I am not here to mock those who have never gotten into the habit of writing verse. I am here merely to enlighten those who are unaware of the mental processes of versifiers. See, to the person who does not write poetry, the art is something rarefied and elite, an outlet for people whoContinue reading “Just Thinking of You”
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Dutch Rhymes
Okay, we have tiptoed around the subject long enough. We looked over the Dutch kids postcards in a couple of columns recently, and we discussed postcard verse. But we have, except very briefly, evaded the subject of Dutch kids and poetry on postcards. We will repair this omission today. As you may recallContinue reading “Dutch Rhymes”
Hard Thinking
It is Monday, and time for another old joke quiz. The theme for this Monday is one which has perhaps changed its name with the new century. Once these were known as moron jokes, or dumbbell jokes, or some such. I prefer, as someone who has frequently decided to save time by washing theContinue reading “Hard Thinking”
GGA Rhyme Scheme
‘Tis Spring, or so they tell me. Living in the Midwest, we all know it isn’t REALLY Spring until we have put our winter coats away for the season…for the fourth time. (My personal record for winter coat wearing is June fifteenth, but they aren’t making summers the way they used to.) InContinue reading “GGA Rhyme Scheme”
And What Became of Maa?
It is always an accident when this column is insightful. (Who invented that word, by the by? Was there really no other word that could fill that space? We could use…no, we are NO going to use this space being insightful about insightful. It seems rather insightless.) In any case, I was justContinue reading “And What Became of Maa?”
The Animal Fair
Monday again already? That day of the week when this blog turns away from postcards I have for sale and reflects on a book I couldn’t sell? Why, yes! Yes, it is! Prepare for another quiz filled with old jokes devoid of punchlines, extracted from that quizbook I could not convince any publisher toContinue reading “The Animal Fair”
Reel Women Do Fish
Well, here it is: April. I am proud that you thought of my blog on April fool’s…okay, maybe it isn’t that much of a stretch. Anyway, you may recall that some time ago, we discussed the Old World custom of sending your friends postcards with fish on them on April 1. I can’t doContinue reading “Reel Women Do Fish”
Banker as Santa?
I have been led down another rabbit hole by a mildly boring art postcard, and I am going to take you with me as I reflect on the trip. But first, let me introduce you to a Chicago banker of a previous century. Lyman Gage made his mark in Chicago, where he startedContinue reading “Banker as Santa?”
Lime + Coconut
Here it is, the first Monday of Spring, a season of newness: new leaves, new baby animals, new flowers. BUT it is universally regarded as a spirit of rebirth: those new buds are on old trees which have seemed dead over the winter, and those old lawns are born again and will need mowingContinue reading “Lime + Coconut”
Double Dutch
When last we spoke, we were discussing the Dutch kids in love, those smiling, happy wooden-shoed children who, at least in American postcards of the 1910s, spoke a fluent Pennsylvania Dutch, to nag about why you haven’t written, to espouse certain positive philosophies, or to reflect on the course of love. (As noted byContinue reading “Double Dutch”
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