Summit Avenue Belmont Memories of a Simple Time
When I dream, I often find that I am back in Summit Avenue, free, happy and with the world at…
Owning the past is better than being owned by it.
Recently I came across a great meme about owning the past. It read something like -: Unless we choose to…
The Ultimate Act of Rebellion is Spirituality
Before I began a ten year descent into ever darker places, I wrote a rough draft of some lyrics for…
Letting Go Of Darkness Is Not An Easy Task
When you embrace darkness it takes you in, welcomes you and then when you’re comfortable,starts to bite. Collateral Damage- Postcards…
Ritchie Blackmore – the Man In Black who Shone Light in my darkness
Ritchie Blackmore just turned 76. It doesn’t feel right writing that. Heroes are larger than life. They’re not meant to…
Life is Precious Drink Every Second of It In
One of the great blessings of working from home is that I get the opportunity to correspond with a range…
Salt of the earth – a term seldom earned
“Salt of the earth” is one of those phrases that doesn’t get used much anymore. It conjures up images of…
Check out anytime. Its the end of the line
I arrived in Ararat with 3 guitars, a broken bed, a sound system, a couple of thousand dollars worth of…
Success tasted dirty stale and repugnant
I know success. Or so it would seem. Before I was thirty I was the Accountant at a small country…
Eddie Van Halen, dead but his music will live on
The first time I heard Eddie Van Halen, I thought it was a joke. My best friend at the time…