memories and music

1977/78

a hodgepodge of memories and music woven together has filled my evening

I worked on the Night Flowering Jasmine vine 

which led me to think of Bill

I always pruned, he always raked and burned...

as I was burning the yard debris and enjoying the fire

I thought about how something changed for Bill and he couldn't enjoy a fire

it messed with his lungs

I was thinking about how I miss him

which led to remembering the first time I saw his face and how I was smitten

other memories began pouring in...

 The Way We Were

Barbra Streisand

1985

1983

1991

Mem'ries light the corners of my mind
Misty water-colored mem'ries of the way we were

Scattered pictures of the smiles we left behind
Smiles we gave to one another for the way we were

Can it be that it was all so simple then
Or has time rewritten every line
If we had the chance to do it all again, tell me, would we, could we

Mem'ries may be beautiful and yet
What's too painful to remember
We simply choose to forget

So it's the laughter we will remember
Whenever we remember the way we were

The way we were

(and if we had the chance to do it all again, I would, without a doubt.)

the songs kept coming...

beginning in 1974 I was convinced this one was written about Bill...

this is the song we walked down the aisle to at the end of our wedding

in some ways it seems my life with Bill was a lifetime ago...

in other ways it seems like we should be just beginning to live

airport
September 2013
Bill had been in Salekhard