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Jumping the Queue by Mary Wesley

We Real Cool ~ Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Postman Pat and His Black and White Cat ~ Postman Pat

I know almost nothing about her, but I absolutely love this song. (ps. just looked her up on wiki and she's still active, released a new album in 2016)

Glad you liked it

Hope you enjoy your retirement immensely, Will. Not only more time for reading but more time for wildlife spotting as well?

A fellow kiwi of Lorde's with a huge talent.

She has a lovely voice. I'm sure if I was male, I'd be half in love with her myself This is a very sweet song by her from the Miss Potter movie.

haricot

Words (Between the Lines of Age) ~ Neil Young

I really enjoyed The Van Gogh Blues: The Creative Person's Guide Through Depression by Eric Maisel. Synopsis from Amazon ... Creative people will experience depression—that’s a given. It’s a given because they are regularly confronted by doubts about the meaningfulness of their efforts. Theirs is a kind of depression that does not respond to pharmaceutical treatment. What’s required is healing in the realm of meaning. In this groundbreaking book, Eric Maisel teaches creative people how to handle these recurrent crises of meaning and how to successfully manage the anxieties of the creative process. Using examples both from the lives of famous creators such as van Gogh and from his own creativity coaching practice, Maisel explains that despite their inevitable difficulties, creative people possess the ability to forge relationships, repair themselves, and find meaning in their work and their lives. Maisel presents a step-by-step plan to help creative people handle their special brand of depression and rediscover the reasons they are driven to create in the first place. All the best with finding your way through the struggles, you're certainly not alone in what you experience. You might find online forums, such as this one, a good way to have social contact without the demands and anxiety associated with face to face contact.

Down To The Waterline ~ Dire Straits

Border Song ~ Elton John

triathlete

Horton Hears A Who by Dr Seuss

Your Song ~ Elton John

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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

My top five ... The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame Watership Down by Richard Adams Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder Heidi by Johanna Spyri

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I'm Lucky ~ Joan Armatrading

Bird

Diana by R.F. Delderfield

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