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This Weeks Entertainment

People say it's like waiting for a bus, you wait ages for one then two come together. This week I had two fantastic evenings entertainment. The first was a trip to the theatre to see All or Nothing, the musical based on the 1960's Mod band the Small faces.   A friend gifted me the tickets and I'm glad she did it was a brilliant show.  It reminded me in its structure of Buddy, the Buddy Holly Story.  It follows the rise and fall of the band and then deals with the tragedy of the lead singer Steve Marriott.   The show starts with the infamous performance at New Years when Marriott sensationally quit the band, the narrator an older Steve Marriott then takes the audience back to the beginning when the band met.  With live performances of the bands greatest hits including the title song All or Nothing, Itchycoo Park and She La La La Lee, the audience is taken along for the roller coaster ride that was the bands life.   The ending leaves you with a lump in y

My Year In Books Part 2

I write books, I love writing books and the flip side to that is I love reading books.  So here's the second update on the books I've read so far this year;  1. Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts  - Lucy Dillon  Rachel has inherited her aunt's house and attached Rescue Kennel as well as Gem her aunt's beloved border collie.  It's come at a bad time in Rachel's life as she's also just lost her job, her boyfriend and her London apartment.  While trying to come to terms with all her losses and decide what to do with her life Rachel also has the added pressure of sorting out the probate on her aunt's property and find homes for the abandoned dogs.   Matching dogs to potential new parents was a skill her aunt had and after a while it seems maybe Rachel does too, if she can just let go of her past and decide on her  future.   I love dogs, I have a huge cuddly Golden Retriever so any books about dogs pulls at my heart strings.  I liked Rachel and felt for her,

Sound Track to my Life 2017

Music is one of those things in life it's always there whether we realise it or not.  From the sweet song of the birds in the trees to the musical score of the latest movie.  It draws on your emotions lifting you up or making you cry. I think everyone has a soundtrack to their life, songs that have an impact, that stay with them maybe just for a day or maybe for a lifetime but they each have a place in your story. So far this year, these are the songs that are forming the soundtrack of my 2017: 1. I love my Life - Robbie Williams This was the first song I heard this year (well after Auld Lang Syne).  I'm not a huge party person on New Years Eve, I tend to be a home body celebrating with family anyway I was watching Robbie Williams Rocks Big Ben and this was the first song that stuck with me moving in to the new year. It's a song that has meaning to me - I think we can go through life not being happy, not being satisfied and sometimes our own inner voice plays a p