“Music is…the most reliable engine of nostalgia. But as I get older, I’ve come to see that nostalgia is not just about looking back at good times. It can also be a remembering of the exquisite pleasure of longing, of anticipation of the life you want so badly, of the self you will make of the materials you collect along the way.“
Lydia Polgreen
(photo by Rula Sibai)
A Hansen Chronicle 
That’s beautiful. I love the picture, too. Fall is my favorite season and sitting on a bench and just listening to all the leaves blowing around in the wind is soooooo relaxing. It’s my favorite fall activity when I get a free minute. This picture reminds me of that.
Thanks for saying so, Polly. I love hearing what the image makes you think of. Something about the benches being empty fits with that take on nostalgia for me