Category Archives: Word Play

Puns, double-entendres, juxtapositions and word collections and a myriad more.

March Forth, Mr. Editor!

Posted on March 4, 2018 by literarylee

I have founded a holiday called March Forth. No, I didn’t misspell the word fourth. I mean for it to be a play on words, a pun. Long ago when our now adult children were little, I started celebrating March … Continue reading →

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Thick Day

Posted on July 19, 2017 by literarylee

My my is it soupy out here on the street. Walked only a block and already I’m beat

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Morning Greeting

Posted on March 21, 2017 by literarylee

Hello dearie are you bleary maybe cheery on this happy morn? Coffee brewing eggies chewing hope renewing on a path well-worn? Sun is rising day apprising adventures surprising look! now being born. Washing, dressing, get a blessing, no more messing go with joy … Continue reading →

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I Want to Found a New National Holiday

Posted on March 4, 2016 by literarylee

I want to start a new national holiday. I started it in my own family when our children were young. It is called March Forth and it’s a holiday based on a pun. Today is March Fourth but pun-wise it … Continue reading →

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March Fourth? March Forth!

Posted on March 4, 2012 by literarylee

Click for a soundtrack to this post:   Washington Post March Once again March 4 is here.  I still get pleasure, probably a little childish, saying to people, “Today is my favorite day of the year.”  I enjoy springing my … Continue reading →

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Collecting Pub Names, part 3

Posted on March 1, 2012 by literarylee

Here is the third portion of my collection of pub names which I gathered during a one month trip through England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales in 1999.  You can read the first portion and an introductory note here: Pub Names … Continue reading →

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The Pun Method of Teaching Christmas Carols

Posted on December 16, 2011 by literarylee

Walking the other day through the awesomely ugly yet somehow festive-this-time-of-year halls of the acres long, deep and wide building where I work, I was singing Christmas carols under my breath, blithely anticipating the holiday almost upon us.  I got to, … Continue reading →

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How to Make Biscuits

Posted on December 13, 2011 by literarylee

We weren’t able to share Thanksgiving with my parents and other relatives in my childhood hometown this year.  If we had, my wife and I probably would have hosted the event.  I would have made the biscuits.  As it turned out, … Continue reading →

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Epitaph Collection – part 2

Posted on November 17, 2011 by literarylee

I first discussed my interest in epitaphs in October, a month I thought appropriate for such things, not only because of Halloween, but also because October 14 is the anniversary of the Female Stranger‘s death.  I will be sharing other … Continue reading →

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Collecting Pub Names, part 2

Posted on November 4, 2011 by literarylee

An odd bit of word play I engage in from time to time is collecting words.  Here is the second portion of my collection of pub names which I gathered during a one-month trip through England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales … Continue reading →

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