{"id":34959,"date":"2026-07-10T10:28:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T09:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/?p=34959"},"modified":"2026-07-10T10:29:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T09:29:37","slug":"the-black-swans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/10\/the-black-swans\/","title":{"rendered":"The Black Swans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Rara avis<\/em> is a Latin phrase that literally translates to rare bird <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The term originates from the <em>Satires<\/em> of the ancient Roman poet Juvenal who wrote <em>Rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cygno<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meaning a bird as rare upon the earth as a black swan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because the Romans considered black swans nonexistent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It became an idiom for anything that defies expectations or is incredibly difficult to find<br><br><br>I am sitting next to Dawlish Water<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reading a book of poems by Juvenal <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a few minutes I will feed <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Black Swans <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(it is not encouraged)<br><br><br>The town is already busy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the weather is hot <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet nobody is near me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is my Church <br><br><br><br>Travels with Joe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rara avis is a Latin phrase that literally translates to rare bird The term originates from the Satires of the ancient Roman poet Juvenal who wrote Rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cygno Meaning a bird as rare upon the earth as a black swan Because the Romans considered black swans nonexistent It became an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34959"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34959"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34961,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34959\/revisions\/34961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}