A blogsite offering entertaining oddities since January 2020 at the rate of 30x/month. There are now over sixteen hundred posts in these four years. Images -- poetic, photographic, and computer-simulated -- are drawn from daily life as well as from poems and wordplay grouped by topic on our parent blog "Edifying Nonsense". The poetry displayed is all original (as are the song-lyrics), although portions evolved through rigorous editing on a collaborative website.
May 11, 2023
MAY 11, (excursions): meanwhile, back at Toronto's Riverdale Farm ...
May 10, 2023
MAY 10, Canadiana : Canadian "raising" (linguistics)
The Canadian internist in question had moved south to undertake a fellowship at an American medical school.. As an introduction to potential staff mentors, he was asked to prepare a lecture on aspects of gout.
You can review poems, pictures and diverse nonsense related to Canada on the post "Canadiana" on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense".
May 9, 2023
MAY 9, poems about parasites: bedbugs
May 8, 2023
MAY 8r, trees: silver maples
a) reprise from 2020
MAY 8, trees: silver maple
You can review these illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Uprooted Verse: 'Poems about Trees' on the full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense".
b) Giorgio's Lexicon of Binomials (rhyming)
Matching the selection on the above slide, these include "fair and square".
You can easily find all of these on our topic-based blog "Edifying Nonsense" by clicking HERE, and following the links.
May 7, 2023
MAY 7, "pictures at a renovation": fourth week
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front hall (door to closet on R being closed up) |
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hall extension (proceeding toward LR/DR) |
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kitchen(1) and breakfast nook |
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kitchen (2) (raised ceiling re-plastered, floor tiled) |
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DR (walls restored) |
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"new" laundry/utility room (tiled, walls under construction) |
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coat closet (expanded, 'moved') |
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new office (walls under construction) |
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master bath (shower and floor now tiled) |
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guest bath (walls being restored) |
May 6, 2023
MAY 6, higher connection: position as part-time monarch
May 5, 2023
MAY 5, excursions: meanwhile, back in the great outdoors ...
May 4, 2023
MAY 4, homophonous verse: (hippo's) hip replacement
Author's Note: Hip replacement has become a surgical procedure that is frequently performed in humans, and is making inroads into veterinary practice in dogs and cats. Its role in jungle creatures and zoo inhabitants remains to be developed, parenthetically.
You can view our whole collection on this topic -- verses intentionally crafted with contentious repetition of the rhyming syllables -- in a wider context on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Check the post "Homophonous Verse" by clicking HERE.
May 3, 2023
MAY 3, "pictures at a renovation": third week
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hall towards LR |
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LR (stack of wallboard) |
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kitchen |
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den entrance |
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new office space |
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studio (stack of flooring) |
May 2, 2023
May 1, 2023
MAY 1r, pandemic reminiscence / HB to me
a) reprise from 2020
MAY 1, pandemic poetry: HB to me (birthday confinement)
Matching the selection on the above slide, these include "ants in pants", "bug in a rug", and "Cat in the Hat".
You can easily find all of these on our topic-based blog "Edifying Nonsense" by clicking HERE, and following the links.