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Winifred Atwell’s Grave

Being home for Easter is an opportunity to catch up with family, both the living and the dead. And today we visited a few cemeteries around the area, including Memorial Garden at South Gundurimba, about fifteen minutes drive from Lismore. It's a small cemetery "in the middle of nowhere" with not many graves at all. … Continue reading Winifred Atwell’s Grave

April 9, 2012November 16, 2015abbamail, grave, Lismore, south gundurimba, winifred atwell4 Comments

Fikar

Aside from the excitement of Melodifestivalen, it's been a weekend for catchups. Thanks to my long-term involvement in the world of ABBA fans, I've met some really great people over the years. I've also met some dickheads, but you learn to avoid them after a while. Thankfully, the good outweighs the bad. And this weekend, … Continue reading Fikar

March 14, 2010February 6, 2021abbamail, melfest, melodifestivalen, nanne gronvall, Sverige7 Comments

Gott Nytt År

Having previously braved the sometimes drunken crowds at Sydney's nine pm and midnight fireworks, I've concluded it's sometimes just as good to watch them on a television, which is what Graeme and I did last night. In common with previous years when we have gone out for a drink on NYE, we had only one … Continue reading Gott Nytt År

January 1, 2010June 10, 2019ABBA, abbamail3 Comments

Dancing Queen

I've never really quite got the exercise thing. As a child I was never really very good at sport as I struggled with hand-eye co-ordination. I was okay at tennis and hockey, and not bad at orienteering, but generally speaking sporting ability has never been one of my strengths. To be honest, the last time … Continue reading Dancing Queen

July 6, 2009November 16, 2015ABBA, abbamail2 Comments

Meeting Mikey and Melodifestivalen Gallery

As noted here and here, I enjoyed a terrific weekend catching with some current and former members of ABBAMAIL/Village, and watching Melodifestivalen with an assortment of Swedophiles, friends, and one Swede. With thanks to Graeme, here are some photographs from the weekend...

March 16, 2009February 6, 2021abbamail, eurovision, melfest, melodifestivalen3 Comments

Nice Bloke

Due to my long-term involvement in the "ABBA Fan Community", I've met people from all over the world. Last year for example as I travelled around Europe I met Marco and Sandra in the Netherlands, and caught up with David (France) and Gustav (Sweden). It's a part of my life which, I guess sounds a … Continue reading Nice Bloke

March 14, 2009January 15, 2017abbamailLeave a comment

ABBAMAIL Ends

A dozen years ago I was part of a fairly dysfunctional and heavily moderated mailing list for ABBA fans run by a bloke called James Preston. Although the vast majority of organised "hard core" ABBA fans are gay men there's also a large number of fans who feel somewhat uncomfortable with that reality. When one … Continue reading ABBAMAIL Ends

October 28, 2008November 1, 2020ABBA, abbamail2 Comments

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