• Dad’s 70th Birthday MixTape

    Last Monday was my Dad’s 70th birthday and on the Saturday before we organised a big party for family and friends. It was a really successful event and a big part of that success was the music. We had a live band in the shape of The Window Trees — the band my sister sings in — but I’d also organised the music for people to dance to at the end of the night. I’d…

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  • The what I did on my holidays post

    I’ve had a busy, and rather emotional, couple of weeks and haven’t been online much. My nan, who had been ill for some months, died just after Christmas. The family had gathered together and we all were able to spend some of Christmas Day with her. But it has been a sad time. She was a kind woman with somewhat conservative views, whose gentle and diminutive appearance hid a very strong and determined spirit. She…

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