Buying this TASCAM recorder was a game changer and a real step up from using my phone to capture shows. Great recording of Swans from Tuesday night incoming (not to toot my own horn) #livemusic#taping#music#swans
This week, our hosts Dean and Simon ponder a mislabelled Seinfeld clip, plumb the depths of human depravity in haunted houses, and catch up with Coronation Street
#Celtic#MythologyMonday: #Midir challenged High King Eochu Airem to a game of fidcheal, lost every game and had to complete forfeits. Finally, they agreed to play for a kiss from #Étaín, and this time, Midir won. As the two embraced, they were transformed into #swans, and so made their escape.
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Mute Swans are not native to New York, but they were popular on estates of the wealthy. Some escaped, while others were intentionally released. Today Mute Swans have made their home in parts of New York. Mute Swans out compete other birds including the native Trumpet Swans because of Mute Swan’s larger size, taller necks and aggressive / territorial nature. They also tend to uproot vegetation that they feed on causing further damage to the ecosystem.
Having said that it’s still awe inspiring to see these majestic birds in the wild. They’re not here for any fault of their own. I get excited like a child every time I spotted one at a distance.
This picture is from Blydenburgh County Park, Smithtown (near Hauppauge), NY, Mar 2024
The sheer restfulness of good breeding—Manhasset, Kiluna Farm:
“Bill [Paley] was able to re-create every aspect of the old WASP elite-except its essence. Seymour St. John, Choate's revered headmaster, talked about ‘the sheer restfulness of good breeding.’ …
“He was calling his novel-in-progress about the swans Answered Prayers, following the saying attributed to Saint Teresa of Ávila: “There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.”