Wednesday's Wisdom is from Grammarist.com

Almost every time, I see different bird types spending time with each other, I find myself thinking of the proverb, "Birds of a feather, flock together."

No Posting Today: Tuesday's Truths WK 149

It's the one hundred and forty-ninth "episode" for my Tuesday's Truths series, and the truth for this one, is there will be no post. I have a big commitment at a NYC Day School which will conflict with composing and publishing episode However, I will see you tomorrow here on Blogger and next week, Tuesday's Truths for week one fifty will be published!

Monday's Memo: Read my new Article!

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ MY ARTICLE ABOUT RIVERSIDE DRIVE

Last evening Mike Miskin published another one of my articles (A New York State of Mind on Riverside Drive) in his on-line newsletter which focuses mainly on the UWS, and rightly so, after all, his daily publication is titled iLovetheUpperWestside. You may also click here to read my piece. Thanks!

ADDENDUM (November 6th 2019): Received an email from Mike Mishkin, the publisher of iLovetheUppperWestside.com, saying, "check this out ... :)"

He's referring to the fact that Riverside Park Conservatory tweeted praise for my recent article about Riverside Drive. Here's the link to their tweet (seen in the screenshot below):

The Evening Of 2019's Marathon Fireworks

Yesterdays news....  the 2019 pre-New York City Marathon fireworks lit up the sky last evening and I wanted to post my photographs of them soon after but was unable to do so, for, as you can see from my screenshot, FB had other ideas... and so did Blogger!

Hence I'm posting what is now "old news" by today's standards within this entry and just like FB and Blogger having other ideas, I confess that I had other ideas re the fireworks too and almost did not even attend because of my strong feelings about the negative impact they have on birds and other wildlife, but as you will see, I did see the display.

My vantage point at a spot known as Hernshead.

It is a promontory that juts out into The Lake and named after what is considered to what once was in the shape of a “hern” or heron’s head, and a bird I’ve often sighted (the Great Blue Heron variety) hanging out with male and female Mallard ducks nearby or very close proximity to that area of Central Park.

My knowing that avian creatures, like many animals, are frightened by the sound of explosions is disturbing to me (understatement). At the first sign of incendiary celebration, they’ll fly away.

Sadly, their escape isn’t always successful.

THROW BACK (WAY BACK) THURSDAY

Happy Halloween!

Wishing you and yours a Happy Halloween, dear reader. In honor of this holiday, I'm sharing a video that I recently discovered in my Facebook newsfeed. It is evidently from the 1970's and features celebrities, Paul Lynde, Billie Hayes, Betty White and Margaret Hamilton.

Ta Da! I have a new article in "i Love the UWS"

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ MY BOAT BASIN ARTICLE

Today is not part of my blog posting schedule for this week, but this entry is being published in honor of the fact that another article (see screenshot above) of mine has been published (by Mike Miskin) in his on-line newsletter which focuses mainly on the UWS, and rightly so, after all, his daily publication is titled iLovetheUpperWestside. You may also click here to read my article.