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Dear Diary, It’s now one week into 2024, and I’m still the same old person I’ve always been. However, there are some changes I am making to my lifestyle in which I’m adding more to this week. Mainly taking my medication on time and keeping my place more tidier.  Now from this week on I…

This day 10 years ago, I took part in an adventure that has since been my musical calling card. After bassist Luke Henery invited me to take part in Violent Soho's clip "Neighbour Neighbour" in November 2012 where I did a striptease in the pool to a standing ovation, the director decided against ...

I'm slowly making progress with my music now.  I'll be attending open mic nights on a fortnightly basis on Monday nights at Tiger Eye bar, Thursday nights at Platform 5 bar, and Sunday nights at The Cave Inn for their Close To Country night. Performing in front of an audience has helped me to bec...

2021 is one year I am glad to see the back of for the most part.  I don't want to repeat myself as to why, so take a look at previous entries as to what that year sucked for me. I am injecting the future with optimism this year, despite the fact that my family…

For much of this year, my social life has (as with many others) been impeded by the Covid-19 pandemic. More recently, I have also got myself a paid night time job, the first time in nearly three years. As everyone who knows me or is familiar with me would know, my main three life passions…

Dear Diary, It's been a very long time since I posted in here, but I thought I'd do so because there has been some really good and positive stuff happening in my life again recently. I've started taking aboard an 'attitude of gratitude' to my life and every night before I go to bed, I…

By now, the whole world has gone into panic mode about the Corona virus.  People going on panic buying binges of toilet paper, rice, pasta meals, hand sanitiser, soap, and fighting each other over them in supermarkets.  In fact, one shop assistant at Woolworths in Melbourne got stabbed during one...