One of the best ?? online jobs is that of the influencer- to persuade us all how to live, love and perhaps most importantly - spend our money.

There is a thirst for something new, invigorating, challenging, stimulating, - oh good grief - really?

 Dominated by populist preaching politicians, many are being crushed and discarded in their wake.-These characters seem to come around at least once every century. Sadly we seem to have a glut of them at the moment.

We have a young dog who has developed a slightly unnerving skill of gnawing through electric cables - fortunately when the power is off so far. I kept finding the power was tripping out when I switched on a CD player or a side light - and then I found little - and not so little -  chew marks on cables....

The Seven Deadly Sins : ( according to Mahatma Gandhi - and he knew a thing or two about sacrifice)  Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice.

The Alonso Mudarra Fantasie for vihuela with various discordant sections is a piece I keep returing to . This combination of themes taken from that piece is an example.

A re-mix of a tuning acknowledging the Christmas season in the UK is getting up and running once again.

In a generation where we are encouraged to show and share our emotions I still find it hard - stiff upper lip was always the way ...

As she celebrates her first birthday.

Long partnerships are hard to understand when one of the partners departs for whatever reason. Undoubtedly we look at friends family and acquaintances very differently and they reciprocate.