Beaver Pond Wildlife: Part 2 - Late Spring
Watched Part 2 today with DL. It is a wonderful video from RA at New England Forests.
According to the webstite, this film series spans a year's time at typical beaver ponds in New England. In Part 2, we follow wildlife in late spring, as nesting season progresses, new life develops, and young beavers disperse.
Also, attended my scheduled MRI for the sore right Ankle / Achilles tendon in the morning.
Beaver Pond Wildlife: Part 1 - Early Spring
Watched Part 1 today with DL. It is a wonderful video from RA at New England Forests.
According to the webstite, this film series spans a year's time at typical beaver ponds in New England. In Part 1, we'll look at what takes place in early spring, as the pond comes back to life after a cold winter.
Visit with my Mom and Pop today.
Brought our bird "Teeter" with me to leave at her new home with cousin W.
After much thinking over the past three or four years, we've decided to finally transfer ownership of our yellow nape amazon "Teeter" to cousin W.
Not easy decision, we've had Teeter for thirty-years.
But, we are getting older, and we are trying to travel as much as we can in the next decade or so. So it seems we are constantly either leaving home or planning to. Not exactly fair for a bird who enjoys companionship.
Counting on W providing a long friendly relationship with our bird.
Truthfully, I try to adhere to the idea that it is better to make a change when things are going well, not when they are not or you are backed into a corner and have to react. All is well, this change in home for Teeter should be a wonderful move.
Guitar I
I have been working on learning guitar.
This is something I began making a priority for several years now.
It was a few years ago when I realized it was time to get serious, stop strumming the same passages over and over, and learn the guitar, rather than learn parts of songs or melodies.
It's slow going. Taking this serious is not something that offers shortcuts.
It was time to learn to read music, rather that use tab to make things quicker and easier.
It was time to devote myself to good technique, especially when it came to finger-picking and using all my right hand fingers.
It was time to have dedicated, slow, steady practice.
I began with a guitar lesson book, worked through it a bit, added a second manual of differing technique, and kept at it. Continually adding more "work" to my daily practice.
I am at the point where I can read music fairly well for the guitar.
Often, I can find notes on the fretboard quickly and easily.
My plan is to continue just like this, slow and steady, constantly learning.
It is enjoyable.
Heavyweight Boxer Big George Foreman passed today.
He was a two-time world heavyweight champion and the 1968 Olympic gold medalist.
George Foreman maintained that earning the Olympic gold medal was the achievement he was most proud of in his boxing career, more so than either of his world titles.
Foreman dominating his first Championship fight against Joe Frazier by TKO. Before the fight, Frazier was 29–0 (25 KO) and Foreman was 37–0 (34 KO). Frazier was knocked down six times by Foreman within two rounds (the three-knockdown rule was not in effect for this bout). After the second knockdown, Frazier's balance and mobility were impaired to the extent that he was unable to evade Foreman's combinations. Frazier managed to get to his feet for all six knockdowns, but referee Arthur Mercante eventually called an end to the one-sided bout.
First Retirement
Foreman became ill in his dressing room after his bout versus Jimmy Young. He was suffering from exhaustion and heat stroke and stated he had a near-death experience. He spoke of being in a hellish, frightening place of nothingness and despair, and felt that he was in the midst of death. Though not yet religious, he began to plead with God to help him. He explained that he sensed God asking him to change his life and ways whereupon he said, "I don't care if this is death – I still believe there is a God!"
After this experience, Foreman became a born-again Christian, dedicating his life for the next decade to God. Although he did not formally retire from boxing, Foreman stopped fighting and became an ordained minister, initially preaching on street corners before becoming the minister of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ in Houston and devoting himself to his family and his congregation. He also opened a youth center that bears his name.
The Comeback Trail
In 1994, Foreman again sought to challenge for the world championship after Michael Moorer had beaten Evander Holyfield for the IBF and WBA titles. Having lost his last fight against Tommy Morrison, Foreman was unranked and in no position to demand another title shot. His relatively high profile, however, made a title shot against Moorer, 19 years his junior, a lucrative prospect at seemingly little risk for the champion.
Foreman's title challenge against Moorer took place on November 5 in Las Vegas, Nevada, with Foreman wearing the same red trunks he had worn in his title loss to Ali 20 years earlier. This time, however, Foreman was a substantial underdog. For nine rounds, Moorer easily outboxed him, hitting and moving away, while Foreman chugged forward, seemingly unable to "pull the trigger" on his punches. Entering the 10th round, Foreman was trailing on all scorecards: two judges had it 88–83 and one had it 86–85, all to Moorer. However, Foreman launched a comeback in the 10th round and hit Moorer with a number of punches. Then, a short right hand caught Moorer on the tip of his chin, gashing open his bottom lip, and he collapsed to the canvas. He lay flat on the canvas as the referee counted him out.
In an instant, Foreman had regained the title he had lost to Muhammad Ali two decades before. He went back to his corner and knelt in prayer as the arena erupted in cheers. With this historic victory, Foreman broke three records: He became, at age 45, the oldest fighter ever to win a world championship; 20 years after losing his title for the first time, he broke the record for the fighter with the longest interval between his first and second world championships; and he also became the oldest winner of a major title fight.
Rest in Peace Champ.
