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Last Night at Yaddo

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Last Night at Yaddo
There are lots of songs about leaving. Farewell moves us toward a greater sense of our connections to each other and to a place, toward a fullness of feeling we might normally keep at bay.  Music can carry that flow outward, or give us a bit of ritual so we don’t get swept away by it. It’s one way to stay ahead of parting, I guess. 

I wrote this tune for a friend’s last night at the artist’s retreat Yaddo. The truth is, I barely knew her, but she was kind to me, and she was going through a hard time. She was a little sad, and sometimes it seems like we can feel other people’s feelings, so I was sad too. It seemed like the thing to do: a small comfort, I hope, for all those times when we have to step out of our temporary retreats and face the hard world.