A Post from Stephen

Hi guys. yes indeed i would like to discuss our Slovenian menus -

I am sure that any musician (or indeed anyone) who spends a lot of time travelling and working abroad will agree that food is an essential part in your enjoyment of touring. I know this may sound a bit crazy to some of you but I promise you its true! eating is one of the few times when you have a hectic concert schedule to just sit back with friends, relax and forgot about the stresses of performing. It is therefore essential and imperitive that you have good food to enjoy.

The Slovenian food was good!! Very good in fact!! However there was one slight problem. let me explain:

RESTAURANT 1 MENU
Chicken Noodle Soup
Salad
Scnitzel (fried cheese for veggies)
Cake

RESTAURANT 2 MENU
Chicken Noodle Soup
Salad
Scnitzel (fried cheese for veggies)
Cake

RESTAURANT 3 MENU
Chicken Noodle Soup
Salad
Scnitzel (fried cheese for veggies)
Cake

RESTAURANT 4 MENU
Chicken Noodle Soup
Salad
Scnitzel (fried cheese for veggies)
Cake
RESTAURANT 5 MENU
Chicken Noodle Soup
Salad
Scnitzel (fried cheese for veggies)
Cake

RESTAURANT 6 MENU
Chicken Noodle Soup
Salad
Scnitzel (fried cheese for veggies)
Cake


So I am sure you can see that as tasty as this traditional Slovenian meal is, it does end up a little bit wearing. but besides that we are still very grateful for all our Slovenian friends' hospitality. they certainly added a bit of fun to the whole experience.

As a result of this, I would like to suggest that Flutewise endorses this particular menu and honour it with the title of "Official Flutewise Meal" and it should be served on every flutewise course from now on. just a suggestion. What do you think???

I am sure by now you have all recovered so what I want to know is what were the best bits about Slovenia -both at the convention and away from it????????

Now I do expect lots of replies here so get thinking!!!!!!!!!!

Love,
Stephen.

(P.S. Glad to let you know that the trip to Slovenia did not interfere too much with the continuation of the storylines in Hollyoaks and thanks to the joyous wonders of Sky +, I am now fully caught up. For those of you who are not as fortunate as me then the weekly omnibus is on Sunday morning).

A Special Day

Yesterday was a very special day.

I went to the optician to have my eyes tested in the morning. I didn't need new glasses which is a surprise. I occasionally use them for reading.

In the afternoon my friend Lindy came with her 3 children. Lindy is wonderful and has written an article for every Flutewise magazine since the beginning - 1988. She's been very busy recently having babies. Tabitha is nearly 4, Rupert, who is my Godson, is nearly 2 and their new brother, Edward is 4 months old. It was lovely to see them. Our house isn't really that well-equipped for little people these days, but Tabitha and Rupert managed to entertain themselves 'cleaning' my kitchen floor. We went for a walk around our park and we had some tea and a biscuit.

Then my Aunty Betty died. I wrote about her a while ago. She was a very, very special person and I feel very sad. She had been ill for a while. We lit the candle for her in the cathedral in Orlean when we were on holiday and I took the photo to show her when I next went to visit. I was trying to organise to go up there, Newcastle upon Tyne, next week. I will be going now, sadly for her funeral. I'm not quite sure when I'm going yet, I'll find out the arrangements on Monday.

So while I'm away, can you talk nicely again amongst yourselves about the flute, music, the meaning of life and anything else? If you do even better than last time I'll award some more prizes - Aunty Betty would have liked that.