Spent today working on the September issue of the Shanville Monthly. I didn't have a huge amount of news to report this month (August is generally a quiet month, since lots of people are on hols), so I added some reviews of "Lord Loss" and extracts from my Blog to pad it out a bit. I meant to have it finished by midday, so that I could work on some other stuff, but it stretched into the afternoon, as it nearly always does.

Started listening to a new batch of CDs yesterday: "Want Two" by Rufus Wainwright; "Shootenanny" by Eels; "Fisherman's Woman" by Emiliana Torrini; "The Magic Numbers"; "Staring at the Sea" by the Cure; and "Golden age of radio" by Josh Ritter.

One of my cousins, Ronan, was going to his Debs tonight. I went out to see him off in the afternoon. Have to admit I felt quite old watching him. He's the first of 5 kids that one of my aunts had, and they've been like younger brothers and a sister (4 boys and 1 girl) to me. I've babysat them all over the years, and it seems like just a couple of years ago that I was pushing Ronan around in a pram. Now he's several inches taller than me and heading out for a night of carousing and mischief (if he's lucky!!!), while I'm sitting home, probably to watch a movie and have a mug of hot chocolate. Time's a-passing and poor Shan's getting older. *sob*

:-)

In all seriousness -- have fun while you can, my young and crazy Shansters, because once time passes, it can never be bought back ...