Out Of Office Auto Reply
It's time for the ultimate test: six weeks at the White Mountain Research Station for summer field camp. The two (or one) posts I'd normally write in that time won't happen-- so in the interim I'd like you to listen to this song, which I know nothing about, except that it's 100% summer. See you in August!
Jenny
Thanks for the bicycle naming suggestions (to most of you, anyway)! The name that stuck, though, was Jenny. It had to be.
A lovely person put this on a mix for me last year, one of those definitive song collections which seems invulnerable to the notions of musical sense and taste you pride yourself on, a humble mix that manages to brings you to your knees. Besides "Jenny" it had "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (two versions = twice the tears), some Cat Stevens, TVOTR (Young Liars!), and a song about sandwiches (= a song about love).
I had never given much thought to "Jenny" before that mix. But it became the centerpiece and that line, "we were the one thing in the galaxy God didn't have his eyes on," revealed its wild, tremendous glory. I feel lucky-- so, so lucky-- to feel like I know what it means.
I guess I should've mentioned, the name actually came from my favorite redhead.
