{"id":28620,"date":"2024-12-31T13:31:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T13:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/?p=28620"},"modified":"2024-12-31T13:31:01","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T13:31:01","slug":"farewell-2024-welcome-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/31\/farewell-2024-welcome-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Farewell 2024 – Welcome 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here we are, the final day of 2024, and looking ahead to the new year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve had some great times this year, but 2024 leaves me rather sad as some of the fizz and pop have gone flat in these last weeks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A nagging pain has caused health concerns recently, though recent tests and scans look hopeful. More investigations to come in the new year. And my relationship has entered a \u201con a break\u201d phase, just short of two years, which had me feeling quite low over the Christmas period. So there\u2019s been lots of comfort eating. My traditional Christmas tarts disappeared quickly.\u00a0Diet and steady walking begin next week.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve been lucky to have some travel in 2024. A wonderful short trip to Essaouira in Morocco in April. An amazing place and I hope to return some day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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And more recently a trip to Canada in October to be part of Esther Fest<\/strong><\/a> in Amherst, Nova Scotia, thanks to my wonderful friend Charlie Rhindress<\/a><\/strong>. We had a reading of Guilty! The Story of the Great Amherst Mystery<\/strong>, a play I was in over 30 years ago. It was a delight to catch up with so many old friends whilst I was there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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With Charlie at Harvey’s… best burgers<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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At the Anne Murray Centre<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Cast of GUILTY! reading<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Charlie on Amherst Ghost Walk<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

And I had a more local, but equally delightful, trip this past week. Went to visit Jon near Skegness, with Kim and Linda, and we caught up on over 50 years of friendship.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Work-wise, I finished the year with a nice voice job, reading a smashing story for the GeoStories<\/a> app, Professor Graveling\u2019s Last lecture. Download the app and see if you can find me within some of the other episodes.\u00a0<\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In the new year I take to the stage again – I was in The Boys are Back In\u2019t Tarn<\/strong> as aging Rock Guitarist Briggsy in March – and we return as part of a double bill evening at The Lamproom Theatre<\/strong> in Barnsley on February 7th. Tickets and details here…<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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So, it\u2019s almost time to hang the new calendar. With one last look back…
\nToday marks 14 years since my Dad passed away. A lovely, generous, friendly man who I see every time I look in the mirror.\u00a0<\/span>He loved Christmas and New Year celebrations, though his loss leaves an annual sadness over mine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"So, tonight I will raise a glass to him, something alcoholic – though I mainly drink 0% beers these days.
\nAnd I will raise a glass to you too.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

May your New Year be full of joy and goodness, despite all the bad stuff going on in the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And please, let\u2019s have Peace in Palestine<\/strong>. \"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hello 2025 Here we are, the final day of 2024, and looking ahead to the new year.\u00a0 I\u2019ve had some great times this year, but 2024 leaves me rather sad as some of the fizz and pop have gone flat in these last weeks.\u00a0 A nagging pain has caused health concerns recently, though recent tests … Continue reading Farewell 2024 – Welcome 2025<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Farewell 2024 - Welcome 2025...\r\nMy New Year Blog","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13,41,77,84,6,9,189,188,95],"tags":[42,215,149,279,345,190],"class_list":["post-28620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-acting","category-actor","category-christmas","category-comedy","category-family","category-friends","category-stage","category-theatre","category-voiceover","tag-actor-2","tag-canada","tag-family","tag-mental-health","tag-palestine","tag-theatre"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VL6J-7rC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28620"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28658,"href":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28620\/revisions\/28658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}