I’ve now had many days to process this one, but I still can’t quite come to terms with a world that no longer has Dolly Parton in it. We all know that many of the music stars of our youth are now on borrowed time, but when it came to, “Who might be next?” I … Continue reading "Everything Was Big: Her Songbook, Her Hair, Her Heart and Her Personality – RIP Dolly Parton"
WIAA: Alyson…, I didn’t see you posting anything new around here last weekend. Not like you. ALYSON: I know WIAA but I was having one of the best weekends of my life and it’s taken quite a few days to come down from the high. WIAA: Ah, that would be because of the football I … Continue reading "The Take That Circus Tour 2026 Comes To Glasgow and I Was There!"
A shorter post from me today as it’s the last day of the month and we haven’t yet made use of our National Trust for Scotland membership cards, received from DD as a Christmas present. Most castles and stately homes stay closed until April but the Culloden Battlefield Visitor Centre near us is open, so … Continue reading "“It Only Takes A Minute”, Take That and A Surfeit Of Tickets"
Hope everyone had a good Christmas and were given some lovely presents. Here is our little collection sitting under the tree. There was a tense moment however on Christmas morning, which looked as if it might lead to an “Emma Thompson moment” for me. In case you’ve never watched the much loved Richard Curtis movie … Continue reading "The Infamous Joni Mitchell Bedroom Scene and Spoiling My Surprise"
If you’re not a fan of musical theatre, or indeed musicals of any kind, look away now, as that’s where I’m going today. I went to see the newly released film Wicked last week and following on from my last post about ladies with big, big voices, I think I’ve just discovered another two – … Continue reading "Two More Ladies With Big, Big Voices: Cynthia and Ariana"
I ended up going to see the Amy Winehouse biopic Back To Black twice this week. A friend asked me if I wanted to see it on Monday night so of course I said yes, as it had been on my radar. A couple of days later my “Last Thursday of the Month Film Group” … Continue reading "An Overdose Of Cinema, Amy Winehouse and “Back To Black”"
It is with good grace that I return to this series with another edition. Last time I had complained that such series can end up not being as much fun as was anticipated at the outset. It has come to my attention several times this week however that this is very much a First World … Continue reading "Months Of The Year In Song: February, The Start of Celtic Spring"
Yet again I’m up against a deadline, sneaking the latest edition of this series into the tail end of the month, and what a month it’s been. I had fully expected this edition to be a really festive one, full of jollity and Christmas songs, but for me, December 2022 has been memorable for the … Continue reading "Months of the Year in Song: December Departed"
Well, I had my doubts about this series but with all the great suggestions I got last month this post will practically write itself. As it’s the last day of the month however (also St Andrew’s Day here in Scotland) I’m going to have to be quick or I’ll miss my window of opportunity. Yet … Continue reading "Months of the Year in Song: November Nights (with a Nip in the Air)"
Welcome to this second instalment of my new series, where I plan to share songs relating to all 12 months of the year. I didn’t start in January but that’s ok as the months just keep rolling by in a continual loop, or so I thought until last month’s discovery that the calendar year used … Continue reading "Months Of The Year In Song: Orange October"
