All is well here in Charlton. The house is fairly quiet, apart from Lyn composing in her studio. She’s working on a new song, which sounds awesome.. We’re also trying out a new PA, Adrian, from Poland – he already seems a cool guy*. As for myself, I’m just catching up on correspondence, checking facebook, blogging and drinking coffee.

I find myself reflecting upon what a spectacular year it has been. It has been a year where, in a way, I finally grew up, going from essentially an adolescent still living off my parents to a young man, settling down, becoming engaged and building a new life. Now that I think about it, it’s quite remarkable how dramatically my life has changed. I still have much growing to do, of course; I rely on Lyn for a lot of stuff and I can still be quite childish. Yet I think I’m growing.

In about three weeks it will be a full year since I moved in with Lyn. It’s funny to think that there was a time when I couldn’t bear to spend one night away from my parents, and now ‘home’ seems quite a distant memory. Yet this is my home now, as I keep writing; it’s a very good, comfortable home,, often full of music and the smell of coffee. It is where I intend to build a family, and grow old with Lyn. It is Our house , and I never realised how amazing that feeling would be.

*Looks Like Felix Riebl from The Cat Empire, in a way.