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Strays

I suppose I could look it up on the Interwebs and find out who gets credit for inventing situation comedy. Every writer has a different answer, I suppose, unless the world has divided into two camps, one arguing for Greek playwrights and another for medieval troubadours. But they did exist long before The Honeymooners. Continue reading “Strays”

Recipes for Turkeys (um….)

I was thinking of doing one more column discussing synonyms for the human seat which have turned up on postcards over the years, but as people have suggested they find this subject tiresome, we will move on to those turkey recipes I mentioned a couple of weeks ago instead. (Keeping in mind that thisContinue reading “Recipes for Turkeys (um….)”

Ranunculus to You: Larkspur to Liverwort

L LARKSPUR “Pensive Beauty” Lad’s Love: see SOUTHERNWOOD LADY’S MANTLE “Fashion” Plantlorists tend to make any reference to a lady in a flower name symbolic of the Virgin Mary. Floriographers seem not to have seen it that way. LADY’S SLIPPER “Capricious beauty” *LADY’S TRESSES “Bewitching Grace” LAGERSTRAEMIA “Eloquence” This is sometimes calledContinue reading “Ranunculus to You: Larkspur to Liverwort”

More Basic Humor

I know you had your hopes, but there are a LOT of postcards sitting around in the files. If people would get busy and BUY them, we could be chatting again about Turkey Liver Pizza. But though we nearly covered our “behinds” in the last column, there are other running gags in the worldContinue reading “More Basic Humor”

A Basic Joke

Well, Thanksgiving is past and we must now face the reality that Christmas is upon us. I have, myself, always stated that I DO love Christmas: I’m just not very good at it. So many things which used to be so simple have become difficult with the passage of time. For example, at myContinue reading “A Basic Joke”

Ranunculus to You, Ice Plant to Kudzu

I ICE PLANT “Your Looks Freeze Me” This is a plant which looks as if it has frost or ice on it, hence its name and meaning. Most books agree on this meaning, but Mme. De Latour had it with a slight difference. Both editions of her book which I have seen giveContinue reading “Ranunculus to You, Ice Plant to Kudzu”

The Bachelor and the Turkey

Now, this is not, not, not, not a food blog, as I have mentioned before. However, we are rolling at the greatest food holiday of our year (about the only one which is about the entree and not the dessert, or the snack) and I thought I would record my turkey cooking experiences. ThisContinue reading “The Bachelor and the Turkey”

Ranunculus to You: Hackmetack to Hyssop

H HACKMETACK “Single Blessedness” This is a kind of tamarack, and is sometimes spelled tacmehac. No, honest! HAND FLOWER TREE “Warning” HARBELL “Grief” *HARLEQUIN “Laugh at Trouble”HAWK WEED “Quicksightedness” It was believed, once upon a time, that hawks rubbed their eyes with this to give them, well, eyes like a hawk. IContinue reading “Ranunculus to You: Hackmetack to Hyssop”

Another Hit Parade

It has been some time since we last considered the popular song on the postcard. (Don’t start counting back through the blogs; just take my word for it.) The pop song and the postcard are of similar age: there were certainly songs which stuck in the ear and were heard at every concert andContinue reading “Another Hit Parade”

Classic Strippers

When I was a lad, the world went through another wave of Nostalgia. We as a society run from periods of “The past was evil; forget it!” to “The past was kind of funny” to “Some of the past was really cool” to “The past is kind of funny” to start again with “TheContinue reading “Classic Strippers”