Hey… Thanks for dropping by. As a young boy, around sixty years ago, I used to like to listen to old people as they rambled on with stories about their lives. I really enjoyed those stories. I am an old man now, and I tend to ramble on, as well. This song is about that…. as I wake up to a chilly autumn morning. I have been busy ‘buttoning things up’ for winter. Collecting seeds, preparing garden beds, raking leaves, moving stuff inside, winterizing my home, getting winter gear ready, and other such sundry tasks, some of which I had forgotten about, like filling a tub with gardening soil and compost for planting seeds next spring. So I put the tub right by my front door. Ha. I have mixed feelings about heading into another long mountain winter. Throw old age into the mix and boy, am I having fun. I have also been sitting outside quietly, as flocks of birds fly by. Some flocks temporarily stop here to rest and feed, before winging off. It is fascinating to watch the dynamics of the flocks and how different kinds of birds interact. There are high flying geese, cranes and ducks overhead as well. All those birds are vocal, and when I am outside working, I tend to whistle along with them. They don’t seem to mind. The relative harmonious balance of it all is so refreshing to watch. Although a robin, or two, in the mountain ash always seems to be chasing other robins away from the berry laden tree. There are more berries in that tree than all those robins could ever eat, and I watch as the chased away robins sneak back into the tree. Some older birds die here in the yard, as they are no longer up for the long migration ahead. Sad to see. I often find one or two of them, dead each year, huddled peacefully in the deep grass, or hidden elsewhere. It has also snowed several times here in October… Hope you’re doing well. Mark  

Autumnal Ramblings Of An Old Man

Calling on Sarasvati

Skin In The Game

Si l’on doit s’éloigner  
Qu’est-ce qu’on fait là  
Si l’on doit se quitter  
Qu’est-ce qu’on fout là  
Triste ou pas, ne me laisse pas là  
Triste ou pas, ne me laisse pas là  

Jamais sans toi, j’aimais te laisser  
Rien que toi, à moitié vidé  
J’avance d’un pas, petit à petit vers là  
Les larmes coulent et dégoulinent vers le bas  

Si l’on doit s’éloigner  
Qu’est-ce qu’on fait là  
Si l’on doit se quitter  
Qu’est-ce qu’on fout là  
Triste ou pas, ne me laisse pas là  
Triste ou pas, ne me laisse pas là  

Attendre et croire, les traces s’effacent  
Sur mes pas, je suis son chemin  
Petit à petit, on coule vers le bas  
Et tu arrives à temps, le verre à moitié vidé  
J’aimais sans toi, et jamais te laisser  

Si l’on doit s’éloigner  
Qu’est-ce qu’on fait là  
Si l’on doit se quitter  
Qu’est-ce qu’on fout là  
Triste ou pas, ne me laisse pas là  
Triste ou pas, ne me laisse pas là  

Si l’on doit s’éloigner  
Si l’on doit se quitter  

Qu’est-ce qu’on fout là  
On doit s’éloigner  
Qu’est-ce qu’on fait là  
On doit se quitter  
Qu’est-ce qu’on fout là  
On doit s’éloigner  
Qu’est-ce qu’on fait là  

Plus rien sans toi, les souvenirs s’effacent  
Rien que toi, avec le temps qui passe  
Je recule d’un pas, toujours plus loin de toi  
Sers-moi dans les bras, et finis le verre avec moi  
J’aimais sans toi, jamais te laisser  

Si l’on doit s’éloigner  
Qu’est-ce qu’on fait là  
Si l’on doit se quitter  
Qu’est-ce qu’on fout là  
Triste ou pas, ne me laisse pas là  
Triste ou pas, ne me laisse pas là  


Ne me laisse pas là

Ne me laisse pas la

$tuck in the Middle with you

09 Dance Variations part 9

A song mourning the loss of Summer/youth/vitality

Autumn leaves are falling down
Heavy hangs my heart
Darkness closing all around
Slowly life departs

Cold and the dark leach the sunshine away
Colours fade and dim,turning to grey

Time is paused and life's on hold
Each day a waiting game
All the new is now the old
Different now the same

Cold and the dark leach the sunshine away
Colours fade and dim,turning to grey

Fading to Grey

The Ominous Figure

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Ship of Foolishness-Stripped

I love this time of year when the light seems to play on the floors.  It's just a peaceful thing I notice.  Certainly not earthshaking, but lovely.
Thank you to David Dunham for his friendship and his unending help in mastering my piano tracks.
@david-dunhamuser589535203

The Evening Light

The night is velvet. 
I float slow on the soft warm air.
A full moon is my mirror, clean and cold, reflecting only truth as my guide.

I found focus grace where the world's pull just dissolves in the night.

I have simply risen above its gravity.
I am still here.
My quiet is not emptiness. 
It's the power I claim.
I am the butterfly. 
I will not fall.

09 Dance Variations part 9

Andy Bushell