Dammit! Just lost my first reply here. Shortened version follows:
Gorgeous dogs. Must get and post some new snaps of our Tilly-dog, Mrs Soppy Staffie.
Too many thing to say to get into one post. I’ll hunt out Olivia Rodrigo and take a listen. In return may I refer you to one Gaby Moreno, a Guatemalan girl now in LA. Heard her first as a guest on a Hugh Laurie NOLA blues/jazz album. She has an astounding voice. Massive range, jumping two octaves as though it’s quite effortless. Also gets so much emotion and engagement into her words. Touching; intriguing, LOL amusing and downright sexy. Also writes award winning songs. I prefer her Spanish numbers but she’s done some marvellous English stuff too; sometimes in the vein of Cole Porter or Macca, sometimes just herself. Try Illusion, O Me or Aldous.
More later…