Good morning my dear friends!
Something beautiful is falling into place for me. Such an amazing thing to have happen and I can feel the healing of it already.

But I had to do something pretty drastic to make space for it.

So I’m passing this little prayer/meme down the line to you.

​Here’s to beautiful things! We cannot change the state of the world, but maybe adding our own little touch of beauty can make a difference, even if it’s just smiling at someone in the street.
​Have a wonderful week my lovelies. Kxx

Phew! What an amazing week and weekend that was!
The twin joys of Choir Of Man on Wednesday and Candide on Thursday. A weekend of splendid company, food and wine and music, music, music with Poulenc and Frank Bridge my personal favourites. 
And of course my own students bringing in everything from In LA (Fame) to Grieg.
Loving life so full of such joys.
......Lazing on a bean-bag out on the front lawn of Peppers…..

Play on, play on, for the food of love you are,
Play on, Thus the Muse may kiss the star
And take us all to realms, far
From the muddling, maddling crowd.
(Well, I’m sure Tom Hardy won’t mind!!🤣)

Play on, play on, for you our souls beguile,
Play on, With you our hearts will smile,
And care begone awhile,
Smoothed and soothed the furrowed brow.
Play on, play on, for you are all delight,
Play on, Though long our journey’s night,
Clear-eyed and clear of sight,
These moments; this moment, here and now.
KS February 2024

Out you go lovelies and "play on" with whatsoever and whomsoever crosses your path, musically or otherwise.
Love to all and have a fabulous week.
Drink lots (water!!!)
​Kxx

Drum roll……..today I give you the glorious Helen BC, first spotted trotting around with Dame Maggie in A Room With A View way back and still splendid in every way as Nicky’s Mum in One Life. The way she nails the dour little bureaucrat to his desk is withering and her one liner about the Number 28 bus from Hamstead, is pure gold.

(And then of course there’s Sir Anthony….!)

Love Helen’s take on life, though I beg to differ on the matter of hand writing! Mine would have to be the equivalent of the banana gaffered to the wall at the NGV.
Call that art? Although maybe the banana is not dissimilar to the aforementioned bureaucrat!
But yes, let each little moment be a work of art; sweat the small stuff, but in a good way. Not wishing to trivialise the tricky bits of course, but smile and Be Like Pamela through it all.
Have a lovely week.
Love to all,
Kxx
​HBC - copied here for easier reading.
“I think everything in life is art. What you do. How you dress. The way you love someone, and how you talk. Your smile and your personality. What you believe in, and all your dreams. The way you drink your tea. How you decorate your home. Or party. Your grocery list. The food you make. How your writing looks. And the way you feel. Life is art.”

Are we ever ready?
​For anything?
Today most of us in the teaching game start back.

I know I’m not ready.
Have butterflies, full of doubt, imposter syndrome…..

My personal history reminds me that I feel like this every year and every year as soon as my first student rocks in and I say take a “Surprised, Silent, Smiley” breath, I’m there, in the zone.
So that’s old news.

Today, I’m contemplating a new leap into the unknown, yet somehow fully known. Scared to death. If I had any sense I would have kept it a secret instead of mouthing off about it. Give myself a chance undercover.

But, I think saying I must write, makes it a reality.

Many years ago, just before I headed off to Toronto, still aching, still deeply grieving, some dear soul popped a beautiful book into my letterbox. “BEING, A Reminder From The Gods,” compiled by Susan Hayward.
Bless that person, whoever they are, wherever they are.

Today my mate Billy Blake speaks to me again from its pages.
“But if we fear to do the dictates of our Angels, and tremble at the tasks set before us, if we refuse to do Spiritual Acts because of Natural Fears and Desires!
Who can describe the dismal torment of such a state!”

​Sending you all love today as you embark on your journey, whether it be this day only, one day at a time, or something stretching into the future.
Kxx