Autobiography – Merry and True

#11 Taking a Break

What on earth was I saying to this man? I will never know because I can’t remember. This was at the Folk Club I set up in Guayacan, Coquimbo around 1995 when I lived in Chile. I was introducing the band to the club one Saturday night. The musicians I put in to illustrate theContinue reading “#11 Taking a Break”

#3 Oh, Jesus I Have Promised

At school I loved singing although I couldn’t read. In assembly each morning we sang hymns and I loved it and sang at the top of my voice. There was one hymn which I really loved, but I thought the words were a bit strange: Oh, Jesus, I have promised To serve thee to theContinue reading “#3 Oh, Jesus I Have Promised”

#2 Dinosaurs Sorted

But I minded……. That is why I returned to the church and pushed open the heavy wooden door which everyone thought a child could not open. It was scary, but I had nerves of steel and always have had. I crept into the church, took the dinosaurs out of the Easter Garden and dropped themContinue reading “#2 Dinosaurs Sorted”

#1 I’ll Sort it Out

TRUTH matters in my opinion. The details matter. I’ve always been like this. This story happened when I was seven: I was brought up in a village in East Anglia and we went to the parish church each Sunday. In those days churches were open all the time and nothing went missing. I went aloneContinue reading “#1 I’ll Sort it Out”