Music… and my favourite gigs

Music has always been an important part of my life even though I don’t play any instrument myself. You can read all about how I became a groupie (… there’s more of a story to those posts than you might guess from the title!) Music has also enabled me to meet the most wonderful people and make some great friends… and music has been an inspiration too!

Music... and my favourite gigs by Lois

Pretty paper…

Raul sings Willie Nelson… Pretty Paper is the self-composed title track of a 1979 album of the same name by Willie Nelson.  It was a hit Christmas song in 1963 by Roy Orbison. It appeared on Raul’s Christmas album, Marshmallow World:   1. Marshmallow World   2. Not So Merry Christmas   3. Jingle Bells   […]

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Bits and pieces by Lois

Wah!

I love bookshops and I love cafés so it’s great when the two are combined. I had some Christmas cards to address and post, and decided to sit and have a coffee or two while I organised my post. The café and the bookshop were very busy, and there was a bustle of noise and […]

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Music... and my favourite gigs by Lois

The World’s Top Whistler

Our very good friend, David Morris I first met David about twenty-six years ago, and I thought he was such a dashing and handsome man – he reminded me of David Niven – my husband has known him much longer. Today David, still dashing and handsome, has international fame and celebrity as a whistler, and I share […]

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