Diary of a Heretic

Sometimes life can feel like a roller coaster and can take you on unforeseen journeys. Spirit has this peculiar habit of thrusting me into somewhat mystifying situations and sometimes I don’t quite understand their reasoning, but I have come to realise that one should always expect the unexpected and see life in terms of cycles and circles, ebbs and flows.

Recently I have come in contact with members of my old band Wildwood, and it was rather strange how it all came about. I had a tarot reading and the woman giving the reading said that I would come in contact with friends from the past within the week, and in a space of week I received a phone call from one band member and then the next week I literally ran into another in a shop near my work.

On the Queen’s birthday long weekend, we all finally got together at Grenfell for a reunion after 30 years of separation. We brought with us our guitars and on the Saturday afternoon, we sat around the kitchen table to talk about old times and we played our music. We started with a favourite ‘Our House’ and the chords, the vocals and harmonies all just fell in to place like magic. It was truly an emotional moment and a couple of us shed a few tears reliving those halcyon times.

It was truly a wonderful weekend, the highlight was a gathering of friends, family, and other musicians around a fire pit, where we sang, laughed, and lost ourselves in the joy of the moment. At the end of the weekend we all promised that, we would do this again next year. We are even going to organise a pub gig for that weekend. Now that our friendship has been renewed, I look forward to playing our music again. It is funny how the wheel turns and life comes full circle.