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Every now and then I come across this photo - it’s one of my favourite shots (of me) ever - probably because it was actually on stage, rather than staged.
I guess ‘on stage’ is my favourite place to be. I sure do feel at home there. I feel like I’m filling out the shape I was created to be, just a little more fully.
Stranger in town
People often ask me where I live - it seems a commonly innocuous and accidentally banal thing to say to a human unit who’s passing through a place, though it bugs me more than I ought to let it. (Australian blues singer/songwriter/guitarist Fiona Boyes has a magnificent song about always being the stranger, or new folks, in town.)
Anger and alcohol
So if my anger - which has been very low since I embraced my purpose in music 7 years ago, which I partly also attributed to alcohol - has returned when I’m
not drinking alcohol, what am I doing wrong?
Extra sugar lately.check
Somewhat less sleep.check
Spread thin mentally (decompression is part of what I’ll use this week for in Adelaide️ after thinking it was going to be hard to be here when I just want to be back in Qld getting stuck into the next phase)
.which brings me to:
And technology/living arrangement/physical provisions falling short
Can humility be forced? Can it be given? Does it have to be chosen?
Warning: cricket terms used in this article.
See glossary.
Coming from a cricket family, I talked with Dad about it the next day. We aired our awe and disparagement, as well as our ‘impressed-ness’ with the Perth Scorchers’ performance: credit where it’s due and all that.
Then a surprising thing happened.
I can’t remember verbatim what his words were, since I had my head in the fridge, and as mentioned, I was surprised. . .
For background: Dad played club cricket for around 50 years, in later years doing more umpiring than grinding his shoulder sprocket (his signature recipe is spin bowling).
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Local artists set to shine at Groovin’ in Garden
A stellar lineup of local and regional musical talents are set to serenade visitors at Council’s award-winning Chinchilla Botanic Parkland for Groovin’ in the Garden later this month.
The afternoon will offer hours of musical entertainment along with local food and drink vendors, giving residents an opportunity to enjoy the Parkland with friends and family.
Council Spokesperson for Community and Cultural Development Cr Kaye Maguire said she was excited for the new event, which was about getting involved in our active, vibrant communities and enjoying music from some fantastic local musicians.