Stress and Pressure is there in so many things we all do - from work, home, relationships, children, relatives anything we care about - Oh Lord - this was meant to be a positive contribution. Maybe just put it all into perspective ( whatever that means?)

This tune was called Saving Grace - for the meaning of the phrase - the one saving grace that prevents something being completely bad. Robert Plant has a new album called Saving Grace - absolutely nothing to do with this piece.

I've renamed it Saving Face - it was an attempt to re-work something that I wasn't very happy with.

Over the summer I've met a few oldies ( like myself) who harp back to the good old days and what they could have done if only etc etc etc.....

The message seems to be - you gotta do want you want to do . Nobody really cares about what you do as much as you do.

This is an upbeat tune to reflect that self evident truth

When you look this up there are many versions or interpretations - but they all come back to the same thing; you've misunderstood something. 

Day to day life usually rumbles along happily enough until these tension points : a misunderstanding, a chance to become an email warrior and go at someone full on. 

There are two tension points in this piece, one close to the beginning one near the end - the rest is a doddle, gently meandering along .

Many endeavours we undertake have little what is called "value added" to society. I'm really not sure that matters.

Quickness of thought and tongue is something I was not blessed with. Some teachers and parents have the ability to wither their charges to nothing with just one short phrase. I think the damage it does to their victims is awful - humiliation doesn't seem to be a great tactic in managing any relationship. I'm probably wrong - I usually am about these things

There is a lot of anti-immigrant stuff going on in the UK at the moment - targeting hotels and accommodation provided for some of the families. Our country has relied on immigration and diversity to prevent it becoming the place full of little islanders it has the potential to so easily become.Come in - make yourself at home.

Being an acoustic guitarist who mainly plays without any amplification - I've had the drowning out thing happen many many times - if the rehearsal bit goes well the performance seldom works - everyone seems to turn it up ! I just end up playing as loud as I can ....

The bank holiday weekend sees the end of the summer holidays for most teachers. Even if you're not back in school straight away - its already in your mind. Have a good term.

This is a re-working of a tune called "The Hook" - which aligned fishing with the online phishing - which catches the unwary and either does something very unpleasant or the usual - tries to steal from you. 

I was caught by a bogus fast food delivery service who apparently over a couple of days ordered their food on my card - at least I'm doing my bit.