from husband Bill, July 10, 2026
French fries are neither French nor from France. The fry was invented in Belgium. "Frenching" is a method of cutting vegetables.
I eat french fries in the traditional way: dipped in mayonnaise. I sometimes eat fries with tartar sauce, but never with ketchup.
from husband Bill, July 10, 2026
I do like Piña Coladas, but I haven't had one in decades.
from husband Bill, July 10, 2026
I struggle with Diabetes with Peripheral Neuropathy (constant numbness) in both of my feet; Congestive Heart Failure; and Restrictive Lung Disease. I am still unable to walk after many years due to my Neuropathy.
from husband Bill, July 10, 2026
I have written more than 300 poems since 1986, but I have never written a "cherihew." Many of my poems have been published in national and international poetry anthologies through poetry contests.
"On July 10 each year, National Clerihew Day in the United States celebrates a poem style created by Edmund Clerihew Bentley. His four-line biographical poem offers a brief, though whimsical, approach to poetry." - National Day Calendar
"A clerihew poem must include:
Four lines.
Rhyming couplets of AA/BB.×
A person's name in the first line.
Something said about that person.
Humor because clerihew poems are meant to be a funny poem."
Here's an example of a clerihew:
"Sir Humphry Davy
Abominated gravy.
He lived in the odium
Of having discovered sodium."
from husband Bill, July 10, 2026
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I have written more than 300 poems since 1986, but I have never written a "cherihew." Many of my poems have been published in national and international poetry anthologies through poetry contests.
"On July 10 each year, National Clerihew Day in the United States celebrates a poem style created by Edmund Clerihew Bentley. His four-line biographical poem offers a brief, though whimsical, approach to poetry." - National Day Calendar
"A clerihew poem must include:
Four lines.
"Rhyming couplets of AA/BB.
A person's name in the first line.
Something said about that person.
Humor because clerihew poems are meant to be a funny poem."
Here's an example of a clerihew:
"Sir Humphry Davy
Abominated gravy.
He lived in the odium
Of having discovered sodium."
July 10, 2026
