APR 25, waterfowl: swans at Swan Lake, SC

 

waterfowl flotilla
Black (Australian) swans, Canada geese, et al. 

See the post of Feb 21, 2021 on this blog for an illustrated verse about the mute swan.

See this blogpost for Giorgio's recent poetic take on the trumpeter swan. 

You can review these illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Immersible Verse: Limericks about Waterfowl' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. 

Editors' comment: Yes, we finally made it yesterday, to this South Carolina nature-lovers' destination! So, here are a few brief videos to highlight the visit: these feature black-necked swans (South American), a whooper swan (all white, except for yellow bill - Eurasian), and black swans (Australian) ...

More pictures from this iconic site will be available in the next few days! 

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You can review these illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to the post 'Immersible Verse: Limericks about Waterfowl' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Or, if you prefer, you can find most of this stuff in photo-albums on Giorgio's Facebook profile.

APR 24, Carolina lowcountry: beach re-engineering

 

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pizza delivery boxes in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina,

touting service to 'the Lowcountry'

APR 23, binomial phrases: 'hem and haw'

Authors' Note:  The most striking binomial phrases are either alliterative (like  'hem and haw', 'kith and kin'), or rhyming (like 'hither and thither'). The astute reader might realize that 'whence, wherefore and whither' is a TRInomial phrase, a less common entity.  

 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 ! (Or, if you prefer, you could look over this stuff on Giorgio's Facebook photo-albums.) 

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 !

chocolate matzoh pieces (B's Pesach recipe)
See you next year!

incidental photographic portrayal:

'kith and kin'

APR 22, pill-poppin' poems: oral hypoglycemics (anti-diabetic pills)

You can view informative verses like this one in a wider context by proceeding to the collection "Pill-Popping Poems (selected pharmaceuticals)" on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE! 

APR 21, palinku (poetic novelty): 45th prez, a trio of verses

   

  In this post, we continue with our novel form of poetic wordplay. Inspired by Japanese haiku poetry, this new form 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). 

   And, just in case you have forgotten what palindromes are about, your blogsite hosts have arranged a serial set of brief lessons on the topic ('Political Palindromes') which you can review by clicking HERE. 

(Ed. note) Verses of this type have continued to accumulate, and there are now a total of 48. You can view them all at one swoop (or in bunches -- they are in a linked series of posts with 10 poems each) if you proceed to our more encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE.

Incidental Photo:

JJ. at his younger bro's bar mitzvah celebration

APR 20 (2022), singable satire: The Beatles sing "BRENNAN'S TWEET"

ORIGINAL SONG:  "Let It Be", The Beatles, 1970.

SATIRE COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, March 2019.

PARODY-SONGLINK: To find ukulele and guitar chord-charts to help you accompany "Brennan's Tweet" on your favorite instrument, click HERE.

BACKGROUND INFO: At the height of the concern that President Trump might be tempted to stop the Russia-election-interference investigation by firing Special Counsel Robert Mueller, a tweet by John Brennan on Saturday, March 17, 2018, described in very definite terms the former CIA director's view of the 45th President.

BRENNAN'S TWEET

(to the tune of "Let It Be"; the Wikipedia article, as given above shows the details of the tweet. )

When we face a federal crisis 

Former CIA boss' words entreat:

Online words of wisdom, Brennan's tweet.

When FBI's scapegoated

And Executive stance won't retreat,

Posted words of wisdom, Brennan's tweet.

Chorus:

Brennan's tweet, Brennan's tweet,

Brennan's tweet, Brennan's tweet,

Broadcast Twitter wisdom, Brennan's tweet.

And "When we know the full extent

Of your corrupt venality",

That's the introduction: Brennan's tweet.

And with the light that probes

Invoke "disgrace" and "demagoguery".

That's the middle section - Brennan's tweet.

Repeat Chorus:

And he concludes Trump's "rightful place" is

"The dustbin of history"

(Soon we hope - tomorrow): Brennan's tweet.

To wake up from this nightmare,

Special Counsel's probe could set us free.

Echo words of wisdom: Brennan's tweet.

Brennan's tweet, Brennan's tweet,

Brennan's tweet, Brennan's tweet,
Pass torch to Robert Mueller: Brennan's tweet.

APR 19, American satire (prolongation): Deceit, social

We hope that you enjoyed this verse. You can find 40 more on this topic in 6 collections on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE to start! 

APR 18, excursions: further afield in South Carolina

 GREENVILLE

Greenville: Falls Park, and the Liberty Bridge over the Reedy

Belltower at Furman University, Paris Mountain in the background

 
 

CONGAREE NATIONAL PARK

forests of cypress knees

unusually large temperature discrepancy

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APR 17, culinary verse: boiled peanuts (goober peas)

Enjoy viewing Johnny Cash and Burl Ives singing 'Goober Peas' on YouTube by clicking HERE. 

on-line photo: a nearby establishment in the Carolina lowcountry

Find the collection of illustrated poems dealing with these issues on the post 'Culinary Verse' on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE!

