The summer sun is fading as the year grows old
And darker days are drawing near.
The winter winds will be much colder
Now you’re not here.
—Justin Hayward, Forever Autumn
I’m not ashamed to admit how sad I felt to say goodbye to Aly last Saturday when she left for college (see Hand Me Down). We’ve done this the last several years, but this autumn may be one of the last times, as she’ll graduate when she finishes her last two quarters this coming spring. After that, she’ll make her way in the world to who-knows-where?
Listening to Justin Hayward’s Forever Autumn exacerbates my mood, or expresses my feelings better than I could, I don’t know which. Maybe it’s both at once. The song comes from Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds (paid link) project from the late 1970s, a musical retelling of the H.G. Wells science fiction classic. It’s really cool! You can also get it from The Best Of The Moody Blues (paid link). (Check your local independent music store, if you’ve got one.) Continue reading