Clare's Journal

I’m back in New York!  It really is such an amazing place and I feel so lucky to be here again.  It’s been so cold today so I’ve spent the afternoon inside the hotel.  I was sitting in my room gazing out the window watching New York life go by.  With my guitar I wrote [...]

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Another day of exploring the beautiful city of Chicago.

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I had a wonderful day yesterday.  My first white Christmas.  It was so lovely that we were all together.  Uncle Mike, Aunty Sue, Whitney, Ashley from New York, Tim(Daniel’s brother), Daniel and myself.
American’s don’t have the tradition of having a Boxing Day Party like us Australian’s. We usually have a bbq and watch the Cricket [...]

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It’s 4 days before Christmas and Daniel’s brother is flying in from Australia to spent the next 3 weeks with us.  I can’t wait to see him.  We will all be flying back to Chicago to have our first white christmas with my American family.  Over the past few days I’ve had a few more [...]

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A few hours ago we got in from a 8 hour drive from Phoenix.  Jean told me that Scott, the cancer patient at the city of hope hospital has died.  It feel really flat.  I know I only met him for mere moments but he had such an effect on me and because I’ve been [...]

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We wanted to get out of LA for a few days so we drove down to San Diego.  We stayed in a beautiful resort for the first night.  Jean’s son Wayne, kindly gave us a gift voucher that he had bought at a charity event.  It included a hotel room and a delicious dinner over looking the [...]

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I finally got the meeting I’ve been after since before I left Australia.  Isabel has a licensing company in LA and she pitches songs for film and tv sync.  I have been desperate to meet with her and finally the universe aligned for me.  I sent her a copy of the album a week ago.  [...]

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Well, after a tough few days I am feeling a little more alive.  I was pretty depressed yesterday. It was a lot to take in.  My head is a little clearer and I felt the need to pick up the guitar and write something.  I started writing a song about Jane and Chris, their story [...]

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I’ve had to say goodbye to my nana today.  A few hours ago my family called to tell me that my nana has passed away.  She has been sick with Alzheimer’s for a long time. Before I left on this trip I knew that she was close but I didn’t think it would be so soon.  I [...]

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This morning I found out that Chris has passed away.  I met Chris and his wife Jane in London when we were there 3 weeks ago.  They were the couple we went to dinner with to celebrate their 1 year wedding anniversary.  A couple of days ago Chris had been having trouble breathing and his [...]

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