Archive for July, 2007

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Reunions

16 July 2007

One of dad’s guitar buddies popped around this afternoon unexpectedly. Unfortunately dad was out but the guy’s coming back this evening after a gig he’s doing locally. He lives in Scotland, so we only see him every few years, and he’s extremely busy too because he’s a professional guitarist now, backing famous names. It’s weird because we’ve got tapes of the two of them when they were in a group in the late seventies and it seems so far away from what they’re both doing now. Anyway, it’ll be a real treat to hear the two of them play together again. They might even invite the old group singer over because she only lives half a mile away! I won’t hear much of it though because I’m going out dancing tonight.

On Thursday I’m meeting up with a friend I haven’t seen for a year. I’m really excited because she is the only friend with whom I’ve ever felt 100% comfortable, where I can be completely honest and chilled out. We are so similar and it’ll be great to catch up. It’s a real shame that she lives in London now. I’ll let you know how it goes if I remember!

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Somewhere in Time

16 July 2007

Having just finished the book Somewhere in Time by Richard Matheson and consequently watching the film for the second time this year, I have suddenly found a great appreciation for Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody On A Theme of Paganini, 18th variation. Beautiful piece of music as is John Barry’s composition for the film. I think as you get older your tastes widen and I seem to be liking classical music more and more.

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Tree Surgery

16 July 2007

Just been having immense fun performing a tricky operation on our magnolia tree with seceteurs on a long pole!

Tree cuttingsFeel like much has been accomplished. Still not sure how we fitted all of the cuttings into half a green wheelie bin though…