Drugstore - Isabel Monteiro blog

Time Out

Back under the starry sky of the Drugstore cave, having spent a pretty emotional month, overwhelmed by personal stuff.

Wasn't it Lennon who said that life is what happens, while you're busy making other plans?

I guess, sometimes, that pretty much sums it up.

Just as we were gearing ourselves up for a grand finale to our lovely year, with a xmas party extravaganza at the Scala, my father was taken ill - and my life overtaken by a tsunami of events beyond my control.

I try very hard to keep personal/family/work and lovers-life quite separate from the public Drugstore sarabande, but every now and again, and inevitably, the lines get crossed and boundaries blur-up.

So, the Scala gig was put away, as it simply didn't feel right to be celebrating under the circumstances - (needless to say, the few hundred who bought tix for the show, will be refunded) - and I took a few weeks away from this Drugstore life, to hurdle-up within my broken family circle.

I think it was the right thing to do - I just needed a little time and space for some life-atonement.

Funny isn't it?, when you're in your 20s, death is an impossibility.

Then, in your 30s, you start to casually worry about it, but think you got it under control by swapping 'sugar-puffs' for organic muesli.

Now, in your 40s, as your next of kin start to crumble, you do see it for the first time - just beyond the horizon, on that deserted beach where all souls stand upon:

the dark dark light that will soon engulf us all.

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