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dandelionSince 1st January 2011 I have posted something every single day on this blog.  All good things come to an end and I have decided the time has come to ease up.

This decision is chiefly prompted by the fact that I am about to take a week off in London & the Midlands.

I don’t want to feel pressured into writing something online during this short break.

Upon my return I intend to get back to regular updates but I don’t see the need anymore to slavishly add a daily post just for the sake of it.

I have found the self imposed  discipline of writing something even when I’m not in the mood to be incredibly valuable but equally I don’t want to stress myself out needlessly.

Silence is often golden and leaving space to gather my thoughts is also important.

So now is the time to relax and breathe but I will be back soon.

See you on the other side.

A BRIGHT NEW YEAR

Disappointed to end 2010 with a blogging lull – a post on the sad death of Captain Beefheart hardly seems like the most positive way to end the old decade and greet the new one.

So the WordPress challenge of making a Daily Post seems like a good resolution and I’ll see how far I get with it. I’ve signed up with every good intention.

To get off on a good musical note, I can do no better than forward a link to a new song by acoustic guitar hero Yair Yona who I raved about in a post on 8th July 2010.

He has done an affectionate cover (with singing!) of Bert Jansch‘s The Bright New Year which is available to download for free here or check out the You Tube link first if you’re feeling overly cautious. Very short but very sweet.

Check out his Small Town Romance blog too, which always has excellent reviews and off the radar musical discoveries. His end of year best of list is going to keep me busy for the first part of January checking out his recommendations. No matter how much music I listen to (and I listen to A LOT) there’s always something new to surprise and delight. Hopefully, I can touch on a few of my own finds in the coming year during the 365 days of revelations (plus the usual rants on other topics of course!).

WISHING A BRIGHT NEW YEAR TO READERS OLD AND NEW!!!