Blogpost No 2 February 2025
Another month has flown by, and Bob and I are now in Bali at a wonderful Retreat Centre called Om Ham. I have to be out of the country. to trigger a work visa for our tour dates in Australia coming up in March and April, it’s a wonderful excuse to visit somewhere exotic.
We’ve been Dee Why bound the rest of the month, enjoying days by the beach and doing crosswords in the sunshine. We walk Jo’s lovely dogs, Snoopy and Coco before we head off for brunch and the beach. It’s a dog’s life! We’ve been spending time with our gorgeous family, and have been to the movies once. Bob watched, and enjoyed, A Complete Unknown, while the rest of us watched Moana II (don’t judge!) - we loved Moana! I’ll watch the Bob Dylan biopic soon.
We had a trip into the city to have lunch with one of my sister’s sister-in-law, Nora, and her friend Gill, on holiday from the Isle of Man. It is always a delight to meet friends and family from around the world, in new and different settings. Jo recommended City Grounds, a bustling restaurant downtown where we enjoyed a delicious lunch. The place was overwhelmingly LOUD but fun and atmospheric. We found our way to Hyde Park (no, we didn’t time travel!) And had a much quieter conversation under the trees. All-in-all a lovely outing.
I’ve been playing my new guitar, but not nearly as much as Bob! Michael Fix and I have a few new tracks to add to our already full list of songs, which we’re excited to rehearse together and then perform, starting in three weeks - coming up fast! I bought a Gimble for my phone, a wonderful device, to capture moments on video, but so far I haven’t found the right circumstance to try it out. You’ll have to wait till next month to see these whizzy new advances in my strange-techno-evolving world.
I have uploaded lots of new dates for this year, including gigs with Michael Fix, as mentioned above, starting in a few weeks. A one-off solo show in Holland June 6th - hurrah! A handful of dates with Dave Kelly towards the end of June, and my solo shows in September! Phew! After five years of nothing much, I’m flying this year. I hope you can make it to a show.
The exciting news is that Children Of The Sea (only a few physical copies left of the limited run!) will be available to download and stream on all usual platforms from March 28th. You can pre-order HERE! Feel free to share the wonderful news :-) - thank you!
I’ve edited a wee snippet of our first few days in Bali accompanied by a rather raucous live Collister&Fix version of Summertime - just because. Although there are only a few videos this month, next month will be full to the brim! :-) x
February’s a short month and so is this particular blogpost. I trust you are all staying warm and keeping your positive energy as high as possible.
Till next time, dear reader, stay well and keep rising above the turbulence!
Much love and endless blessings!
Christine x
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