Music : Songwriting : Poetry : Philosophy : Creativity : Food
I don’t recall any issues with getting children to school before Covid and lockdowns. There were problems for sure, kids struggling to make friends, a little bit of bullying etc but I don’t remember having hour long debates, shouting matches, tears, panic attacks and major mental health issues every single morning trying to get them […]
I added a recipes section yesterday then realised that I had all other personal creative bases covered except my photography so there’s now a gallery page with some of my better photos over the last 15 years or so! Check it out here..
I love to cook. And even more so I love to eat! I’ve a load of recipes hanging around all over the place, between stuff friends have sent me, stuff I have bookmarked online and various folders and recipe books in the house so I just thought I’d add them all in one place for […]
Some years ago after a cousin of mine had a major blood pressure related incident that eventually resulted in his death, his doctor suggested that extended family have their blood pressure checked. I had mine checked, not thinking for a minute there would be any issues. I was a fairly healthy weight, didn’t smoke, eat […]
I’m feeling a little presumptuous writing this despite being heavily in the dating game the last few years! I’m no expert, but I’ve been in long term relationships and marriages, had success and failures and have extensive experience of the modern online dating trend in particular. There’s a pile of stuff I’ve learned over the […]
Our cover of “Such A Simple Thing”. Ray LaMontagne is probably my favourite singer. I feel a bit presumptuous trying to cover one of his songs but he makes me raise my singing game and if I only get a small percentage of the way towards one of the best, I’ll be happy enough. This […]
I have to start with a disclaimer and say that if you’ve landed here looking for a magic bullet answer on how to overcome and conquer feelings of rejection, abandonment and uselessness, you may or may not find it here. But I’ll be outlining my own experiences with rejection and abandonment and how I’ve “tried” […]
For anyone who’s experienced a romantic breakup or two and the odd transitions from strangers to deep connection to strangers again, which is probably us all.. The Beatles, “For No One”:
I’ve recorded a couple of versions of this Beach Boys song from Pet Sounds in the last year, one “wall of sound” version and this raw, faulty, minimal one but this one just has something better I think.. The other one is here – https://soundcloud.com/reverbstudios/caroline-no