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Time of My Life
Time of My Life | Myf Warhurst
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We all have a soundtrack to our lives, songs that as soon as we hear them we're transported to a moment in time. As the youngest child, and only girl, in a family of creative types, Myf Warhurst grew up with the music in her. Whether she was watching Daryl Braithwaite on TV on a Sunday night or listening to the crackle of the needle across vinyl as Agnetha and Anni-Frid took her from rural Victoria to Eurovision, music has always shaped Myf's life. Later her love of music (and the realisation that a professional pianist gig wasn't part of the plan) would shape her career. But music isn't just about memories. It's a safe place for people who feel different. Songs and lyrics helped Myf make sense of the world and deal with heartbreak and uncertainty. Music steered her hopes and fashion choices, cemented friendships and bonded family. In Time of My Life she shares funny, fabulous and occasionally fraught tales about growing up in a small country town with an unhealthy obsession with Countdown, then working in Australian radio and her experiences on the much-loved music quiz show Spicks & Specks. She spills the backstage beans on work, fame, feminism, failure, love and success. Like a sommelier matches food with wine, Myf matches hits with memory, and in the process reminds us all that, as Louis Armstrong said, 'Music is life itself.' A captivating and joyous memoir of wisdom, humour and heart that unleashes the music within us all.
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Time of My Life | Myf Warhurst
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More Friday after work op shop purchases. Grand total= $54. I saw Myf speak at the Byron Writer‘s Festival and have been waiting for the op shop gods to deliver her to my hands. The festival was rained out after one day this year so thankfully I decided not to go and devoted my time to preparing for my showcase this weekend. Still quite a bit of preparation to do so I have taken this week off on long service leave to get ready to do my 6 dances.

marleed Good luck and great purchases! 2w
LapReader Thankyou @marleed. I‘m excited but also poohing my pants 2w
marleed Oh, and to what does long service leave refer? 2w
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LapReader @marleed after you have been working for the Department of Education for 7 years you get a months leave then two weeks every year after. You can use it when you please. I‘ve been with them 21 years. 2w
Bookwormjillk Good luck! 2w
LapReader Thankyou @Bookwormjillk I will need it. 2w
marleed Ohhh, I love some of the Australian phrasing that differs just slightly from my American experience. …A phrase, I picked up in one Australian book (not sure typical or unique to that book) was ‘it‘ll be right‘ vs ‘it‘s okay‘. I loved it and incorporated it into my dialogue with my brand new grand twins 🥰 2w
LapReader I say it all the time @marleed. What book was it? 2w
marleed @LapReader I just love that phrasing. It feels so compassionate and I knew it needed to be part of my lexicon with my grandkids. I love that it is indeed an everyday Australian phrasing! From: 2w
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