Happy Halloween!

Halloween is the best holiday of the year. We only get the kids from across the street, but it's always fun anyway. If I had any excuse, like school or work, I'd be costumed and wandering around. Maybe next year I'll dress up for grocery shopping!

In honor of Halloween, I'll post a video that I shot this past Tuesday. The starlings are migrating and there had to be thousands of them passing through. By the time I grabbed the camera, most of them were already gone, so you can imagine the sight it was! The sky over the backyard looked and sounded like a scene from The Birds! That was one of my favorite Hitchcock movies and is, imho, underrated in his oeuvre.



As my Halloween treat, the Teaching Company sent me a link for a downloadable lecture on Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique — give it a listen if you are interested. PopPop and I have bought several of their courses, and they are first-rate.