This blogpost is a continuation of 'POETIC NON-SEQUITURS, as posted on this blog May 15, 2022 (first grouping), May 15, 2023 (second grouping), and May 15, 2024 (third grouping), and May 15, 2025 (fourth grouping).
previous poetic posts
(first grouping): adolescence, almost Kosher, bush plane, charity auction, close quarters, cumulative songs.
(second grouping): demolition, dishwasher, doggy bag, epistaxis, ESL, far-flung family.
(third grouping): gavel (judge's), gifted children, greeting (Spanish), ground down, having the audacity, hoggishly.
CURRENT CONTENTS (fourth grouping):
Horticultural
Host and co-host
Hoyle, Edmond
Latitude (changes in)
Mallards at the swimming-pool
arrangement of florists: proposed collective noun for this occupational grouping.
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Authors' Note:
according to Hoyle: an idiom alluding to Edmond Hoyle's books as the ultimate authority on the rules of social games, particularly cardgames such as whist
There are few verifiable details of the early life of Edmond Hoyle (1672–1769). As a tutor in parlour games, he published A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist at the age of 70. Other books of rules followed, primarily involving card games, but also chess and probability theory. Hoyle died at age 97 in London, England, prior to the popularization of today's most common games such as poker and contract bridge.
Authors' Note: The 1977 album Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett contained a song of the same title, as well as his most popular hit "Margaritaville".
With holiday season travel plans, and snowbirds' escapes to more appealing climes disrupted by the severe December weather in the winter of 2022, J.B.'s advice has more relevance. And the authors express gratitude to their female partner who has made arrangements for the appropriate seasonal migration.
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