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Yet again, we find ourselves at this juncture – the end of one year and the beginning of another. 2024 is performing its last soliloquy, and 2025 is waiting in the wings to take its place.
I know that there are many of these kinds of posts – summaries of the year just gone. But this one isn’t like any of those. Because I didn’t write any of those. But I did write this one. Now, that’s no guarantee of any higher quality. But it is technically true.
Continue…You may have noticed that the artwork for my latest single, Thank You (available everywhere you find your music online) features a pretty prominent moon (credit to Adam Jenkins for the incredible design.)
You may have also heard that my upcoming worship EP- that Thank You is part of – will be called The Snowball Chronicles, Vol. 1.
And I can see how these things might cause some confusion for you. The moon doesn’t seem to have anything to do with thankfulness. And how snowballs link with worship is not clear in the slightest. There are no snowballs in the Bible, at least at first glance.
Well, I would love to enlighten you. To quell your confusion. To bulldoze your bewilderment. To pick apart your perplexity.
So, 2020 eh?
It is my tradition to compile a list of the highlights of my year. It goes without saying that this year has been…different. However, as a couple of introverts without children, who had just acquired a kitten and Disney+, it has to be said that 2020 was relatively kind to us.
But I am keenly aware that for many it was intensely difficult, and there were far fewer highlights than usual. It’s beyond my own modest talents to speak to the tragedies and hardships of this year, but I what I have I give to you: my own particular brand of nonsense.
So, that time is upon us again. A year has ended. And, as has become traditional, I will be listing my 18 favourite bits of the 365 days that made up 2018. I chose the number 18 because it is a semiperfect number and also the first inverted square-prime of the form p·q2.
Let’s be honest, no-one cares about this bit. It’s like the bit at the start of a recipe blog where you have to read the blogger’s entire life story before finding out how to make their oatmeal and raisin cookies.
So let’s get stuck straight in.
You may have noticed that I’ve been banging on about a song that I’ve just released.
At this point, if I’m honest with you, everything within me wants to apologise for my flagrant self-promotion. But I’m not going to. That’s a thought for another time though.
Instead I’m going to answer the question that nobody has asked, but is no doubt on the tips of all your proverbial tongues.
What’s the story behind This is our Story? Wouldn’t you like to know.
See what I did there? Nice.
So, the year is ending. It is going the way of all things. Time continues to barrel inexorably onwards and we find ourselves another 365 days closer to the inevitable heat death of the Universe.
British politics is a mess.
We have voted to leave the EU. David Cameron has resigned. Boris Johnson has vanished. The Labour party are wrestling on the floor. The Lib Dems are sitting quietly in the corner. Meanwhile, Nicola Sturgeon is performing the world’s longest eye-roll.
Yes, British politics is a hilarious mess. How can I describe it to you?
Sometimes life is just a bit overwhelming. Sometimes I just feel a bit small
Does anyone else feel like that? Every now and again?
Did you know that blog posts in January are 72% more likely to be in some way related to New Year’s Resolutions than any other topic?
Have you heard that there is an approximate 14% increase in inspirational memes on Facebook during the month?
One of my favourite things about going home for Christmas is reading the family newsletters that Mum gets sent. It’s always a joy to hear what more successful people have been doing with their year.
And this year I wanted to get a piece of the action myself.