Turns out I can’t spell at midnight during Holy Week.

Hey everyone, Me and Ruth poured our heart and soul into making some original music and it sounds something like this. #release #newmusic #newmusicfriday open.spotify.com/track/1X1Dph...

Facebook once again coming up trumps by not letting either of us share a post about releasing a song. Remember the olden days when social media enabled you to connect with friends and talk about things you are doing with your life?

Out now!

Is it allowed to have favourites with your own songs? Like having a favourite child? Sing Hallelujah is my favourite.

Bandcamp is the best way to support any musicians you like.

Due to an administrative error, it didn’t make it out on Good Friday. But you can listen to our latest release on all major streaming services now!

New TV show for end of Holy Week. Last one yawning.

Watched the new(ish) Fall Guy film. Muchos nostalgia, pyrotechnics and nonsense. Like being a five year old again. youtu.be/dj9ev40C30M?...

Bandcamp is the best way of supporting artists. It’s also how you can get early access to our latest material.

We’re releasing our EP at @holynativity.bsky.social tonight. We’d love to see you from 6pm onwards!

Went to see War of the Worlds (not Jeff Wayne) in a tiny theatre in Leeds. It was amazing.

It will also be available on our Bandcamp page tomorrow.

CDs have been unboxed! Tomorrow is going to be fun! Come to @holynativity.bsky.social from 6pm for an evening of live music with a bar. We’re launching our EP, Stronghold.

“It’s the last day of term so everyone is going to send you a million emails.” “Jo, it’s already started. *reads a few email subjects from people clearing their desk before Holy Week when they aren’t at work*”.

Other things I have done this week. Been in parliament for the first time. Went to Lancaster House for a Pride in Place briefing. Went into Portcullis House for a meeting. Walked through the tunnels underneath it all to get to the tube station. Which means I am now a dwarf and live underground.

Fashion notes from the installation: 1. Who is the priest with fab purple hair? 2. Somebody had a red patent handbag that I covet and was swinging it jauntily during the recessional, but I couldn't see who it was. ⚓

What a great day. Even if I did have to wear a suit.

Isaac Newton discovering Pink Floyd (1660)

the most embarrassing way a dracula can die is falling on a toothpick

This is all starting to feel very real!

When Trainline booked my ticket it was £116.79. When the train was cancelled by the operator they refunded me £114. Why am I being charged £2.79 for a really bad experience, buying a new ticket and still having to wait five days for my money back?

Today I shall be heading to Church House Westminster to collate materials for a new book of funeral resources.

Spent the day wearing a suit. Probably the fifth day I’ve worn a suit in the last twenty years. One of the key criteria I set for career success is that I don’t wear a suit. Suits. Meh.

It’s pretty flippin’ good being a vicar.

It has been difficult to keep this under my hat!

"I used to know what it was like to be poor. I once lost the last twenty pound note when I was on my way to Kwik Save to pay the gas bill. There was no payday coming. No way to pay the bill.No way to explain to my wife that we were poor. Real poverty is when it is payday and still there is no money"

Really looking forward to putting new music out into the world!

I always forget how much time the details take.

40 days of positivity in photos for #Lent. Day… 18? Is it? Dunno. We’ve finished the mixing. This is my little mix assistant expressing his desire for more snare top in the mix.

49 days of positivity in photos. Day 17. I think. I’ve just put the finishing touches to the last two tracks for the EP we’re launching on the 28th. As long as the feedback from the others is positive, we’re ready to press the CDs!

40 days of positivity in photos for Lent. Day…16? Yesterday was so busy hosting the Pride in Place event thatbi didn’t get chance to put the photo up. This is Bailey running the quiz at the social part of the evening. It was a lot of fun.

This is a good analogy. Very useful in carefully controlled settings for specific usages, but unfortunately being widely inserted into everything and used without training or PPE and poisoning a lot of things and people and we’re going to pay a tonne of money to remove it safely in the future

40 days of positivity in photos. #lent day…. Dunno. 14? One day you start playing in church with the teen who knows one beat. Then you blink and she’s a fully fledged drummer and you are in a band.

40 days of positivity in Protos. #Lent day 14? Writing new songs with @metanoiauk.bsky.social

40 days of positivity in photos. #lent day 13? I cooked ramen and a whole chilli fell in the bowl just as Ruth came into the kitchen. She thought it needed a few different ingredients.

40 days of positivity in photo. Day 12? #Lent Snapped this quickly during the service. Band which spans a few decades. All community together. And having fun. 🥁

Walking into the wilderness of Lent once more at @holynativity.bsky.social. I wonder what @jobm.bsky.social is going to bring to the sermon on a day in which the wilderness Jesus walked is filled with missiles and bombs.

40 days of positivity in photos. #Lent Day… erm… 10? Out with Ruth’s work friends. I was handed a drink with vegetation in it.

Am I the only person on earth who thinks people are reading too much into a single by-election?

40 days of positivity. Day 9 of #lent? Every Christmas/Birthday present I buy mum now she’s on her own is for something cultured where we get to spend time together. She loves Shakespeare and all that cultured stuff. And I’m starting to understand it too.

It has been a really busy but throughly positive week. Lots of great stuff going on in our wider community. The church community is walking our way into the wilderness using devotionals from Engage. And I’ve just arrived at the playhouse with Mum for A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

40 days of positive stuff in photos. Day 8. #Lent Long drive to Teesside to pick mum up. Doorstep paparazzi. She has a fabulously red coat!

40 days of positivity in photos. #Lent. Day 6? I’m really fortunate to have wonderful musical instruments. Just recorded a final acoustic guitar part for @robbandruth.bsky.social Stronghold EP. We’ve booked an album launch party for 28th March at @holynativity.bsky.social because deadline fear!

40 days of positivity in photos. #Lent I’m sitting on a cushion feeling very relaxed surrounded by people from the community waiting for some flute and singing to start. Taizé init. @holynativity.bsky.social

What does this button do?

40 days of positivity in photos. Day 5. I think. The sun shining as I arrive at @holynativity.bsky.social. The place I call home.

40 days of positive stuff in photos. Day 4. This is my band. We’re back out there after three months off for health stuff! Woot!

40 Days of Positivity in Photo. Day 3 I love cooking. Time passses so quick whilst I’m remembering the recipe and faffing with ingredients. Tonight’s cassoulet - a before picture. Stuck it in the oven a few hours ago. FYI: I have the same rules for measuring wine in recipes as I do garlic.

40 days of positivity. Day two, the photo. This is my cat. There are many like him, but this one is mine. My cat is my best friend. He is my life. He’s been quite ill for the last month but now he’s a constant munching machine. So rejoice and be glad!