I made the decision to come back to the Edinburgh Fringe in January but it filled me with dread how I would cope on my own. Jane and I were supposed to come in August 2014, we had accommodation booked, shows paid for however Jane was in hospital having her chest drained to help her breathing.

My flat is good - a penthouse flat in student accommodation (how can students afford this?). It has a small kitchen area, double bed, sitting area with TV and a toilet and shower.

Tony and Jude came down for a couple of days so there was a lifeline and we met for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

The shows...

<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;">The Joni Mitchell Story</span> - There were several things I didn't know about her; she contracted polio as a child; had an illigitimate child; an affair with Leonard Cohen (bet that was a barrel of laughs) and married David Crosby (Crosby, Stills and Nash). Her songs were well performed and it brought back memories of Jane - Clouds and Big Yellow Taxi were a couple of her favourites. Music is so evocative.

<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;">John Hegley</span> - He's a modern, humerous poet and likes to put them to music.Very funny with plenty of audience participation and songs you wouldn't believe could be made to rhyme. How and anything rhyme with Guillemot? Well John Hegley can do it. It seems as though he ran out of material and stretched out the last 10 minutes which detracted from the previous 50.

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