Good live music is so good. Scott Cook's gig tonight at the Ararat Town Hall was quietly wonderful at every level. Great venue, beautiful sound, excellent songs, and two warm-hearted, skilled musicians sharing their music generously with the audience. It's like having your heart tucked up in a big, warm blanket.(And now I have a
I don't know why they do it but it's so impressive to watch people pick up trees and throw them around. They throw all kinds of other things as well at Highland Games. Woman throwing tree
Homegrown produce has so much more flavour and texture than its commercially-grown friends. These brown pears arrived, as fruit often does, in a little bag with my mum. She grows many and varied fruits and veggies in her garden and is very generous with them. My response to her gifts is predictable - a little
The zone is clearly marked, but no-one stands in it. They all walk past with their afternoon shadows criss-crossing the yellow lines.
This is not really a tiny pleasure. It's a very big pleasure. My kids are both good musicians, which makes me happy, and when I get to make music with them it's very special. Today my daughter, Lucie and I hopped up on stage for the first time as a duo and sang and played
This week opened the door, quite literally, to a something new and full of possibility. A new space to play in and a new person to play with. I'm all bubbly excited about what walking through this door might produce. No doubt some of it will be the subject of a Tiny Pleasure post later
ink sketch of man waiting at train station
You might recognise Rhiannon Giddens from the HBO series 'Nashville' where she played a gospel singing social worker. But that's the least of her story. She is quite a remarkable musician from North Carolina who started off with a degree in opera at about the same time I was doing my degree in classical piano.
Five weeks off work would make anyone happy, and I'm no exception. An adventure across the Pacific awaits with tango shoes and a foreign language. Sleeping in, dancing late, discovering a new city with its food, culture and songs, meeting people, having time to think, create, wonder and wander. See you Friday, Buenos Aires!
Small poetry for growing small people. Small poetry to teach them to find joy in the small things. Words to live by, regardless of size. William Martin - The Parent's Tao Te Ching
