It has been very odd having had a mini heatwave and now gone back to cool slightly below average temperatures again with a lot of rain. My body just cant adjust to the variations to well. I have a small run of gigs approaching in the next two weeks which are quite varied in scope. So that’s something at least. Beyond that it is a bit hit and miss. I am not crystal ball gazing too far into the future at present though. It seems a tad unwise.

Jeff the Facebook guy in Ohio has just got back out of prison after getting busted for an argument over his Medicare. I think he has been inside about 6 months or maybe more. He had to stop drinking whilst he was in the big house and had to wear a fetching orange outfit… Problems are all relative I guess.

I am suffering a bit again this as I write. Too much computer use, arm aches and such like. I spent a long time doing a bit of video editing yesterday which might have been the cause. So a bit of an own goal.

Also I just discovered a new medical condition whilst doom scrolling , and can confirm it is not something I am suffering from or likely to be afflicted with anytime soon. Post-Orgasmic Illness Syndrome (POIS) In rare cases, some people experience a recognized condition called Post-Orgasmic Illness Syndrome (POIS). This causes flu-like symptoms—including extreme fatigue, achiness, brain fog, and low mood—that can last for several days following an orgasm. A chance would be a fine thing 😆

A song:

A thought on creativity: I have enough focus to do stuff, but not the kind of determination perhaps that goes with a top talent… Also to a certain extent due to my discomfort in places of learning I have never studied the way that so many others are able to do which may have also limited my horizons.

The Invisible folk club band which I am proud to be a part of will have a new CD out later this year. Its called Magpie Sky. Jon’s just had Cds pressed of the last album we recorded. He has a promoter and stuff will be going to folk mags and reviewers. Its being released in September. He is a plucky fellow if nothing else. Jon’s music is contemporary folk with some blues and country influence pretty much with a bit of trad and sung with a north Kent estuary accent. Jon listens to all sorts of music. Even mine .We all just keep pottering along making hay whilst we can. Knowing that we cant change things, that’s for others to do. So keep playing your guitars and flues and fiddles and accordions and whatnots and sing when you can while you may and know you and I are old fools mostly dear readers but at least we can’t do too much harm. Just hope that your children and grandchildren will do well if you have them. That is all there is really.