Hi.

I have to tell you, I love these photos, so much. I know they're not earth shattering or perfect, but they just seem somehow different than my usual stuff, and I'm very happy with them.

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A friend of ours lent me an old Iron and Wine cd, and in the last two days, I've listened to it, at home and in the car, about eleven times over. It is definitely the soundtrack to my fall.

Do you do this, too? One artist or album will stick, and as you listen to it over and over, it becomes all mixed up with whatever memories you are making during a particular period of your life? For some reason, my most vivid music/time associations are in the fall: I can almost instantly summon up either a vision of myself tucked inside whatever house I was living in at the time, or walking out in fallen leaves and cool air.

One year it was Suzanne Vega, in Minneapolis (no, I never lived there, but it's a memory of a trip out to visit my brother and his family). One year was distinctly Counting Crows, and living in Connecticut, and nursing my first baby (that would be Callie! Hard to believe, now.) One year was David Gray and taking long walks with Tim, and cheering on my brother and his friends running a marathon (to clarify: they were running, not me. oh, so not me.) One year was Ray LaMontagne and making a big grown-up party here at home. Last year was definitely Bon Iver.

So this fall, it seems, will be forever the season of Iron and Wine.

What's the soundtrack to your life, right now?

More tomorrow. Thanks for reading.
tt