[audio:http://www.julieduffy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Little2.mp3|titles=Little] When I was 15 I worked in a bar for three hours each Sunday, clearing glasses and making coffee, for 1.25 an hour. I had a boyfriend and I used to meet him on Saturday afternoons. I would catch a red council bus (0.45 each way), all diesel fumes, red vinyl seats and poor… Continue reading Little
Category: Autobio
You Never Forget
Apparently it’s true: you really do never forget how to ride a bike. I took my new steed out for a trot around the block this evening. Actually, first I encouraged Angus to take his bike around the block. And he made it. Even with the stabilizers on, I ran behind him holding on, because… Continue reading You Never Forget
Happily Hitched
It’s wedding season here in the US. Anyone who has ever listened to 1930s & 40s popular song knows that ‘moon’ and ‘June’ are synonymous with love — and it’s not just because they rhyme. In most of the States the weather is unbearably hot any time between June and October, so most weddings, with… Continue reading Happily Hitched
I've Got The Music In Me…
…all over Ayrshire, there were kids whose ears pricked up every time the Scottish Chamber Orchestra came on TV or was mentioned on the radio, because for one night, we had sat among them and played music that was ours, and they had listened to us.