APR 11, postal places, USA: Green Bay, WI

Authors' Note: WI is the official abbreviation for the American state of Wisconsin, in which the city of Green Bay, population 110,000, is situated. Founded in 1634 as a French trading post, this settlement on the northern part of Lake Michigan was known in its earlier days as La Baie Verte. Today it is best known as the home of the football team "Green Bay Packers"; activities of the city's priesthood are described in the poem Holy Communion by OEDILFian contributor Chuck Folkers.

 

At one swell foop, you can review all our postal poems about intriguing places in the USA and Canada, by proceeding to the encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE !

APR 10, "pictures at a renovation": demolition, day#6

As we get back to the bare walls and concrete floors, these views are beginning to look depressingly unadorned, rather than catastrophically chaotic. But relative to where we've been, that is a heart-warming upgrade for us. Next up will be a focus on the popcorn ceilings. 

Stay tuned!

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. These earlier posts show the demolition phase, and that may be of particular interest for many viewers.

April 6

April 4

March 31

front hall

'new' office seen from front hall/vestibule.

office seen from master BR
(dividing wall pending)

guest bath

 

APR 9, news-post: Toronto's Easter parade

 

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APR 8, poets' corner: rhotic-poet school

Authors' Note: 

poor, sure, more: words often used for rhyming at the ends of poetic or lyric lines (random example: I'd like to ensure / That our love will bring more); non-rhotic speakers will claim that these words mutually rhyme as indicated in the phonetic renderings paw, shaw, maw.

With occasional exceptions, native-born Canadians using English are rhotic speakers, their Rs being fully sounded, even after vowels. However, large numbers of immigrants have been welcomed to our shores bringing non-rhotic dialects. Their speech pattern is rendered roughly by changing all the relevant Rs to Hs. Many will also use a pronunciation element known as the "intrusive R", as in the verse's third line (flawR). This speech variation, invoked in this particular instance, might lead many North Americans to feel that the word floor is under discussion.

In Canada and substantial portions of the northern US, as reported by our staff-member and poetry coach Larry, the Mary/marry/merry merger, relevant to a related group of words containing the letter R, simplifies the varied pronunciation of vowels prior to that important consonant, with major benefit in crafting rhyme-pairs.

You can find lots of other verses on this blog under the listing "Poets' Corner".  Click HERE. 

APR 7, binomial phrases: "here and there"

To review our poetic effusion about binomial phrases proceed to our blog 'Edifying Nonsense', click HERE ! 

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 !

APR 6, "pictures at a renovation": demolition, day#5

PREVIOUS VIEWS:

You can follow the whole arduous undertaking by scrolling back through earlier posts: (you can also click these dates for direct transport back to see the previous "pictures at a renovation"). Today's vistas, as well as the earlier posts show the demolition phase, and that may be of particular interest for many viewers.

April 4

March 31

front hall 

'vestibule' off front hall

'new' office space

kitchen

LR/DR

guest bathroom

APR 5, "pictures at a renovation": demolition, day#4

front hall, seen from den 

kitchen

LR/DR

den

master bathroom

guest bathroom

 

APR 4, "pictures at a renovation": demolition, day#3

 At the end of a busy day. (Availability of the service elevator is an issue for the demolition crew.)

No poetry today!

front hall (newly opened up 'vestibule')

kitchen

LR/DR

den

en suite master bath

APR 3, sister-cities anagrams (10-12)

 

a) reprise from 2020

APR 3, wordplay maps: sister-cities anagrams (10-12)

b) Giorgio's Lexicon of Binomials

APR 2, patients and their maladies: aldosterone excess (Conn's syndrome)

Authors' Note:  High blood pressure (hypertension), most commonly has no definable cause. Rarely, there is a relatively fixed and excessive production of aldosterone, a hormone produced by the cortex of the adrenal glands to regulate the exchange of sodium and potassium in the kidney. The medical entity was known historically as Conn's syndrome. The abnormal hormone levels are due to an overgrowth of well-differentiated adrenal cells, resulting in either a small localized benign tumor, or to diffuse overgrowth of both glands.

The levels of blood pressure attained are relatively mild, and the local disorder of growth in the adrenal glands does not develop malignant transformation. Nonetheless, the disorder is best treated specifically, sometimes requiring adrenal surgery.

You can view collections of verses on this topic by proceeding to "Nurse-Verse: PATIENTS and their MALADIES" on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE!

APR 1, bottom line of medical humor: diarrhea

a) reprise from 2020 

APR 1, bottom line of medical humor: diarrhea

 Authors' Note:  

  A euphemism allows one to skirt around the messy details. 

  Diarrhea, a term coined by Hippocrates, derives from the Greek for a flow going through; the details are linked by longstanding usage to the specific intestinal inconvenience, sometimes characterized as "the trots".

The authors regret that there are no appropriate images to accompany this verse.

But, you can view informative verses of this type in a wider context by proceeding to the collection 'The BOTTOM LINE of MEDICAL HUMOR' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE!

DEMOLITION UPDATE (2023)

Yesterday there was a lot of cleaning up, and some further tearing apart!

master BR

b) Giorgio's Lexicon of Binomials

Mar 31, "pictures at a renovation": demolition, day#1

Yesterday was demolition day #1. See below for a photo-tour. 

Click HERE to get some information on the demolition plan and to see a few pics of the pre-renovation suite.

Authors' Note: Contractors will describe the first phase of your tired old home's renovation as demolition, forgetting that, to the sensitive older homeowner, that term may conjure up visions of damage caused by aerial bombing, earthquakes or cyclones. In fact, we now have photos showing that the removal of half-century old linoleum tiles, popcorn ceilings and built-in cabinets may require almost that much destruction. We give thanks for the invention of the dumpster, and hope that things will look better in the next phase. 

Here are some pics from the first day of the demolition-in-progress. We hope to follow up with further views as they become available.  

 

front hall

kitchen

LR/DR

den

master BR

MAR 30 (2023), singable satire: W-I-P

MAR 29, pandemic poetry: the infirm

 

a) reprise from March 2020

MAR 30, pandemic poetry: the infirm

You can review these illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Pandemic Poetry' on the full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense".

b) Giorgio's Lexicon of Binomials

MAR 28, personal -- anniversary saga

a) reprise from March 2020

MAR 28, personal and family history: anniversary saga

b) Giorgio's Lexicon of Binomials

MAR 27, reconstructive attitudes: starting point (verse - 'popcorn ceilings')

You have seen the 'staged' (hyped) photos of this suite on the post of March 19. Here is the reality, as we get ready to undertake a massive reno under the supervision of 'Carl the contractor'. 

THE PRE-RENO (realty) REALITY

hall (den on left)

kitchen

LR (balcony through doors on R)

Carl checks the location of service conduits