Mission being accomplished…

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Hello Everyone. I know it’s been a while. The last time I tried a vlog instead of a blog. I’m not sure if I will carry on doing these as it costs me around £150 a year to pay for this site and I’m not using it very much, but at the same time I […]

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It’s been like being dragged through a hedge backwards.

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Hello. It’s been ages since I’ve written a blog post and I’ve decided I’m going to do one a month from now on. The last one was just after the Women’s Institute convention in April, and since then a LOT has happened in my life. It’s been really quite stressful and I’m only just coming […]

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Following my path and it feels good.

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All I’ve ever wanted since I got into singing at the age of 15 (once I knew it was what I really wanted to do a year later) is sing. I’ve never wanted anything else. When my dad told me to work in a bank, and he shouted me down saying I was not going […]

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Back to it…for 2024.

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It’s that time to get going again but I don’t know about you, it feels like a wrench. This time last week I was in Seville and in ‘switch off’ mode. It doesn’t happen very often, where I get to just switch off and not care for a bit. I could go out and sit […]

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I left my heart in New York


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Hi Everyone, I’m on my way up to the North of England to work this week before I move into my place for the next six months next Friday. It will certainly be nice to unpack my case and not have to repack it a few days or weeks later. Me and my case have […]

June 23, 2019

So long, farewell New York, Auf Wiedersehen adieu…..


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It’s late on Sunday night and I never got to write my blog earlier this weekend. I was just too busy, so I’m sat in bed with a glass of wine in hand writing this. I’ve been sitting on the rooftop every evening (I get a great view of the Manhattan skyline but photos don’t […]

June 10, 2019

It’s me and my singing thingy all the way….


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Hi Everyone, I spent part of this afternoon writing a whole different blog post and discarded it because I just had the loveliest messages after singing in Central Park that it’s completely changed what I wanted to write. It was from a guy who stood listening for about 40 minutes. I could see he had […]

May 27, 2019

Never a dull moment…..


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I was sat with a friend last night catching up over Mexican food and frozen margaritas (something I got used to quite easily over here), and was telling him what was going on for me and he was like ‘that’s so typically Nicola and only you would have that happening’ and I was ‘there’s never […]

May 12, 2019

A time to blossom….


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Good morning. I woke up 15 minutes ago. I’m staying at my friend Ellen’s for a couple of nights before I move into a new place for the whole of May. She had a blossom tree party last night and the tree over her garden is just so pretty. I never expected it to be […]

April 28, 2019

Get your shine on…….


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I’ve come to Bryant Park today to write my blog. The weather is starting to get really nice and it’s good to be outside. My housemate is a naggy bitch and I’m tired of her constant rules. Don’t leave my toothbrush not in the stand, don’t wash the pans a certain way, don’t have my […]

April 14, 2019

With the flow I must go…..


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Hi Everyone, This trip is about going with the flow. I knew this was the only way I could do it this time as I, myself have no real solutions but I’m letting the Star Wars Yoda style ‘force’ lead me on. I think it’s much wiser than I am. I’ve not had to think […]

March 31, 2019

We have a choice…….


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Hi Everyone, It’s just after 7am in Brooklyn. I got here last night and made it until 4am British time before I conked out. I’m in my new place for the next three months (the longest I’ve stayed anywhere since I left my room in London at the end of January last year). This is […]

March 17, 2019

I’m willing to pay the price….


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Hi. It’s my last week in Hebden Bridge. This time next week it will be me and my suitcase again. Back to London for a week doing some work and having some lessons and then over to New York. I’m really thinking about what I’m taking with me this time. Absolutely no extra baggage that […]

March 2, 2019

Things don’t always go to your plan…


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Hi Everyone, I’m just sat in the cooperative ‘run by the people’ pub waiting to go to the the spiritualist church in an hour and then I’m finally getting to see the film ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’. I’ve got less than three weeks left in Hebden Bridge and I can say that I’ve really enjoyed my time […]

February 17, 2019