Having been born in 1962, and liking and listening to music from the early sixties onward, I thought it might be fun to attempt a listing of my favorite albums each year since birth.
The initial post for this series of ideas began on December 26th, 2023. You can look it up....
This time, I present my "Weird Things Worth a Listen (I love ‘em)"
(those that didn't make the list, in no particular order.
...from the Year in Music 1969!
1. Cromagnon Orgasm
2. David and Tina Meltxzer Poets Song
3. David and Tina Meltxzer Green Morning
4. Fever Tree Creation
5. Os Mutantes Mutantes
6. Spiral Starecase More Today Than Yesterday
7. Idle Race The Birthday Party
8. Elyse Elyse
9. The Carolyn Hester Coalition The Carolyn Hester Coalition
10. The Charlatans The Charlatans
Jesse Colin Young passed away today at age 83.
The Youngbloods, Released: January 1967
Earth Music, Released: May 1967
Elephant Mountain, Released: 1969
Having been born in 1962, and liking and listening to music from the early sixties onward, I thought it might be fun to attempt a listing of my favorite albums each year since birth.
The initial post for this series of ideas began on December 26th, 2023. You can look it up....
This time, I present my "Weird Things Worth a Listen (I love ‘em)" the third 25...
(no particular order).
...from the Year in Music 1969!
51. John Phillips John
52. Juicy Lucy Juicy Lucy
53. Julie Driscoll 1969
54. Julie Driscoll Streetnoise
55. Kaleidoscope & Frank Tirado Kaleidoscope
56. Karen Dalton It's So Hard to Tell
57. Kevin Ayers Joy of a Toy
58. Mad River Mad River
59. Mad River Paradise Bar And Grill
60. Man 2 Ozs of Plastic with a Hole in the Middle
61. Man Revolation
62. Morgen Morgen
63. Nazz Nazz Nazz
64. Pacific Gas and Electric Pacific Gas & Electric
65. Robin Scott - Woman From The Warm Grass
66. Roy Harper Folkjokeopus
67. Ruthann Friedman Constant Companion
68. Sam Gopal Escalator
69. Sonny Sharrock Black Woman
70. The Summer Sounds Up – Down
71. Writing on the Wall The Power of the Picts
72. Sunforest Sound of Sunforest
73. Trad, Gras Och Stenar Trad, Gras Och Stenar
74. Wendy & Bonnie Genesis
75. Yuya Uchida & the Flowers Challenge! (Flower Traveling Band)
Facility Study at BW II.
Having been born in 1962, and liking and listening to music from the early sixties onward, I thought it might be fun to attempt a listing of my favorite albums each year since birth.
The initial post for this series of ideas began on December 26th, 2023. You can look it up....
This time, I present my "Weird Things Worth a Listen (I love ‘em)" the second 25...
(no particular order).
...from the Year in Music 1969!
26. Andwellas Dream Love And Poetry
27. Aorta Aorta
28. The Apryl Fook Apryl Fool
29. Arzachel Arzachel
30. The Avengers Medallion
31. Bent Wind Sussex
32. Blossom Toes If Only for a Moment
33. Bonnie Dobson Bonnie Dobson
34. Bridget St. John - Ask Me No Questions
35. The Chocolate Watch Band One Step Beyond
36. Crazy World Arthur Brown Strangelands
37. The Electric Prunes Just Good Old Rock and Roll
38. The End Introspection
39. Fear Itself Fear Itself -
40. Food Forever Is A Dream
41. Forest Forest
42. The Frost - Frost Music
43. The Frost - Rock And Roll Music
44. Gandalf Gandalf
45. Harvey Mandel Games Guitars Play
46. Harvey Mandel Righteous
47. The Head Shop The Head Shop
48. Hunger - ! – Strictly From Hunger!
49. Joe Byrd & Field Hippies The American Metaphysical Circus
50. John McLaughlin Extrapolation
JMH early.
Having been born in 1962, and liking and listening to music from the early sixties onward, I thought it might be fun to attempt a listing of my favorite albums each year since birth.
The initial post for this series of ideas began on December 26th, 2023. You can look it up....
This time, I present my "Weird Things Worth a Listen (I love ‘em)" the first 25...
...from the Year in Music 1969!
1. Mighty Baby Mighty Baby
2. Robbie Basho Venus in Cancer
3. Can Monster Movie
4. Randy Holden Population II
5. White Noise An Electric Storm
6. Family Family Entertainment
7. Judy Henske Farewell Aldebaran
8. Kaleidoscope (UK) Faintly Blowing
9. Kaleidoscope (US) Incredible Kaleidoscope
10. Mij Color By the Number
11. Moving Sidewalks Flash
12. Shaggs Philosophy of the World
13. Silver Apples Contact
14. Buffy Sainte-Marie - Illuminations
15. Tony Williams Lifetime Emergency
16. Skip Spence Oar
17. Leslie West Mountain
18. C.A. Quintet A Trip Through Hell
19. Gordon Jackson Thinking Back
20. The Open Mind The Open Mind
21. Bobak, Jons, Malone - Motherlight
22. The Deviants III
23. F. J. McMahon Spirit of the Golden Juice
24. It’s a Beautiful Day It’s a Beautiful Day
25. Nick Drake Five Leaves Left
JMH Early.
Finanicial Meeting for Taxes.
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