Avetts in October #11: Daydreaming

Birmingham, 2013

 

“It’s a habit of mine,” said Jim Wade wistfully, “daydreaming in other seasons…”  from Quite a Year for Plums by Bailey White

In September I was daydreaming of fall. All year I’ve been daydreaming of the near (I wish) future when we might be able to return to Florida. But I realize that kind of dreaming isn’t always helpful or productive. Sometimes too much looking into the future blinds me to the present.

And from November Blue

And if I weren’t leavin’, 
Would I catch you dreamin’ …

And if I came to you tomorrow, 
And said “let’s run away”
Would you roll like the wind does… (YES)

And I sing songs of sorrow, 
Because you’re not around… (TRUE)

I’ve fallen like the leaves…

Moss Rock Preserve

 

Avetts in October #8: Morning Song #1

2017

 

“Sometimes you don’t need to tell the truth, Tom,” said Eula. “Sometimes you just need to let the truth alone.” – Quite a Year For Plums by Bailey White

 

It’s alright

If you finally stop caring

Just don’t go and tell someone that does

-Morning Song

 

Avetts in October #5: Swept Away – Two

July 17, 2004

“There is no beginning to love,” Roger said. “It just creeps over you.” – from Quite a Year For Plums by Bailey White

With your heart my soul is bound

And as we dance I know

that heaven will be found

Well you send my life a whirling

Darling when you’re twirling

             On the floor             

  Swept Away

I am enchanted by the idea of love creeping over a person. I remember when I went off to college, I planned to be a career woman and not even think of marriage until I was at least 25. The following summer I met a boy. When we went out we talked and talked and pretty soon I realized I was turning all the others down (not that there were many, but still…) By the time I was 25 I’d been married for five years and had two children. And 40 years later, we’re not exactly twirling on the floor but we are still talking. And we are both huge fans of The Avett Brothers. Can’t wait for the 25th!