APR 16, funny bones: pelvic fractures

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Best wishes to all, especially friends and relations, on the occasion of Passover and Easter. And in that regard you can review a poem about the pandemic Passover Seder dinner by clicking HERE.

Authors' Note: 

 post op: medical jargon for 'post-operative' or 'post-operatively’.

   Costs incurred by surgical care in the United States can be devastating. It is, however, unusual for bankers to be consulted directly re the affordability of urgent surgical procedures. 

  Multiple pelvic fractures involving the sacrum and/or pubic rami may accompany major trauma to the lower trunk. These can often be managed conservatively, but instability may mandate surgical fixation.    

You can view verses on this topic in a wider context by proceeding to the post 'Breaking News: FUNNY BONES' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE! 

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APR 15, Carolina lowcountry: pluff mud

scene next to Pitt St Bridge park,
 Mt. Pleasant SC, May 2020.

Readers might be interested in a post highlighting more illustrated nonsense about 'pluff mud' in the form of a brief poetic saga ('The Walrus and the Carpenter, lowcountry version'). Click HERE. 

pizza delivery boxes in Mt. Pleasant South Carolina,

touting service to 'the Lowcountry'

Best wishes to all, especially friends and relations, on the occasion of Passover and Easter. And in that regard you can review a poem about the pandemic Passover seder dinner by clicking HERE. 

APR 14, mythed opportunities: Eliyahu (the prophet Elijah)

Authors' Note: 

Eliyahu HaNavi -- ay-lee-YA-hoo ha-na-VEE-- (Elijah the Prophet) plays an important role in the traditional Passover Seder service. At the end of the multi-course dinner for family and friends, the fifth glass of wine is poured, but reserved for the prophet. The door of the home is then opened briefly, recitations from the Old Testament chanted, and the Prophet (who, some day, will announce the arrival of the Jewish Messiah) enters and may sip from the wineglass; children watch to see if the level in the glass really does go down. The distinguished visitor is not offered a dessert or any other food, and the door is not opened to let him out again, as I recall, but attention turns from the arrival of Eliyahu to the completion of the service, and finally the group singing of traditional songs.

  Note that Eliyahu may come by his reticence to use modern technology for good reason. Last week, Israel's chief rabbis decided that even in this plague-ridden year (2020), video-conferencing is subject to the usual ban on the holiday use of electronics. 

You can take advantage of the whole spectrum of illustrated poems dealing with 'Mythed Opportunities' that we have collected on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE!

APR 13, braincheck: bitemporal hemianopsia

                                                                       

                                                                                

Authors' Note: Loss of sight in half of the visual field in an eye is a medically well-characterized and significant lesion known as hemianopsia, or occasionally hemianopia. An attack on the underlying lesion, often deep within the brain is in the province of neurosurgeons, and often a multidisciplinary team is needed. The bitemporal pattern discussed here, involving the lateral half of each eye's visual field, is less common than homonomous hemianopsia. For further reading on this topic, the Wikipedia article is suggested.

 You can check your knowledge of brain structure and function in health and disease by reviewing our entire collection of illustrated verses on this topic. To review 'BRAINCHECK' on topic-oriented  blog "Edifying Nonsense", click HERE.

APR 12, mammalian wildlife: resurgent sea otters

  Elkhorn Slough, at Moss Landing CA, an inlet of Monterey Bay, has become, with protective measures enforced, a bathtub for once-endangered sea otters. If you are lucky enough to visit in April, as we were, you may get to see the pups being toured about by their moms.  Attention is drawn to these gentle marine mammals, seemingly at play, as viewed from our rental kayak. If you prefer, there is a larger tour-boat. Other species of wildlife now abound in and near the waters and in the pastoral setting  of the adjacent uplands, the latter having been developed a century ago for dairy farming. The fishing port of Moss Landing is still the site of a power plant that has dominated the skyline for decades, but is currently being partly dismantled.

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Elkhorn Slough is teeming with sea otters
 

terns on poles in the Slough

harbor seals find this a good place to nap

view over the Elkhorn Slough

from the National Estuarine Research Reserve 

touring the uplands on an informative guided walk 

banner at the Elkhorn Reserve

California poppies

The author with fishing buddies at the entrance
 to an incredible seafood restaurant 

 the beach at the local State Park,
only a few feet from the restaurant

You can review the whole collection of illustrated verses about mammals (both domestic and exotic) by checking out the more extensive post on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE !