Sadness

I feel so sad about the demise of Amy Winehouse, who owned such a unique and gifted voice. The impression was that she only felt happiness in a drug induced world, which was of course only temporary, and did not have the strength to overcome her feelings and illness to live in the outside world.

I also think that coming up to the age of 30 is a milestone for some people. It’s like a hill on the horizon where you cannot see the other side. Feelings of leaving the experimental fun 20s and moving into the older 30s can be daunting. Coupled with all the ‘shoulds’ and ‘should nots’ was this what Amy was experiencing?

I’m sure many of us will stop to think about the meaning of life especially in this extraordinary week of fatalities. Does it make each day important? I think so. Living in the present and doing the best we can for ourselves and for others has to be a good affirmation of living.

Winter in Australia

I’ve just returned from Australia. The weather was similar to here, but actually cooler in the evenings and it being their winter I took my wool wrap and Ugg boots. They don’t do central heating but most places have air con systems that reverse air which is thankfully hot. In other places, there were no heaters and I wore my wrap in bed.

I was reminded of my college days when I didn’t have enough money for the meter to keep the flat warm and we used cling film (it’s called 'Glad Wrap' in Oz) over the windows to keep out the draughts. Also we didn’t need a fridge either as our milk used to freeze on the table!

Thankfully most days in the north of Australia are around 25 degrees, so I soon warmed up. There is generally a lot of interest in Bowtech Supplies and seeing that the exchange rate is good for export we are setting up a shopping page - so look out for the Aussie flag in the shopping area soon.