van Gogh, 1889

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DEC 12, folio-entry, couples: mounted police

 a) Review of material posted on December 12 in previous years ...

2020: portraits of couples, introduction + domestic turkeys (photo folio)  

2021: portraits of couples, Adam and Eve (photo folio)

2022: portraits of couples, gorillas (photo folio) 
2023: portraits of couples, wood ducks (photo folio)

b) Today's Offering (Dec 12, 2024):

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DEC 11, around and about: signs of Britain

 a) Review of material posted on December 11 in previous years ...

2020: American satire, government shutdown (poem)  
2021: neologism, personal, dyscoprotaxis (poem)

2022: dental feelings, gnashing, bruxism (illustrated poem) 
2023: American satire, archival (poem)

b) Today's Offering (Dec 11, 2024):

  

watch out for grifters and ne'er-do-wells!

near the border of Wales, (town of Chester)
a bilingual Welsh-English defibrillator

(aside: How would you lock it when it's open?)

At our British hotel, this is a "cot".
For our 40-year-old daughter, we should have 
asked for a "rollaway bed"

It's not really related, but you could review our poem about dilly-dallying HERE.

North Americans might say, "Exit"

formal, unmatched sailorsocks

Readers might also enjoy returning to our series of sign-photos captured in our exprience in North America. You might want to follow along this road by clicking HERE! 

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