2024 / May Numb All I want to do is be more like meThe Retune Blog – 3rd May 2024Saturday night we went to our first […] Read more
2024 / April Slow Train Coming There’s a slow train comin’ up around the bendThe Retune Blog – 26th April 2024Have you ever seen one of those programmes […] Read more
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
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.
2019 / November 15 November 2019 3 mins 4 years 390 words 1 2 Tagged attitude, Choices, Creed, decisions, freedom When you are with me, I’m free. Recognising freedom as an internal quality rather than one dictated by external circumstances.
2019 / 2020 / November 8 November 2019 3 mins 4 years 437 words 1 2 Tagged control, Honest, Jason Mraz, thinking There’s no dotted line to sign away our freedom. Taking control over our inner world and recognising the outer world may not be something we can influence
2019 / November 1 November 2019 4 mins 5 years 532 words 1 2 Tagged journey, life, Pink Floyd, Time No-one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun. How we use time as we pass through the journey of life.
2019 / October 25 October 2019 3 mins 5 years 436 words 1 2 Tagged Boom, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Fresh Prince, independence, interdependence So tell my mother that I never made a whack jam. The relationship between independence and interdependence.
2019 / October 18 October 2019 3 mins 5 years 438 words 1 2 Tagged challenges, George Michael, hope, Praying for Time Hanging on to hope, when there is no hope to speak of. Living in hope in challenging times.
2019 / October 11 October 2019 4 mins 5 years 554 words 1 2 Tagged Bad Seeds, disagree, Into My Arms, learning, Nick Cave And I believe in some kind of path that we can walk down, me and you. Learning to disagree well.
2019 / October 4 October 2019 5 mins 5 years 608 words 1 1 Tagged hope, imperfect, U2, Walk On You’re packing a suitcase for a place none of us has been. Being imperfect, but believing in something better.
2019 / September 27 September 2019 4 mins 5 years 487 words 1 1 Tagged anger, Choices, hope, Natasha Bedingfield You see I’ve got hope Choosing hope over anger.