The swell season indeed

Perfect. Sometimes things just fall together nicely.

There had been tension and disrupting thoughts in the air all day. I'd had a bad day...a real bad day...and Kirilie had a difficult decision to make that was difficult even to begin contemplating...but I had bought her some tickets for Xmas last year (the Xmas that shall forever be known as 'The Xmas that Wasn't...cos it basically sucked a bit') for a concert last night.

The concert was a performance by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová...the name for their collaboration is The Swell Season. Who are these strolling minstrels? I hear you ask...well, do you remember the film Once?

Of course you don't...half the population didn't see it...but it's a great little film...they both won an Academy Award for Best Song for 'Falling Slowly'...they fell in love during the course of their collaboration...etc, etc....beautiful story.

And they were everything we thought they would be and more...intimate...which is a big ask at the Palais in St Kilda...charming, funny, moving...I tell you...that Geln Hansard has the best voice...it's part Cat Stevens and part Angry Young Man...so there's this gentle sweet sounding voice...and then a song might get angry or emotional and out comes this roaring kick-ass part of his voice...it's dynamic...so bloody moving. And Markéta Irglová is just this sweet little bundle of cuteness and depth and perception...

It was simply amazing. Perfect atmosphere...warm, sultry night...by the sea...beautiful music and musicians...Raffaello and Kinder Surprise ice cream after...and to satisfy K's cravings...a slice of ham and pineapple pizza on Brunswick St a bit before midnight...what a fantastic night...

And...true to Markéta Irglová word...when you let go of a problem or a difficult decision and go to the sea...the solution inevitably finds you...and it kind of has...Kirilie's difficult decision now seems a whole lot easier...we're going to keep the baby!



Oh God am I kidding! :)



We're not keeping it...