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Wednesday, September 4th

After hearing Molly, it seems hard—no, impossible—to listen to him without thinking of her. 

Nick Drake (1948-1974), “Day Is Done” (Five Leaves Left, 1969)

Monday, September 2nd

this morning

I seem to be falling in love with someone who’s been dead twenty years.

Molly Drake, 1916-1993 (mother of singer-songwriter Nick Drake, 1948-1974)

“I Remember”


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“The First Day”


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“How Wild The Wind Blows”


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lagniappe

found words

Yesterday, walking in the garden at Chicago’s Millenium Park, I came upon a small sign, close to the dirt, that read:

THIS AREA
IS IN
TRANSITION.

WE APPRECIATE
YOUR
UNDERSTANDING.

CHECK BACK
SOON.