In The Bleak Mid Winter Part 1...

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The weather has turned wilder with strong and chilly winds and all it has done in the last week or so is constantly rain. In Scotland, where I am based we usually get snow, but it has not arrived yet. The afternoons seem so short when we have rehearsals and I end up walking home in the dark at 5pm! But all of a sudden I am at the end of November with so many great things I have committed myself to do as a musician... I have a few groups that I will be playing piano in for the next couple of days as well as singing in a local choir for our town "switch on" for the Christmas lights. We have already been warned of heavy weather and already I am looking out all my warmest clothing as we will be standing outside in the freezing cold and singing whilst everyone goes about their business. At the same time and in a couple of hours I have to play at a funeral in the morning, then go into school to finish off whole school work on the computers and then in the evening accompany a singer for another Christmas switch on at a local residential home. The weekend is certainly going to be a busy one for me. Sunday sees me in church sat at the defunct organ with three missing keys and two missing scales. Honestly I don't think I could have a harder life sometimes - but you know, I love playing music so I guess I have to take the rough with the smooth! Thanks for reading. (c)Nar2/Crystalvisions2015.