Friday, July 10, 2026

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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














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