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We have even more new followers so welcome to you all. Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.  Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents. Beethoven.   As we come to the

“Spring drew on…and a greenness grew over those brown beds, which, freshening daily, suggested the thought that hope traversed them at night and left each morning brighter traces of her steps.”Charlotte Brontë. What a fantastic picture she paints. The Spring dawn

Dear Music Lovers everywhere, ‘Mothering Sunday’ or ‘Mothers’ Day is here – terrific excuse for a celebration!  “Mother: the most beautiful word on the lips of mankind” Kahlil Gibran.  Not to forget grandmothers for which I cannot resist an Italian

“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.” Victor Hugo – so appropriate for St. Valentine’s day. I had no idea that being the patron saint of engaged couples and happy marriages was not enough for the

“Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man’s faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements.”  Giacomo Puccini.   February needs all the inspiration we can muster to quicken our faculties and who better than Puccini himself to demonstrate

As the snowdrops and even daffodils appear in our gardens there is an excitement, a palpable energy in the air, despite the oft’ gloopy news. I am reminded of one of my heroes Khalil Gibran, author of The Prophet, who

“Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, ‘it will be happier.”  Alfred Lord Tennyson.  Yes it will!  Yes it must be!  At last, we have much to celebrate, the passing of 2020 for a start!  My

Christmas Greetings Champions of Churchill Music and music lovers everywhere.Wintry it ain’t- no complaints! Snowier: Storefronts are showier, light displays glowier. Shoppers are prowling, blizzard howling! Drifts a-heaping, lords a-leaping, Yule logs burning, gifts a-heaping. Winds are a plenty for 2020!”Adapted from  The Old Farmer’s Alamanac – a

As we head for a bit of a ’storm’ I bring you a quotation from Vivian Greene, “Life’s not about waiting for the storm to pass… It’s about learning to dance in the rain! Out with those brollies and bring on