This time last year I was travelling though New South Wales. getting ready to join a Solos Tagalong though NSW and Queensland. This year we are confined to home as a result of the Coronavirus, Some one said we have need to look at our mindset and our vocabulary. Many of us have talked about being stuck at home. It was suggested that we should used the term, safe at home. Instead of travel, I am going to reminisce a bit about things from twelve months ago,
Easter was spent at Wagga Wagga at the Stone the Crows Festival, a week of fun and activities for the Over 50 group. This was my first Stone the Crows and it was great. As expected, there were quite a few travellers that I knew, including Solos. I committed myself to two activities for the week and then went to anything that took my fancy.
I am now the proud owner of a soprano ukulele and a book of instructions and songs. After four 90 minute lesson during the week, I can tune the device and hold it correctly. I am pretty confident with the C chord, A minor and F. Unfortunately even the easiest tunes seem to include G. I watch others playing and they seem to glide across the frets. Do matter how I try, my hands still look like chooks' foots. At the end of a practice session, I have to twist my fingers back into some semblance of normalcy. I may still need a few lessons. Then after all that work, I realised that because I am only playing chords, I am expected to sing to provide the melody. I will have to find a big group so that I can just move my mouth and pretend to sing, as I was asked to do in music lessons at school.
Last year, Easter was very late in the month of April and Anzac Day was included in the Stone the Crows festival. I don't usually buy T-shirts but I'm always on the look-out for a bargain. Last year's festival T-shirt featured both Stone the Crows and Anzac day - two for one! So, I had to get one. I now have a shirt that I can wear only one day a year - or two if I wear it on Remembrance day. I had intended to do that on the last Remembrance Day but I was in hospital. Now we have Anzac Day just around the corner - and we are in isolation for the Coronavirus, The closest I may get to showing it off, may be to post a photo here. It probably looks better on my lounge chair than on me, C'est la vie!
Happy Easter 2020!
