As some of you may know music features a great deal in my life, and I am always reminded of the wonderful healing effect music can have on us.

I was very fortunate yesterday evening to see the amazing Dillie Keane. You may have seen her with her group Fascinating Aida, or possibly on  TV as one of the grumpy old women. She is a prolific writer of funny songs particularly appealing to women of ‘a certain age’ like myself, and she both sings and plays the piano. I went with a dear friend who I hadn’t seen for a long time and who had also been having a bit of a rough time of late, it was a great tonic for both of us. Dillie is such a clever lady, do have a look on YouTube at some of her work, it will have you in stitches.

Then tonight I am very lucky to be seeing my son, Olly, play piano in a Big Band concert at Birmingham Conservatoire. I’m very excited and feel so privileged to be able to see performances such as this. Olly is in his last year of a jazz piano degree, and we are so proud of him.

We have also been able to help my dad still enjoy music even though he has dementia. There is a wonderful website called ‘Designability’ which supplies products which make life easier and we bought him a ‘one button’ radio which means that he can now switch on to his favourite station, Classic FM, whenever he wants to.

In the words of ABBA, thank you for the music (sorry!)

Warmest wishes,

Wendy x