Another Liebster Award set of questions

One of the blogs I nominated last month for a Liebster Award - (read more about the Liebster award here) - tagged me back - heartfelt thanks to Stephanie's Studio:)  I am honoured to be nominated. 
Stephanie is an artist and author and teaches about herb lore as well ... really interesting blog.  
Rather than writing about the whole Liebster award again, I thought I'd just answer Stephanie's  questions here.  It's taken me ages to get around to finishing  ... so apologies for the delay (pleads overwork, tours and burn out as an excuse!!) ... 

1.    What is your favourite day of the year and why?

The second last Saturday in July!!

Last year's pre festival gathering

Fiddlers Green Festival runs for 8 days starting on the second last Sunday.  It's a wonderful week of concerts, parties, walks and above all the coming together of friends from around the world whom we haven't seen for a year.  So on the Saturday we have a BBQ outside, weather permitting, or a party indoors if it's raining, and it is the highlight of my year - hearing different accents and languages and catching up on all the news. 

2.    What fairytale resonates with you the most?

Mmmm I really had to think about that one.  Perhaps Cinderella - trying to please everyone and hopefully having strength to win through in the end.  

3.    What is the most important thing for you to do daily?

Sing for even 5 minutes. 

4.    What do you wish you had more time to do?

Morning pages, walking, and meeting up with friends. 

5.    If money was no object what would you spend your time doing?

What I'm doing now. Being a travelling musician - but I would teach less and get an assistant to help with the office work. 

6.    If you could have one magical ability what would it be?

To turn up at a gig without having to drive or set up gear!!!

7.    With which animal do you feel those most affinity?

Cats.  They are so completely secure in themselves and they make me feel so accepted. 

8.    Where do you go for inspiration for your blog?

My touring, the songs and where they came from and snippets of stories I hear along the way.  And sometimes reading other blogs will suggest a tangent to go off on. 

9.    If you could have a one-on-one interview with any author, poet or artist, living or deceased, who would you interview?
Ooh this was a hard one - there's so many.   Bette Midler!  Or George Eliot.  I would love to learn more about the trials of being a woman artist in a time where you had to write under a man's name to be published.  

Or Mozart.  He toured extensively under the most gruelling circumstances and complained about having a sore bum from sitting so much!! Sounds so familiar.  He was managed by his mother and in between everything he managed to write the most incredible music. 

10. What would you most like to try that you have never done before?

Fly a small aircraft - especially one of those planes that lands on water.

11. Pick one word that sums up your work?

Folk

Thanks again for nominating me Stephanie ... it's been very interesting thinking through your questions.  

On another note entirely, I read all the blogs I follow, in Blogger Reader, but for the past few days I've only been seeing one blog at a time - so I haven't been around commenting.   So glad normal service has resumed. 

Til next time.

Fil x