Meeting Mr. Concertina & Mrs. Mr. Concertina in that Hotel that Day Last Week aka Tóg go bog é!

In my radio show this week which you can listen to above or below, I talked about the beautiful new friends I met just before recording the radio show. Mr. Concertina is from the North West of England, just below Newcastle if memory serves. Or did she say above it. Because it wasn't Mr. Concertina who told us. It was Mrs. Mr. Concertina who told us. And it was she too who told us that Mr. Concertina was Mr. Concertina. While he was gone to the bar or somewhere. Because up to this point all we knew was that the two people at the table next to us had the most lovely accents. Not the same but different. I myself especially loved Mrs. Mr. Concertina's accent. And Mrs. Mr. Concertina told me that Mr. Concertina wasn't only a concertina man, but also a dulcimer man. Not the hammer type, but the across-your-knee-and-plucked-with-your-fingernails type.

Just there now, I went over to my #ProverbialLIBRARIAN and I asked her to give me some info and pics of the knee-type dulcimer. Her info told me that they are also called a Mountain Dulcimer (which would make sense as you could just yank them over your shoulder and climb every mountain with them). They could also be called an Appalachian Dulcimer. And my #ProverbialLIBRARIAN also told me that it was played by that beaufiful American folk singer & songwriter called Jean Ruth Ritchie who was also known in some circles as the Mother of Folk. I'll play some of her songs for sure in an upcoming show! Yes and I motherfolking will!

In anyway, I really really really enjoyed the over-3-hours we spent chatting to Mr. & Mrs. Mr. Concertina. And I played some tunes (songs really) for you, and I played a few songs which were recommended to me by my good friend Fritz. And I'm sending love and good wishes to Germany to Gudrun, and I hope you'll come over and visit us soon.

And I played a request from myself to the beautiful singer and flute player and whistle player, Katie Theasby. And Katie, tóg go bog é! Everyone, tóg go bog é le bhur dtoill. Múch an teilifís. Caith uait na nuachtáin. Fág uait Facebook agus #eXtwitter mar a bheirim féin air, agus éist le huair a chloig de cheol deas réidh séimh mar atá i mo chlár raidió "Rogha Bhríde Radio Show - Ceol le muid a Chothú agus a Chneasú (MusicToNourish&Heal)".

With requests and love to Katie Theasby (Singer/musician), Concertina Man, Mrs. Concertina Man, und Fritz&Gudrun. Agus le ceol álainn ó/and w beautiful music from:
An Tor, Bube Dame Koenig, Lá Lugh, Sting (putting on his best bad Irish accent), Sandra Steinort mit Moremaids, Chris De Burgh, Altan, Sharon Shannon featuring #SinéadOConnor, The Byrds, Agus #MickJagger leis na Stoners.

Bain taitneamh agus tairbhe as! I hope you enjoy it!

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⏰***Ti-I-y-I'm, is on my side, yes it is!***⏰22.03.'24

 ***Ti-I-y-I'm, is on my side, yes it is!***

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In October 2023, just around my 55th birthday, I visited my brother Pádraig up on the Hill. We sat looking across the bay at Muckish mountain and Errigle, and over at the Shandon Hotel where we had played music when we were kids. It was a gloriously sunny day. So warm. Pádraig gave me a present of a beautiful watch. He is mad about the watches and clocks and beautiful mechanisms of all sorts. He is a master carpenter as well, and a brilliant artist, so his creations are a mixture of all those loves he has. But in anyway, the day he gave me my watch, he told me he didn't have a new battery for it, but would put a battery in that still had some life in her, and that would keep me going until I got the chance to get a new battery. He told me that when a watch battery is at the end of its days, the wee second hand will hop about 5 or ten paces, rather than the usual 1 wee hop per second. I can't remember why he told me this happens, but he said it's a way of knowing that you will soon have to find a new battery.
In anyway, about 5 weeks ago I was in this brilliant shop. The type that has one of everything that you've ever needed for a household or farm. (Like Micky Joe's Country Store used to be, until Micky Joe handed it over to someone else. Ochón.) And I saw a wee battery that was the same size as my watch's one. But the number was different. So I asked the wee man if he thought the battery would do the wee jobby, even thought it wasn't the exact same kind. The wee man said yeah. (I didn't really totally believe that he totally knew, but I ran with it anyway, because even a few days of having my lovely watch work was better than no day).
I asked the wee man would he put the wee battery in for me, (I thought I deserved this, after his having tried to pull a blinder on me) . He obliged and I was delighted and I left with my wee bunch of things that you don't REALLY need in our household, but will make you very friggin' happy. In any event, the wee battery did a great job for about 3 weeks. And then it started doing the wee skippy thing and then it stopped, so then I KNEW. Yesterday I brushed past the watch sitting on my desk, and saw it was still stopped. (Never think never!). And JUST THERE NOW a wee while before noon today, I picked up the watch and put it in my pocket as a reminder to get a new battery. I went into my other wee room and looked at the clock and the clock said 11:57 and I thought, "that's odd!". So I took the wee watch out of my pocket and it said "11:57". And my heart skipped a wee beat and I thought "waow! You're working again!" but then I stared at it for ages to see if it would do the wee dance for me, and it didn't. So I guess that's just Ti-I-y-I'm having the craic with me.
I like it!

Slán go fóill agus bíodh lá deas agat duit féin!
🕰🕰🕰⌚️🕰 Bríd
PS 🕊 My beautiful little dove just landed on the wee bush outside my winder as I finished that. ❤️ 

Update on my post from one year ago re Carnivore Diet

 I am no longer affiliated with the product mentioned in the post linked below. I am removing the link. The information is still totally relevant. I appreciate fully the work of Jeremy Ayers. I do not resonate with his team. There are lots of doctors who are teaching for free, while also having paid memberships. Both are totally valid. You will find the right one for you! Trust & Believe.

Go GET your wings!
Le grá as Gaillimh,
Bríd Linnet
PS The testimonial below is testament to the Carnivore lifestyle in general.

Original post here with some changes made today:

Aisling Ní Acamé: Me want to feel Better like. Naturally! UPDATED on 5thMarch2024 (aislingniacame.blogspot.com)