Yes Allen, they are the ones I posted on UU....and I will miss Alice.
Although it's good to be back in my old house, & looking forward to re-establishing the old workshop, I have to say that Alice got under my skin a lot more than I thought it ever would.
There's an add running at the moment that calls it something like 'the biggest little town in Oz' & I'd have to concur.
Never been more accepted in a small place so quickly - perhaps because everyone is from everywhere else as well.
Got to admit that I enjoyed being a bit of a big fish in a small pond.
Never had so many calls along the lines of "you don't know me but I was told you were the guy to get in touch with about my maton/bouzouki/harmonium.....
(I think the guitar widow's minor celebrity status in the town helped spread the word)
At the airport before xmas someone yelled out "there he is, there's the uke man"
Dom, believe it or not, I've still got more uke orders to fill before venturing onto something else.
Those little suckers just kept being claimed before I could get them to the markets.
And I reckon the 'baby plunkers' have found a way under my skin just as deep as Alice has.
So I guess there's a vacancy for a stranger to rock up to central australia and plant lutherie flag, have a chat with the locals and maybe become the new 'big fish'.
It has got it's snags, but overall it's still a great (albeit sandy) pond to swim in.
