If you've wondered what has happened to my posts over the last twelve months, perhaps you have wondered whether ukulele fun is still as important in my life as it was... well, I have to say, other aspects of life have loomed rather large since I last posted in July of last year.
I won't bore you with too much detail... but since the beginning of 2017 I found I wasn't walking so well. Then dancing became difficult, then impossible, and I had a few falls. Thankfully I could still play ukulele... the problems were all legs and feet. A series of investigations finally resulted a few months ago in a diagnosis of MND. Motor Neurone Disease, ALS. If you have no knowledge of it, it's a "rare" neurological disorder; incurable, particularly nasty... it will see me off in the end. Not surprisingly, concern about tests and results tends to focus the mind somewhat... the blog didn't get a look in. I'm sure you will forgive me!
Certain trains of thought did result in songs being written, including one that I think is one of my best... I'll share a little later! But the reason I'm writing now is that I have been fundraising for the MNDA, Motor Neurone Disease Association. It's a brilliant organisation here in the UK, they support people living with MND in all sorts of ways, they fund the MND Care Centres in certain hospitals, (including mine) and they fund much needed research to try to find a cure for this awful disease... and friends are helping me to fundraise in all sorts of ways!
I'm anxious to tell you about one fantastic and very generous fundraiser which has just started. My friend and favourite luthier Dave Morgan of D J Morgan Ukuleles decided to build a koa soprano ukulele especially to auction it in an online auction this week... proceeds to go directly to the MNDA. Isn't that wonderful! The link will tell you all about it, so I'll finish here, and post again separately about the auction.... thank you so much for coming back to read this after all this time!
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HI! I hope you enjoy this blog and I'd love to hear your comments! But I know you'll forgive me if I read them over before I click the "publish" button! Thanks!