2024 / April Should I Stay or Should I Go? Should I stay, or should I go?The Retune Blog – 19th April 2024When asked about the meaning of the Clash’s hit Should […] Read more
2024 / April The Birdie Song How do you consider the lyrics of a song when it’s an instrumental?The Retune Blog – 12th April 2024If you grew up […] Read more
2024 / April Joy of nothing Dolce far nienteThe Retune Blog – 5th April 2024I’m currently taking a couple of weeks off (OK, offish as I’m still writing […] Read more
2024 / March The Sound of Silence Hello darkness, my old friendThe Retune Blog – 29th March 2024Some songs have become legendary in the stories that have arisen as […] Read more
2024 / March It ain’t what you do It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do itThe Retune Blog – 22nd March 2024A few weeks ago I […] Read more
2024 / March Power in the words The power in the words won’t go awayThe Retune Blog – 15th March 2024As a child were you ever told; sticks and […] Read more
2024 / March I will wait – Revisited Fix my eyesThe Retune Blog – 8th March 2024This Sunday is Mother’s Day and I’ll be speaking in church on the parable […] Read more
2024 / March Who are you? Who are you?The Retune Blog – 1st March 2024I took part in a poetry writing lesson a couple of weeks ago. It […] Read more
2024 / February Elephant Talk Talk, it’s only talkThe Retune Blog – 16th February 2024Do words really matter? In King Crimson’s Elephant Talk we are confronted with […] Read more
2024 / February Good Day We’re gonna have a good dayThe Retune Blog – 9th February 2024People sometimes talk about getting up on the wrong side of […] Read more
2020 / January 24 January 2020 3 mins 4 years 436 words 1 2 Tagged despair, hope, Ocean colour scene, profit in peace Don’t wanna fight no more Exploring times of despair.
2020 / January 17 January 2020 3 mins 4 years 430 words 1 2 Tagged Blur, Coffee and TV, entertainment, life So give me coffee and TV. Thinking about the difference between entertainment and life.
2020 / January 10 January 2020 3 mins 4 years 379 words 1 2 Tagged answers, challenges, Madonna, Vogue Strike a pose. Searching for creative answers in challenging times.
2020 / January 3 January 2020 3 mins 4 years 357 words 1 2 Tagged Camera Obsura, Choices, new year, New Years Resolution, resolutions I decided to be only myself these days. The role of making new year’s resolution.
2019 / December 27 December 2019 3 mins 4 years 378 words 1 2 Tagged christmas, Christmas Carol, decide, Muppets, prepare With a thankful heart that is wide awake. Christmas as a time to reflect, prepare and decide.
2019 / December 20 December 2019 3 mins 4 years 442 words 1 2 Tagged christmas, Elton John, relationships, Step into Christmas So I’m sending you this Christmas card to say it’s nice to have you here. The relational nature of Christmas
2019 / December 13 December 2019 3 mins 4 years 424 words 1 2 Tagged Bob Dylan, election, responding, The times they are a changin The Times They Are A-Changin’. Getting our response to the election result right.
2019 / December 6 December 2019 3 mins 4 years 441 words 1 2 Tagged foundations, life, Metallica, Nothing else matters Every day for us something new. Setting the foundations for living each day anew.
2019 / November 29 November 2019 4 mins 4 years 529 words 1 2 Tagged balance, guns n roses, life, november rain And it’s hard to hold a candle, in the cold November rain. Learning to hold both the good and the bad ‘lightly’ in life.
2019 / November 22 November 2019 3 mins 4 years 435 words 1 2 Tagged Girls Aloud, Love Machine, othering, relationships We’re living in two tribes and heading for war. Recognising how we ‘other’ people and how we can repair this to build better relationships.