Perhaps with all the technological advances in medicine perhaps the title should have been ‘Under The Laser’ the times really are changing and I thought it would be interesting to document the people exploring these new technologies, The idea of going in for surgery used to worry people considerably but now we see people willingly booking themselves in for Cosmetic Surgery. It comes as quite the surprise to a great many that people would put themselves through this without a medical reason to usher them into it.

By speaking to these people and taking down their thoughts and emotions before and after the procedures one can truly begin to paint an unprejudiced picture, that reflects the true meaning behind putting yourself in this position.

The media often likes to paint things a certain way regardless of the facts and more often than not focuses on such cosmetic surgery disasters such as the once beautiful Leslie Ash and her unforgettable ‘Trout Pout’. It is shown as an unnecessary  extravagance by the rich, famous and vain. An attempt to stay young and beautiful in a fast flowing media circus that sees starlets born on an almost daily basis.

This may be true in a handful of situations but in truth the ast majority who seek cosmetic surgery are doing this to improve their confidence, and therefore improve their way of life. Some people are better at dealing with certain things than others so you can never judge a book by its cover.

There are also a great many small, minor procedures that are carried out on peoples lunchbreaks such as mole and cyst removal. Again, these are not life threatening issues but when you speak to these people who explain that for 20 or so minute, they are going to rid of the monkey on their back (not literally of course). It is easy to make up your mind about certain things and people but when you see their thoughts on paper it gives you a far better insight.

I love nothing more than sitting in my greenhouse on a warm day writing my thoughts and short stories.

Greenhouses are very popular.  I wonder what percentage of people have one or more in their gardens.  Greenhouses can be fairly small if you only have a small garden or not much space available.  Or if you are really into gardening you can buy huge greenhouses.

When choosing which one to buy make sure it will fit into the space you have allowed for it.  Green ones are very attractive but may cost more money.  Also the wooden varieties look really good.  Greenhouses make a great addition to the garden.  Something you will use time and time again year after year.

The writing world and wine have never been closer than they are today.  Despite the wine world traditionally requiring decades of experience before having any work published, blogging and the bloggers which fill the internet with wine reviews and commentary have allowed wine writing to come mainstream.

For a wine of the month club, this is a great development.  As more and more people discover that the world of wine expands past their grocery store shelves, more people are going to be interested in buying higher quality, smaller production wines.  They also, are more likely to spend time talking about wine, writing about wine themselves and generally enjoying the wine industry.

Although when most people think of the Woodstock Music Festival they think of the famous original concert held in August 1969 in upstate New York that was in fact far from the only time a music festival was held under that name and banner although they were not always organized enough to merit things like an official Woodstock poster.

After years of holding these “unofficial” festivals on the original Yasgur farms site in 2009 an official 40th Anniversary Concert was organized. The site was now the splendid Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, which does feature a full Woodstock museum and directly overlooks the original festival site.

The gathering attracted musicians who had performed at the 1969  festival including Country Joe McDonald, Jefferson Starship (who had been Jefferson Airplane in 1969) , Canned Heat and the Levon Helm Band. The outdoor gig lasted for eight hours and was performed in front of a sellout crowd, some of whom had not even been alive in 1969 but came to soak up the atmosphere anyway.