My new roommate, Clint, brought his kitty over when he moved in with me. In case you missed the preface to this scenario, he is a tenant of mine whose apartment flooded. He moved in with me last Monday and we’ve co-existed - very comfortably I think - for the past six days. I will miss him when he’s gone. (more…)
“Next time around I’m gonna be a plumber. Standing knee deep in water’s a bummer. My calls go ignored. I’m getting a sword, or running him down with a hummer.”
I’ll never be an Ogden Nash but hey, I can write poetry too. The poet famous for his strange but funny rhymes of nonsense was born on this day in 1902.
Ogden Nash, the undisputed American master of light verse, wrote quite frequently for The New Yorker. He also had several of his pun-filled poems published. These collections include The Bad Parent’s Garden of Verse, which he wrote in 1936 and the popular 1957 collection titled, You Can’t Get There from Here.
One of his most well-known couplets from Reflections on Ice-Breaking reads: “Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.”
Mr. Nash had fun with just about any subject. Consider this little ditty from his observations at the dinner table: “Celery, raw, develops the jaw. But celery, stewed, is more quietly chewed.” (more…)
Don’t bother me, I’m having lunch.
Did I hear that right? As I clicked on the television this morning to get the news, Harry Smith was talking about the Cookie Diet. Now this was news I could get my teeth into!
What a concept! I sat down and took notes. (more…)
I happened across a “recipe” for wash day which was printed in the back of an old cookbook I bought at a book sale recently. I print it without edits:
Receipt fer Wash Day (1916)
1) Bilt fire in backyeard to heat kettle of rain water. 2)Set tubs so smoke want blow in eyes if wind is pert. (more…)
“Dingalingaling” goes the mockingbird.
I had a funny experience during my morning walk today. I headed out the door just after hearing a news report that cell phones may cause health concerns like brain tumors and such. (more…)
