Clare's Journal

I got an email this morning informing me that my song ‘Time for Love’ has been selected and put through to the semi finals of the International Songwriting Contest.  This email came at a good time because I’ve been feeling lost and this is all I needed to remind me why I’m doing this.  I [...]

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I’m finding it really hard to be back home.  Getting back into life when I’ve had the experiences I’ve had overseas. Everything here seems dull.  I loved being away from everything and everyone.  To be whoever I wanted to be.  To be myself without playing the roles that we all play with our friends and [...]

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So here I am, on the other side of my 5 month journey to America.  I really didn’t have any huge expectations other than the desire to experience American music and culture. To meet the people and discover some of the most talked about cities in the world.  I have done all that and so [...]

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After 3 days of traveling without sleep, New York, London, Hong Kong, Brisbane.  I finally touched down on home soil.  It’s an exciting feeling to be home.  We decided not to tell anyone that we were coming except one of our best friends who picked us up from the airport.  We wanted to surprise our [...]

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At 4:30 this morning, we drove through the quiet streets of New York for the last time.  Going over the bridge and looking back at that spectacular skyline was Magic!  Going over in my mind I though about all the amazing things I did and saw.  There is no other place like New York City! 
After [...]

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Daniel proposed this afternoon and of course I said YES!  After 9 years together we are finally going to get married.  We went ice skating and then we went for a stroll through Central Park.  It was late afternoon so the sun was starting to set and the sky was a color pink.  Daniel  and [...]

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The money is slowly drying up.  The credit cards are full.  I think it’s time we go home.  Of course I don’t want to but we don’t really have a choice.  I went to the travel agent and changed my flight so I’m leaving in 2 days.  There isn’t really anything I haven’t done that [...]

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Happy New Year!!  I spent the night celebrating in a club (STK) in Meatpacking.  We had dinner at my cousin’s house, played hilarious drinking games and then made our way out for the night.  It was a bit of a trendy club which usually isn’t my thing,  but because it was New Year’s I didn’t worry and [...]

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