The Old Tin Shed

After reading about Sharron at  Jewelling the elephant  and her effort to go see some live music it made me all sentimental about the music we all used to listen to. So I thought I would add a few of my favorites from the 80's and 90's for everyone to enjoy. Firstly  Simply Red Starship "We Built this City" Mondo Rock "Come Said the Boy Phil Collins "In the Air Tonight" Guns n Roses "November Rain" For those who dont know the video clip was based on a short story.  The story for those who are interested can be read here  Dell James "Without You" And I cant finish a music montage without Roxette "Listen to your heart" I grew up listening to this music, it still takes me back to times and places I wont forget, but more importantly for me, a place and time where I was learning about the world around me.  These songs gave me hope, and they ...

I think part of getting older leaves you to wish for the past.  I don't know whether that is because we wish for better days, or that we don't feel comfortable with the way the world has changed around us. When I was younger I couldn't understand why older people insisted on listening to older music, and how uncool that was.  Yet now I find myself in my late 30's and lamenting the music we left behind.  Please don't get me wrong I do like some of the new music, but I find time and time again, that I go back and listen to the songs of my late teens and early 20's. So I find out a couple days courtesy of my partner that the bands I like listening to is bogan (red neck) music.  How did something so cool end up with that status.  I do listen to a lot of Australian bands from that time.  But the way of life I enjoyed has gone now and I know that no matter how much I lament the loss it will neve...

Its full moon again, and it has me thinking and contemplating something I do a lot of around the full moon.  I find  I gain a lot from doing this, as it allows me to confront and deal with issues.  Its been a long road for me and lots in my life have changed.  I would not change a thing because without the pain without the illness I would not have what I have now.  I would have missed out on a lot some good some bad. Anyway, I was thinking about endings.  How important they are, and more importantly how important they are for us as human beings.  There is nothing that is endless everything has an end even the universe in which we exist.  One day there will be nothing and the cycle will start over again. For me I look back and there has been lots of endings, some I knew were coming and others I didn't.  Even as a young man I understood endings.  An example was when I changed schools in year 8, the last day of school I walked...

Its late here, heading to bed soon but I thought I would share this with the blog world first.  I was laying back on the bed just before looking at a picture of my late father.  A man i still miss terribly, and I doubt my mother will ever get over his loss.  I was thinking back to all the things we did, some of its blurry thanks to my illness but some of it is crystal clear.  My father had a lot of jobs in his life from a Dairy farmer to transport supervisor and just a general truck driver.  There were plenty of jobs in between also.  I realized tonight that there was something more than just missing him, i missed going to his workplace as well.  More importantly I have now realized that, I may never do one thing again in my life.  I know this sounds stupid but the smell of a vat of fresh cold milk really means something to me now. I find it interesting all these great memories are based around that smell.  Its not the same as the smell o...