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So you may have gathered that I like to indulge in a little shopping from time to time. One of my most favourite things to do when shopping (apart from treating myself to something wonderful) is to support the work of the many talented artists that I’ve been lucky enough to come across in my travels around this great big virtual world.

Rather than keeping all this loveliness to myself, I thought it would be nice to buy a little something extra from time to time and run a giveaway on the site. Just my small way of saying thanks to you for visiting, and thanks to the extremely talented artists for creating something of wonder and beauty.

Adding to the excitement and charm of it all, I’ve decided to go with a good old-fashioned approach. With that in mind, I’ve picked up a book of raffle tickets and found myself a hat from which to draw out the winning ticket. The first giveaway will be coming up this week, so keep an eye out for that one and for future giveaways down the track.

If you’d love to make something your own, go ahead and throw your name into the mix. Good luck!!

So in the past few months I feel that perhaps I’ve been a little luckier than usual. I’ve entered a few competitions, and have actually been fortunate enough to win! One such competition was for this Paul Dempsey prize pack (thanks to theinsound.com – for which I wrote a short and sweet poem (well more short than sweet as poetry is not exactly my forte). I was as surprised as anyone when I was chosen as one of two winners to receive a signed 2 CD limited edition of ‘Everything Is True’,  including the four song disc ‘Counterfeits and Forgeries’; an exclusive t-shirt featuring album artwork, and a letterpress print of Paul Dempsey’s handwritten lyrics to ‘Ramona Was A Waitress’.

There has always been a ‘certain something’ about Paul Dempsey’s voice that I find completely irresistible, even though for many years I’ve strangely resisted the music of Something for Kate (the band he is lead singer of).

With the release of his debut solo album however, I feel I can finally shake off past resistances and melt into his music. If you’d like to melt along with me, perhaps you should visit Paul’s site and investigate his music (and his amazingly emotive and enticingly masculine voice) all for yourself.