A blogsite offering entertaining daily oddities since January 2020. There are now over fifteen hundred posts in these four years. Images -- photographic, computer-simulated and poetic -- 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.
April 1, 2024
APR 1, defining opinion: hole #2
March 31, 2024
MAR 31, lowcountry excursion: Brookgreen Gardens, SC
visit to Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina |
"The Saint James Triad", bronze sculpture 1997, Richard McDermott Miller |
"Torse de Femme", limestone sculpture 1989, David Klass |
"Time and the Fates of Man", bronze 1939, Paul Manship |
visitor admiring Spanish moss |
a quiet, floral corner |
"Pegasus", granite 1954, Laura Gardin Fraser |
"Girl with Squirrel", Sylvia Shaw Judson |
"Diana of the Chase", bronze 1922, Anna Hyatt Huntington |
March 30, 2024
MAR 30 (2024), singable satire: James Taylor sings "BABY JAMES SUITE"
A young lonely ranch-hand takes shape in James’ mind
And so per my e-mails were D.C. and
March 29, 2024
MAR 29, mammalian wildlife: Geebo's angwantibo
a) reprise from March 2020:
MAR 29, mammalian wildlife: Geebo's angwantibo
March 27, 2024
MAR 27, Charleston garden: gazebos
a) reprise from March 2020:
MAR 27, the Charleston garden: gazebos
b)
March 26, 2024
MAR 26, postal places, Canada: Whistler, BC
Prior to European settlement, the site was the shared territory of the Squamish and Lil'wat First Nations. Trappers and prospectors were gradually attracted, but completion of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway in 1914 provided easy access from Vancouver, and brought logging and escalating tourism. The resort-city is named for the call of the hoary marmot, a ground squirrel dwelling at high elevations. The Whistler-Blackcomb area served as a major venue for "Vancouver 2010", the twenty-first Olympic Winter Games.
March 25, 2024
MAR 25, holidays and celebrations: Greek Evzones (Greek Independence Day)
a) reprise from March 2020:
MAR 25, holidays and celebrations: Greek Independence Day
Authors' Note:
evzone: (EHV-zohn, anglicized form), member of an elite unit drawn from the Hellenic Army Infantry Corps
Grand Change: a more elaborate version of the hourly changing of the guard that takes place on Sunday mornings at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens' Syntagma Square, providing a popular photo-op for locals and tourists
Kleft (KLEHFT): Greek fighter in the War of Independence
fustanella: kilt made from 30 meters of white cotton, supposedly with 400 pleats to represent each of the years of Ottoman occupation.
March 24, 2024
MAR 24, palinku (poetic novelty): two more verses about partying
March 23, 2024
MAR 23, defining opinion: honorifics
Our blogpost "Defining Opinion" on the topic-based blog "Edifying Nonsense" shows a selection of similar verses submitted to OEDILF (the online Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form). You can see all of these on one visit by clicking HERE.
March 22, 2024
MAR 22, life in Palindrome Valley: politics
You can review other illustrated verses on this topic by proceeding to the collection 'Life in Palindrome Valley' on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'.
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March 21, 2024
MAR 21, Carolina lowcountry: springtime excursion (reprise)
a) reprise from March 2020:
MAR 17, Carolina lowcountry: springtime excursions
March 20, 2024
MAR 20 (2024), singable satire: Elvis sings "RETURN TO 'SURRENDER' "
PARODY-LYRICS
PARODY-SONGLINK: To access ukulele and guitar chord-charts to help you accompany "Return to 'Surrender' " on your favorite instrument, click HERE.
The wonderful original song, written in Neapolitan, has been recorded by Caruso, Lanza, Pavarotti, and Bocelli among others. Its famous English knock-off, "Surrender" written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman in 1961 was widely popularized by Elvis Presley.
For this parody, the difficult words in Neapolitan have been replaced by names of Presley songs and movies.
The few remaining words are similar to modern Italian and readily understood.
e = and
guarda = see
io = I
'o = the
tu dice = you say
Guarda, gua’ Viva Las Vegas:
Bello Yellow Rose of Texas,
Stuck on You e Love Me Tender,(ma)
All Shook Up, Cryin’ in the Chapel !
March 19, 2024
MAR 19, wordplay maps: American Scramble-towns 3,4
a) reprise from March 2020
MAR 20, wordplay maps: American Scramble-towns 3,4
March 18, 2024
March 17, 2024
MAR 17, Charleston garden: tractor-seat plant
a) reprise from March 2020
MAR 21, the Charleston garden: tractor-seat plant (Farfugium)
March 16, 2024
MAR 16, American satire: intelligence
a) reprise from February 2020